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Scripture: Ephesians 3:18-19: I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Abridged: If there is something in our perception of God or faith that seems to be missing, some aspect that prevents us from experiencing the wholeness we seek, the problem cannot be in them but in us. Meditation: God and faith are complete. There is nothing we can add or remove from them, nor is there anything in them we need to change. If there is something in our perception of God or fulfillment in faith that seems to be missing, some aspect that prevents us from experiencing the wholeness we seek, the problem cannot be in them but in us. If we have moved in faith beyond self to be with God, dedicating our life to following the examples of spiritual masters, listening to God in prayer, and yet our desire for inner peace and love remains unfulfilled, the cause of the incompleteness can only be within ourselves. All anxiety, emptiness, sorrow, pain, or negative emotion will result only from our inability to open ourselves completely to the wholeness of God. Sadness and doubt are a reflection of the incompleteness of our faith. Until we live every aspect of our life in the context of absolute faith, we will not experience the peace and love we desire because it can only be found when we move beyond self and reside in the eternal wholeness of God. Prayer: The life that you call us to live is so contrary to the life the world teaches. You call us to live in community as if we were one person blessed by the bounty of your love and grace. The world teaches us to live as if our joy and happiness depends on what we gain for our self and, perhaps, our family. By not realizing that we are all your children in a single family, we continue to miss the call of Jesus to become one in the unity of your Holy Spirit. Forgive our blindness, Lord, and guide us to perfect communion in you and in the name of our Blessed Lord, Jesus. Amen Enter password: .