Do The Truth In Love Chapter 1 Summary

Chapter 3 of Doing the Truth in Love by Michael Himes revolves around the idea of restlessness. Himes introduces the chapter with St.Augustine’s discovery that “humans are fundamentally restless” (Himes 39). In my life, I have never really noticed it, but I am constantly restless. Whether it’s in school, my family, on the field, or in my relationship in God. I constantly check my grades and work hard to make sure my grades are how I want them to be. I always strive for straight As. In addition, I am always yearning to make my family proud and fear of letting them down. Therefore, I am always working to be a better person each and every day. On the field, I always work to get better every time I step onto the field. Last but not least, I relate to being restless in my relationship with God. I am always yearning to learn more about myself and Him within me. I always want to see how I will grow in my relationship with Him and where I stand with Him. Restlessness in my life …show more content…
A Christian life is a “life of agapic love and service” that helps “find who you are and who God is by giving yourself away in loving service to others” (Himes 44). In order to live a Christian life and to have a relationship with God, we must live and do things out of our hearts and love. The pure and genuine feelings of our actions will create genuine relationships and actions. In my Christian life, I tend to feel guilty while serving others. For example, I tend to feel sorry about the people I serve in the Tenderloin at the Curry Senior Center and in the Lasallian Vincentian Youth club. Although I am serving others, I see that I take my things for granted and appreciate my life. That isn’t a bad thing to realize, but because I felt guilty while and after serving, it was wrong of me to feel that way. I must serve others in the act of love and not the act of this guilt I usually