Some characters will succeed in reforming themselves only by the loving contemplation of the divine Master; for we imitate those whom we love, without being conscious of doing so. – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP
What is it that your heart desires the most? Whom do you love? For what treasures are you willing to offer your very life?
Quite often, we fill our hearts and minds with many things. We dream those dreams everybody else is dreaming. We love those things everybody else is seeking.
We have to pause every now and then however to see if such things are really worth pursuing. We need to know how valuable they really are and what meaning they add to our lives.
In the pursuit of such things, how are we being transformed? Are we becoming better persons? Are we learning to be generous? Or are we becoming selfish? Are we being set free? Or are we being imprisoned?
If we give our hearts to such things, to whom are we surrendering who we are?
“Every man becomes the image of the God he adores.
He whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes dead.
He who loves corruption rots.
He who loves a shadow becomes, himself, a shadow.
He who loves things that must perish lives in dread of their perishing.”
– Thomas Merton
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” – Luke 12:34, WEB
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One reply on “You Become The Treasure That You Seek”
We do become what we adore. May we only adore God, our Father, Jesus, our Savior, and the Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Guide.
Blessings, Joyce!