{"id":484,"date":"2022-10-03T23:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T03:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sacredinsightsbymichaelangelo\/?p=484"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:17:55","slug":"tender-mercies-the-grinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sacredinsightsbymichaelangelo\/2022\/10\/tender-mercies-the-grinch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tender Mercies & The Grinch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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  Mercy comes in all sizes, and in that special year- such a grace reached \u201cThe Grinch\u201d with heart rendering tenderness.<\/p>\n

  The story of Dr Seuess\u2019 \u00a0\u2018The Grinch\u2019 has stolen peoples\u2019 hearts for over 6 decades. \u00a0The Grinch\u2019s spirit, imbued deep within this green creature, as it is in all of God\u2019s beings, needed others\u2019 love to bring this spirit to its fullness.<\/p>\n

  The ole\u2019 Grinch was simply spiritually malnourished. \u00a0He just needed some good medicine, \u00a0mainly consisting of doses of love and mercy. \u00a0A dual health approach which could only be provided by the Great Clinician, \u00a0with the unsolicited help of some nearby loving souls.<\/p>\n

  A combination of God\u2019s and others\u2019 love, \u00a0with sound medicine, indeed <\/span>prompted a\u00a0<\/span>trailblazing effort to rehab the psycho-social qualities of this sad yet curious patient, born with the misfortune of reportedly having a heart \u2018two times too small\u2019. \u00a0 In times like ours, many are sadly afflicted with the similar ailments exhibited by this curmudgeon like patient.<\/p>\n

  The \u2018Grinch\u2019, descended from the genus \u2018Grinches Miserius\u2019, presented to the clinic with complaints of general malaise, misery, lack of joy, streaks of pathological nastiness and a severe lack of love. \u00a0He was also noted to have a propensity to steal things, namely, Christmas, from the hearts of all good people and children in Whoville.<\/span><\/p>\n

  Upon a complete medical work-up, ECG and consultation with Cardiology, it was soon discovered that the patient was suffering from advanced dual Microcardia (born with a heart two times too small). At first the condition was deemed to have been congenital and exacerbated by Whoville\u2019s high altitude Alpine climate, but further examinations indicated otherwise. It seems that the patient\u2019s condition was caused by \u2018an adult onset of pessimism and \u2018hardening of the soul\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

  The Treatment Plan: A cadre of \u00a0caring physicians, psychologists and good neighbors designed a treatment plan exclusively for the patient, one which would integrate both medical as well as spiritual rehabilitative modalities.
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  The prescribed regimen included monitored living with townfolk in God\u2019s country, combined with frequent social interaction with people, particularly while accompanied by a chosen friend, \u00a0a noted four-year old child by the name of Cindy Lou Hoo.<\/span><\/p>\n

  Long Term Study: After 3 years (36 months) of medical therapy, and psychotherapy which included intensive social immersion with town folk of Whoville, and numerous exercises in love and tolerance, the patient made a miraculous recovery. After months of living in Whoville, follow-up examinations indicated tremendous results! \u00a0The Grinch\u2019s heart appeared to have grown not only to normal size and limits with sufficient atrial and ventricular output, but had indeed grown a bit larger than normal, with greater capacity to love, yet posed no threat to his overall health.<\/span><\/p>\n

  The comprehensive Treatment Plan, along with the aforementioned grace of God, was deemed an astounding success. \u00a0The Grinch continued to bask in God\u2019s mercies of love, and to grow healthy in body, mind and soul-with a bigger heart that overwhelmed everyone he met and touched. \u00a0The only thing he would ever again steal- was other people\u2019s hearts.
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  The bottom line being, as noted by the Wizard from the Wizard of Oz, \u201d that a person is not judged only as much as \u00a0by how much he loves..but by how much he is loved by others\u2026\u201d \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

  \u00a0(\u2018The Grinch\u2019,\u00a0<\/span>copyrighted in 1961 by Dr Seuss).<\/p>\n

  * You can enjoy more stories by MichaelAngelo Massa JD and his column \u201cSacred Insights 2.0\u201d @Patheos.com<\/p>\n

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