November, 2008
Someone sent me this message:
The light of God surrounds us.
The love of God enfolds us.
The power of God protects us.
The presence of God watches over us.
Wherever we are, God is and all is well.
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This is our Reflection for this month, purposely as short as this to enhance its impact.
Can we really believe these few, short sentences, not just mental assent, but as a moment by moment reality? When we are able to answer that question in the affirmative, it will affect the way we live, the way we respond to circumstances, the way we pray.
If, for whatever reason, we have difficulty believing this, we have a Father who delights in giving his children the things they desire. It is something we cannot achieve in any way at all, it can only be received from his Fatherhand when we ask him.
We would no longer be praying anxiously that God would be with us, praying anxiously that God would help us overcome some sin in our life, praying anxiously that God would bless the activities that we are engaged in for him, or praying anxiously that God would protect our wealth in these uncertain times.
And here we might add our own particular anxieties.
In short, our Father would eliminate all our anxieties and allow us to rest in the truths expressed in these few, short sentences.
This kind of Christianity would be much more than just something we believe, it would be Life to us, the very Life of the Lord Jesus Christ, expressed through us , his children.
The love of God, being shown to the world around us.
Great is your faithfulness, O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with you,
You change not, your compassions, they fail not,
As you have been, you forever will be.
St.Thomas, Nov./’08.
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