When I was in 6th grade I wanted to be in the school band and play the clarinet. My father did not think I was capable of actually becoming good at playing it because I was unsuccessful at piano lessons when I was 7 (even though the ages 7 and 12 are completely different from each other). I remembered his words carefully and it was not until I was in 8th grade when I really started devoting time to practicing. I would go to early morning band practice and stay for after school band practice and spend hours practicing in my free time. I had to sacrifice sleeping in on school days or time that I could be watching TV but I became better the more I practiced.
This same concept can be correlated into the charity we give in our ministries. There is only one true way to "learn" to love our family, community and those we minister to; it is spending time in prayer with our Lord. I hate to be a "Debbie Downer" but we as humans are very selfish creatures. We think too much about ourselves and Jesus is the One who can truly teach us how to love others because He showed us what true love is by coming to earth in human flesh and dying so we may be able to join Him in heaven. We do have to sacrifice our personal time to spend time with Him but it is worth it. Some ways to increase your personal prayer life could be by going to daily mass, going to adoration once a week, reading and learning Scriptures or saying a rosary. This may mean not spending 2 hours on facebook or watching Youtube videos or missing The Office on Thursday nights (I know this is a sacrifice!!!!). But if we sacrifice our fleshy desires, He will reward us more than we could ask for.
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