LOVE IS AN EXCHANGE OF POVERTY 2013

by Guest Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:18 am

2013 2013 2013 <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sZzP_AaMVKM/UatmjrSbtQI/AAAAAAAAIZQ/kUF8eDmewEE/s1600/coronado+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sZzP_AaMVKM/UatmjrSbtQI/AAAAAAAAIZQ/kUF8eDmewEE/s640/coronado+010.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://silverlakelocal.com/">LOCAL</a>, A SILVER LAKE, L.A. RESTAURANT WITH PATIO SEATING<br />BEFORE OPENING, SATURDAY MORNING</td></tr></tbody></table>"The foxes have lairs and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head"<span style="background-color: #fffefd; color: #001320; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"> </span>[Matthew 8:20].<span style="background-color: #fffefd; color: #001320; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"> </span>To have nowhere to "lay our heads"  is a place of true precariousness...<br />.<br />We're all in danger of becoming almost fanatically convinced that OUR MODEL ALONE is "right"....Voting for "the right" candidate can become a "rule," the feeding of the poor can become "a rule," getting sober a certain way can become a "rule," being against war and for peace can become a "rule"...<br /><br />I once received a great gift from a man whose dear face literally looked like the face of a sickly lamb--and isn't it interesting that the <i>most</i> vulnerable person in the room in a strange way has the <i>most</i> power; is the <i>most</i> compelling?  To have someone who is very "poor" give to YOU is transformative. It is a very great mistake to think we are doing for, giving to the poor. Love is an exchange.<br /><br />The suffering human being--if we are brave enough, and vulnerable enough, to look him or her in the eye--blows all our belief systems and power systems apart. We are called to pray for the complainers, the kvetchers, the nitpickers, the "good Catholics" who have never received the great great gift of embracing the leper. Because those people  are us. If our eyes were truly open, we would know we are lepers ourselves--we are all lepers.<br /><br />We would all be better poised to feel God's infinite mercy and tender love...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ebgO-AeFdEA/UatmmYmqA2I/AAAAAAAAIZY/iJcCQPlxKa8/s1600/coronado+026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ebgO-AeFdEA/UatmmYmqA2I/AAAAAAAAIZY/iJcCQPlxKa8/s640/coronado+026.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BAMBOO ORCHIDS, <br />WITH DRESS</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br> 2013 2013 2013 <br><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sZzP_AaMVKM/UatmjrSbtQI/AAAAAAAAIZQ/kUF8eDmewEE/s1600/coronado+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sZzP_AaMVKM/UatmjrSbtQI/AAAAAAAAIZQ/kUF8eDmewEE/s640/coronado+010.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://silverlakelocal.com/">LOCAL</a>, A SILVER LAKE, L.A. RESTAURANT WITH PATIO SEATING<br />BEFORE OPENING, SATURDAY MORNING</td></tr></tbody></table>"The foxes have lairs and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head"<span style="background-color: #fffefd; color: #001320; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"> </span>[Matthew 8:20].<span style="background-color: #fffefd; color: #001320; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"> </span>To have nowhere to "lay our heads"  is a place of true precariousness...<br />.<br />We're all in danger of becoming almost fanatically convinced that OUR MODEL ALONE is "right"....Voting for "the right" candidate can become a "rule," the feeding of the poor can become "a rule," getting sober a certain way can become a "rule," being against war and for peace can become a "rule"...<br /><br />I once received a great gift from a man whose dear face literally looked like the face of a sickly lamb--and isn't it interesting that the <i>most</i> vulnerable person in the room in a strange way has the <i>most</i> power; is the <i>most</i> compelling?  To have someone who is very "poor" give to YOU is transformative. It is a very great mistake to think we are doing for, giving to the poor. Love is an exchange.<br /><br />The suffering human being--if we are brave enough, and vulnerable enough, to look him or her in the eye--blows all our belief systems and power systems apart. We are called to pray for the complainers, the kvetchers, the nitpickers, the "good Catholics" who have never received the great great gift of embracing the leper. Because those people  are us. If our eyes were truly open, we would know we are lepers ourselves--we are all lepers.<br /><br />We would all be better poised to feel God's infinite mercy and tender love...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ebgO-AeFdEA/UatmmYmqA2I/AAAAAAAAIZY/iJcCQPlxKa8/s1600/coronado+026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ebgO-AeFdEA/UatmmYmqA2I/AAAAAAAAIZY/iJcCQPlxKa8/s640/coronado+026.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BAMBOO ORCHIDS, <br />WITH DRESS</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br>2013 2013 2013 <br> <a href="http://www.matrixar.com/" title="Matrix ">المصفوفة : أجمل الخلفيات والصور</a>