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Monday, March 11, 2013

Someday


 The father realized that it was at that very hour when Jesus had told him: Your son will live; and he and all his household became believers.

Has Jesus spoken to you yet? We're you listening?

As each day goes by, another opportunity is presented to us to have an intimate encounter with the risen Christ. Jesus it at every turn, every step, every moment, I every encounter. Yet we may never hear his words or recognize these chances of grace. Our lives are filled with stress, burdens, needs and worries. Mix these with the noise that society places in our ears and it becomes very easy to miss the presence of Jesus in this chaos we call a sane life.
   The news tells us of war and hatred. Of threats for nuclear war, threats of violence and retaliation for perceived wrongs. At the same time society urges us to focus on the material things in life. Do you have enough money? You need more. Do you have a nice house? You need a bigger one with a bigger mortgage. Do you have a nice car? You need the newer, more luxurious one.  Buy, buy, buy. Spend, spend, spend. And it does not matter what is in your way or how you get these things, you must get them to be happy.
  Only after we may acquire them do we realize that the happiness, the peacefulness, the complete satisfaction is still missing. Because we chose all of this noise over the words of Jesus whispering in our ear.
  Like the father in the scripture verse, it is not until we hear and realize what Jesus is saying that we will understand and be true followers. For it is in understanding the words of Jesus where we find the true happiness, the true peace, the true completeness. And it costs...... No money. Notice I said no money. Because while it costs no money it does cost something.
 The cost is really minimal, but to some it may seem too high. The cost is to leave behind our old selves. To become reborn to a new life and become new persons with a very different outlook and a very different view of what life is all about.
  Jesus is speaking to you now. He is asking you to follow him on a new path. He is asking all of us to release all the bitterness and anger and hatred and materialism that we all hold on to. He is asking us to let it all go, and live in a life of simple peace, and love, and compassion in Christ. We can only try to get there. Only a select few really make it before this journey we call life is complete.
  Myself? No, I'm not there yet. Sometimes a think I am very far away. But I keep trying. I keep listening. I keep hoping that someday I get it all correct. And then the words will say, "Welcome to my Father's house."  Someday.

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