In My Image

I'm no holy man, I'm no religious man... Somehow, I got myself to attend the mass one day.. Maybe hoping I could align myself with the stars, the zodiac, and the heavens.

Give the man what is due to him, that is justice. Give the man what he needs, that is charity. Give the man what he wants, that is generosity.

The land owner went out to find laborers to till the land for him, he went out at 9 in the morning, and got men to agree to till the land for him in exchange for the usual daily pay. He went out at 3 in the afternoon and again, got men to agree to till the land for him in exchange for the usual daily pay. Again, at 5 in the afternoon he went out and met a few bystanders, and after exchanging a few lines, he got these men to till his land for him. At the end of the day, he summoned the laborers. Starting with the last men to work, he gave them the usual daily pay. Alas, he also gave the men who worked the entire day the usual daily pay. The men who worked all day confronted the land owner why they received the same amount as the ones who arrived last and told him why he had been unfair to them, the land owner replied that they all agreed to till the land for the usual daily pay. He has not cheated these men, but was just being generous to those who came last.

Man has tried so hard to convince himself that he is created in the image and likeness of God, but he has it the other way around. These men would not have complained if they were created in the image and likeness of God, instead, God is created in the image and likeness of man. Man thinks of God as someone he can put into words. Men think of God as somebody man is not. Man can only describe God in earthly terms...

Taking these into account, we should not be here to understand God, but to understand men. To understand these men, is to know God. We need not search for God, but rather search our hearts.