At Communion time, I sensed the infinite love of Jesus for us. This is the most beautiful thing in the world ever, yet the world ignores it ~ how blind, deaf, and heartless can you be!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Accepting God's Ways
God's thoughts and ways are different from ours. For example, the Jewish people had expected a totally different kind of Messiah when Jesus came to us. Since we don't know God's ways for sure (otherwise, we'd be all-knowing like him), we are to pray, trust, and wait. A true disciple does not complain to God for any reason either because he knows that the Lord knows better.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Clear & Direct from Christ
After watching a program on Tibetan Buddhism on PBS, I came to appreciate my faith in Christ so much more because the message from Christ is totally clear with no ambiguity and we get to know God directly. Clear and direct as revelations from God should be. It's true that there are many mysteries about God that we don't understand yet, but what God has allowed us to know is sufficient for our salvation ~ this is all we need to know now. All the rest will be clear when we see the Lord face to face. All Christians are truly blessed.
What's Life All About?
This post is for those who are not yet believers in Christ or still in the early stages of their faith journey. I remember myself in those early days. Just like most others, my goal was to get ahead in life, preferably ahead of all those who knew me. The way to do it was to learn from friends or books on the subject; believe me, most friends were eager to impart their "wisdom" on survival or dealing with others, and the books were many out there, each touting its effective approaches to reach your goal or achieve happiness in life. Of course, almost none of these sources ever mentioned God ~ you were really on your own.
My question to you: if this is also your present thinking or goal, is this what life is all about? There is really so much more to it, after I have come to know Christ well. Concentrating on this life will never bring us true happiness ~ many nonbelievers have found out in time and believers know because they have tasted Christ, the source of true joy and peace. Basically, God made us this way out of love. Whether you believe what I've just said is true or not, believe in Christ to find out for yourself.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
To the Spiritually Sick:
When the scribes and Pharisees brought the woman who had been caught in adultery to Jesus, they tried to trap him by asking what he had to say about the case, knowing well that in the law Moses ordered such woman to be stoned. Jesus paused and then said, "Let the man among you who has no sin be the first to cast a stone at her."
People today push away or reject the Lord. What came to my mind is the line: "Let any among you who are not spiritually sick be the first to push away the Lord."
We Are the Rebels!
This message and the next one I'm going to post are inspired by the letters of Elizabeth of Schonau I just read from the book of her works.
Everything in heaven and on the earth serves God except us. We have the free will and we rebel, disrupting the harmony of the universe. This came to me as shocking truth. Are you helping to restore this harmony before the day the Lord is forced to do it?
God Most Satisfying
It is our human nature to search for things that satisfy us better all the time. For example, we look for better tools, upgrade our computers, find the latest gadgetry, build more comfortable houses, etc. So, why not go straight to God first, who can provide the most satisfaction? This is what Jesus talked about: "Drink the living water given by him and you'll never thirst again." Start at the top end to get the most out of life. Smart move.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Jesus Is the Lord of All
In today's Gospel from Matthew 12, Jesus proclaims to the Pharisees that he is the Lord of the sabbath. Of course, Jesus is the Lord of everything! Being meek and humble is his way too. He has the final say in all things. We think that we are free to do what we want to do, but we end up before him at the Final Judgment. We are always at his mercy, as it should be.
No Time to Lose
I am feeling the urgency of serving God in this life. The time of a life is short or in many cases, really short. Whatever you sow in this life affects what you reap in the next. The condition of the present world definitely adds to the urgency. There are still things I do, such as reading certain magazines, that are not harmful spiritually; but nevertheless, use up time that might be better spent in prayer or serving the Lord.
I had a dream last night. I had a kit of some sort of electronic parts to assemble. The many parts were contained in a box of decent size. I was anxious to build the assembly, so I walked into a room, started to take the parts out of the box to spread on a table. Then soon many others came and started doing the same thing, each with his own kind of kit. Before I realized, the parts from the other kits had joined mine on the table and some parts, in fact, had fallen off the table. Right then, I knew that it wouldn't be possible to complete my assembly anymore because I didn't even know what parts were mine and whether some had already fallen off the table ~ I (and the others in the room) had all wasted time on our unprofitable undertakings. This dream confirms my feeling of urgency.
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