St. Augustine's Cerebration

God My understanding of God that I can see in the verbatims and in the ministerial situation is a God who prepares the heart of the people to receive him, who forgives his children and who wants the best for each one of them. All of these characteristics can be seen in my conversation with Henry, the man who had left his house for several years and who, after listening to a homily, decided to find his children. During our conversation, I told Henry that God was preparing his heart for that moment of reconciliation. God is the one who has inscribed in our hearts a longing to come back home always, to get closer to him and live with him. Thus, even when we are far away from him, we still feel interiorly that something is missing, that we need fulfillment in our lives. As St. Augustine said, “You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” God is also a Father who forgives his children and always waits for their return home. In talking with Henry, I highlighted the importance for him to recover himself and his children. Flowing from that experience, I was able to recognize that God surely was waiting for him with open arms, as well as Henry was …show more content…
Not only I recognize this in my conversation with Henry, but also when I talked with Donna, the religion teacher. From our time together, I have come to realize that I was concerned for the well-being of Henry and his family and for the teacher and his students. Looking at these situations, I see that my idea of God in these moments is that he wants the well-being of his children. He wants everyone of us to have a stable life and gives us different tools that might help us find his grace in every situation we experience in our daily lives. Thus, God is a caring father who gives us many opportunities, and also gives us freedom in order for us to make good