I just returned from a five day silent retreat. I was the spiritual director/companion for 5 of the retreatants, meeting with them at least once a day. We reflected on their life experience, their prayer, their deep longings for God, their struggles, and most of all, God's unfathomable love and deep desire for them.
I wonder how our world might be different if people slowed down, took time to notice God's activity in their own life and experience. What would it be like if people actually came to know in their hearts, (not just in their heads) that God really LOVES them??!!