2004-07-29 - 5:16 p.m.

Things have been going very well for me in my life. I realize more and more that God does have a plan for me and that in order for me to be able to get a glimpse of what He wants me to do I have to continue to follow His will, pray, and develop my relationships with others.

I didnīt realize how much before how developing a relationship with others is a way of developing your relationship with Christ. As it says in scripture

"Whatever you do to the least of my brethren you do to Me."

"Love your neighbor as yourself."

We are all created in Godīs image and likeness and we all are temples of the Holy Spirit. We must remember that regardless of race, age, creed, sex, and sexual orientation that we are all called to love every human person.

It isnīt always easy, I know. In fact there are days when we just want to kill, but in order to love Christ we must love one another. In order to say we follow Christ we must remember to love. This isnīt to say that we can never be angry with our brother or sister.

Anger is an emotion and sometimes anger comes out as a reaction to what someone else does to us. It is involuntary and it happens. If we get angry, however, and yell at the person, then it is our duty to reconcile ourselves with them and ask them for forgiveness. We must also tell the person we love them.

We arenīt to hold grudges or resentments. We are called to be peacemakers. We are all human, and we are not perfect. We are not God. So if you know someone who is Christian and they do something that is less than perfect, donīt think they are necessarily hypocrites. We all do the best we can to follow the way of the Lord. We arenīt always successful. We sin. It is out of grace though that we ask for forgiveness and try again.

My time here in Mexico has called me to do a lot of reflecting and praying. I realize a lot more about myself and can see others even more clearly. Right now I am very excited because I have been able to reunite with some friends from my past.

I hope that everyone out there is doing well. You are all in my prayers. May God bless you and keep you always.

In Christ,

Jorge

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