This article looks at the basic meaning of discernment, its key role in life, the obstacles to right choice, and the clear and lovely outcome of a life lived with discernment.—Editor
God made us in His own image and likeness. He endowed us with intelligence and free will. He has also poured out His Spirit over us and into us, so that the inbuilt conscience within us will lead us on along life’s journeys, steadily and surely … if only we listen to it. We could call this the gift of discernment – to differentiate between what is good and what is bad, between what is good and what is better, and to make our choices accordingly. There is no ‘neutral’ stand. We cannot opt to be bystanders or onlookers. Life is too precious for that. We have to take a stand to make this world a better place to live in – one in which every person is my neighbour, my brother, my sister… Who we are and what we do either makes us and this world, better or worse. We need to single out the path that God seems to be opening up for us, individually and collectively.
SR ESME DA CUNHA FDCC
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