Coincidental Wrong Blessed (Gabriel the New Confessor and Fool for Christ)

Whatever’s wrong with people is coincidental. Don’t look down on anybody even if you see how immoral,  prone to drink or blasphemous they are. The image of God is in them, somewhere, too, although, of course, they aren’t aware of it.

It’s natural for the enemy to come and besmirch that image. It’s not easy to see the image of God in those who mock you and behave like brutes towards you. You should feel even more sorry for them because their souls have been distorted, to the extent that perhaps they’re beyond correction, which will condemn them to eternal torment.

How difficult is this: Love your enemies!

» Blessed Gabriel the New Confessor and Fool for Christ,
from Georgia

Source:  pemptousia.com