Dear Father, If I were asked to describe what I think to be the most challenging aspect of growth, I think I’d begin with practice, or, better said, putting knowledge to use. One of the most challenging aspects is that the motivation required to know often differs from the motivation required to do. The Scripture says, “My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice.” It may not be out of place to ask: what’s the need for desiring knowledge while not giving room for it to have its course? Or what’s the purpose of acquiring knowledge if not to put it to use? Yet, in reflection, I would be insincere to write to You about this and make myself seem guiltless, as though all I know to appeal to growth, I have done without reluctance and in consistency. Obviously, growth requires more than being the most committed listener to words of wisdom; it requires more than being the most intelligent preacher of wisdom. Perhaps, in becoming faithful participants in these two extremes, we become unaware of the subtle risk of looking the part but not playing it. Perhaps the satisfaction that comes from knowing, we replace with the void that comes from not doing. What good is knowledge without works? What good is a tree without its fruits? Yet, aren’t we all guilty? Lacking results necessarily proportional to the level of our knowledge? Aren’t we all guilty of knowing what to do but simply not doing it? Translations: Slide 1: English Slide 2: French Slide 3: Bengali Slide 4: Hindi Slide 5: Urdu Slide 6: Portuguese #LettertoGod #Knowledge #practise #reflections #growth