{"id":9969,"date":"2024-05-23T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combonimission.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=9969"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:27:49","slug":"reflection-what-are-the-four-gives-and-the-four-gets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/reflection-what-are-the-four-gives-and-the-four-gets\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection. What are the \u201cFour Gives\u201d and the \u201cFour Gets\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u201cfour gives\u201d and the \u201cfour gets\u201d are about the \u201cgiving\u201d and \u201creceiving\u201d attitudes in relationships with God, others, the world, and oneself.<\/em><\/p>\n

Give others their Rights.<\/strong> Let us not deprive other people of what is due to them. Let us learn to respect one another, especially the \u201clittle ones\u201d in our midst. \u201cWhatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Give the world a chance.<\/strong> Let us take care of God\u2019s creation. May there still be a wonderful world for the next generations after us.<\/p>\n

Give yourself a break.<\/strong> Let us turn away from our self-centeredness which makes us miserable. Let us give ourselves a break from our bad habits and shallow mindsets.<\/p>\n

To Give thanks.<\/strong> A grateful heart is a happy heart. A grateful person is a delight to our loving Father.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFour Gets\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get closer to God.<\/strong>\u00a0 As we grow older, may God become more real and more personal to us. Are we more obedient and more docile to His will? Can we value Him more than our worldly riches and achievements? Are we stronger in our suffering because of Him?<\/p>\n

Get real with people.<\/strong> Is our presence to other people sincere? Do we go the \u201cextra mile\u201d or give the \u201cextra smile?\u201d Do we go beyond justice, and take the road of humility, forgiveness, and love?<\/p>\n

Get involved with the world.<\/strong> Do we care at all about people who are sick, suffering, or are victims of injustice? Are we so busy making a name for ourselves that we forget to make a difference? Have we forgotten our mission to be \u201ca salt of the earth and a light to the world?\u201d<\/p>\n

Get out of your shell.<\/strong> Have we stopped broadening our horizons, and have limited our sight to what is comfortable and pleasurable? Have we forgotten that life is a leap of faith, an investment for what lies beyond?<\/p>\n

The \u201cFour Gives\u201d and the \u201cFour Gets\u201d can be useful \u201csignposts\u201d in our journey.\u00a0 (Illustration: Pixabay) – (Jerry M. Orbos\/ SVD)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cfour gives\u201d and the \u201cfour gets\u201d are about the \u201cgiving\u201d and \u201creceiving\u201d attitudes in relationships with God, others, the world, and oneself. Give others their Rights. Let us not deprive other people of what is due to them. Let us learn to respect one another, especially the \u201clittle ones\u201d in our midst. \u201cWhatever you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}