Questions on the table:
- What are the spiritual principles for our attitude and our actions in pursuing God’s calling?
- How are attitude, action and audience part of our calling?
The Attitude of the Called
Our eyes and our heart should be on our God. Criticism and cynicism do not have a place in our calling.
Mother (Teresa) believed that criticism weakens our will to obey, and that our will is the only thing that God will not take from us. Mother Teresa wrote to her sisters, “It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves. Every act of disobedience weakens my spiritual life. It is like a wound letting out every drop of one’s blood. Nothing can cause this havoc in our spiritual life as quickly as disobedience” (Mary Poplin. Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service. InterVarsity Press. 2008, 64).
After the above statement, Mary Poplin presents her insights into the damage rebelliousness caused in her spiritual life. [Read more…] about Finding Calcutta: Find yourself in doing, not criticizing