{"id":18030,"date":"2019-07-23T20:57:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T03:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/?p=18030"},"modified":"2024-03-14T21:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T04:33:51","slug":"gods-name-is-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/2019\/07\/23\/gods-name-is-love\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s name is &#8220;Love&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The very first Girls\u2019 Camp we planned was sort of scary; we were wondering how all the work and effort we put into it was going to work out. We knew that a great deal of good would come because we took it as a faith experience.<\/p>\n<p>Look around. What is there that you cannot see because there is another dimension beyond that which we see with our eyes? That dimension is revealed to us by faith. Our eyes cannot see it or our ears hear it, only the heart can understand. Not any ordinary heart but only a heart soaked in grace, in the life of God.<\/p>\n<p>We were soaked in that life at Baptism. God put His hand on us and said, \u201cYou are mine.\u201d He took care of us and made this little life in us great. He fed it with His own Body and Blood, with His own life, so that we would arrive to the point where we are right now, and would want to live that baptismal heritage which He gave to us freely as a gift.<\/p>\n<p>God is not a maker like a watch-maker who made the watch and left. God made us and He is with us. He is the God whose name is \u201cLove.\u201d Love wants to expand, to communicate, love unites. This is what God does. He is not satisfied with anything less. He says, \u201cYou can see Me in my works \u2013 the flowers, trees, mountains, that is fine and good,\u201d but then God also says, \u201cI would like to have a little time with you personally.\u201d He is God who likes to sit down and talk with you, to have a quiet place where He can speak to your heart. So, close the doors of your senses and be with Him. How do you get into His presence? How do we get into each other\u2019s presence? By \u201cgiving an ear,\u201d by listening. So take a deep breath and be in the presence of this God who is asking just one thing of you \u2013 listen.<\/p>\n<p>May God be with you, may He smile upon you and give you peace<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"282\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sister-ida-at-girls-camp.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-medium lazyload\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"sister ida at girls camp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sister-ida-at-girls-camp.jpg 282w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sister-ida-at-girls-camp.jpg 704w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 282px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 282\/300;\" \/><noscript><img width=\"282\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sister-ida-at-girls-camp.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-medium\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"sister ida at girls camp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sister-ida-at-girls-camp.jpg 282w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sister-ida-at-girls-camp.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"vc_figure-caption\">Sister Ida the last time she came to Girls' Camp in the 1990's<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The very first Girls\u2019 Camp we planned was sort of scary; we were wondering how all the work and effort we put into it was going to work out. 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