March 05, 2004

Influence

"One of the ways we miss divine moments is to treat what we consider nominal influence as irrelevant. We must never underestimate the importance of one moment, one word, one deed in the life of another human being."

Erwin McMannus
Posted by ed
Comments

Too existential for me.

Posted by: Kim

I agree with you on the idea for "every" word, deed, etc. (could be overwhelming)...I think, however, the point McManus was trying to make was that if we're listening and in tune to the heart of God we'll be led to seize divine moments and we should never be surprised by how significant, one action, one word might be...IE. Jesus's thought, a cup of water given to someone else = a deed done for him personally. I guess context helps...the statement on it's own is somewhat "existential".

Posted by: ed

Kim, great to hear from you again...hope all's well...

Posted by: ed

Yeah it's true what you say. You explain it so well. I'm doing good. Your site looks so awesome now. Way to go.

Posted by: kim