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St. Augustine, a Roman African and early Christian theologian and philosopher, he once wrote that

you, God, are good and all-powerful, caring for each one of us as though the only one in

your care.

What did that say and what did you hear?

Listen again, you God are good and all-powerful, caring for each one of us as though the only

one in your care.

I will confess that I wanted it to say, you God are good and all-powerful and I am the

only one in your care.

But the kicker is, God cares for the whole world and each of us as though we were the only

one in his care.

That difference revealed something about my soul.

I want God to be all about me and no one else is only child.

Well, this meditation from Galatians chapter 5 is about freedom, really, having the freedom

to love beyond yourself, to learn to love God as God shows love, to love everyone and

treat everyone you meet as though they were the only one in your care, to love as though.

We'll start by taking a moment to settle and be still your selfish heart.

Center on your breathing and the pulsing of your heart.

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