Saturday, January 26, 2013

Be a Positive Monkey

You have heard of "the three monkeys" or at least seen the picture of them with their respective captions: "see no evil", "hear no evil", "speak no evil."  I have often considered that we need a forth monkey: "do no evil."

But, in light of the year of faith and today's epistle on this feast of Saints Timothy and Titus, in which Saint Paul tells Timothy to stir up the grace of God in himself: "Stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the laying on of my hands.  For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of prudence.  Do not, therefore, be ashamed of testimony for our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner, but enter into my sufferings for the gospel through the power of God." 2 Tim. 1:6-9 (viz. Get God moving in you!  Get God to move you!) we should add a new set of monkeys.

Look for God.
Listen to God.
Speak to God.

...and a fourth positive monkey:
Get God to do good things in you!

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