It is the will of God that we live not only as rational beings, but as 'new men' regenerated by the Holy Spirit in Christ. It is His will that we reach out for our inheritance, that we answer His call to be His sons. We are born men without our consent, but the consent to be sons of God has to be elicited by our own free will. Thomas Merton
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We live in a time where people are held captive by the dictates of an illogical society. By illogical, I am referring to the way we think. Our “I” is more powerful than it should be and we believe that our will is what makes us real. We think of ourselves as ideas, rather than beings of flesh and blood.

The will of God is that we act as men act. We are sons of God who have free will, though that free will may seem illogical to some.

Source: No Man Is An Island

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