Mother Theresa's Take on
What Giving Means
Friday, September 5, 2014
Jeff Lampl
Jeff Lampl
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John 4 . . . . Beloved, let us love one another, for love is
from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does
not love does not know God, for God is love.
Francis
Collins in his book, Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith, includes this
from Mother Theresa.
Faith
is lacking because there is so much selfishness and so much gain only for self.
But faith, to be true, has to be a giving love. Love and faith go together, they
complete each other. (p. 259)
Some
weeks back I heard there was a family who had not eaten for some days – a
Hindu family – so I took some rice and went to the family. Before I knew where
I was, the mother of the family had divided the rice into two and she took the
other half to the next-door neighbors, who happened to be a Muslim family. Then
I asked her: ” How much will all of you have to share? There are ten of you
with that bit of rice.” The mother replied: “They have not eaten either.”
This is greatness.
Let
us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be
got, but they need your hearts to love them. So spread love everywhere you go;
first of all in your home. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband,
to the next-door neighbor. (p. 260)Abandonment is an awful poverty. There are
poor people everywhere, but the deepest poverty is not being loved. (p. 261)
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