While everyone is busy pointing you to the latest and greatest tragedy and proof of how bad every single thing around us is, I’m going to try to point you in a different direction. Instead of looking down, I’m going to try to get you to look up! I woke up very early this morning… some might even consider it the middle of the night. When I stepped outside at 4am, to breathe in some fresh cool air before starting my day, the above view is what I saw. I then made my coffee, and sat down for my time with the Lord. And of course in true Divine fashion, He proceeds to use that little moment to lead me forward. The first book I opened was “You Shall Not Want… 30 days with the Psalms”. And on day two, it reads “We lift up our eyes to you, Lord of the heavens and earth!” And before that “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth”.
Indeed it does, on this earthly pilgrimage, it’s very tempting at times to rely on our own strength, and I honestly believe that’s why the Lord allows for so much of our weakness …to get that out of the way right up front. “Look girlie…you have no personal strength, so don’t even entertain that particular thought.”
But long ago the Lord revealed to me, that I would “see the goodness of God in the land of the living”, and He’s kept that promise. I may not have much as far as physical or material things go, but I have Him… and THAT is the pearl of great price, worth ridding everything else for.
We often are mislead into believing that our faith is only to get us into heaven after we die. And although it’s true that the fullness of heaven will only be revealed to us then, it begins NOW.
It must begin now because we need to become saints NOW. There is urgent work to be done.
And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. – Luke 10:2
‘The harvest’ refers to the abundance of God’s Merciful Love, blessings and grace, that are ready and just waiting distribution. This readily brings to mind the priestly role, but not only… we all have a job to do. We are ALL called to be His workers… and that means to be saints.
On day 12 of 33Days to Merciful Love, we read… “if you live the Little Way (of St. Thérèse) that is, if you recognize the darkness of your littleness, keep trying to grow in holiness, and trust in the Lord’s promise of mercy, you will become a saint. It’s that simple.”
What is this work that He has for us? One such assignment is revealed to us in today’s Gospel.
“Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.” – Luke 10:3
So we see the work of becoming a saint is not to simply sit back and enjoy the heavenly view in awe, but to go out and work in the vineyard.
He further states.
“Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.’”
There’s so much to unpack here, and I’ll share with you what I, an ADHD contemplative, get from it.
*”Whatever town you enter”. So this doesn’t necessarily mean that we are all going to be sent on a mission to far away lands. Our ‘town’ might be our very own home, or our work place, wherever the Lord has us at this particular time.
*”and they welcome you” oh this one is hard. Not everyone will welcome us or eagerly receive the gifts of the harvest that we are so eager to share with them. They don’t appreciate it and we can do nothing for them. This is heartbreaking when it’s those we love so dearly.
*”Eat what is set before you” … eat what’s on your plate… do the thing that is right before you without complaining or trying to get out of it, complete your duty of the moment before setting out on new ventures. Hello, where are my adhd people at? Are you understanding this? 😉
*”cure the sick” … seek out those in dark, broken places… meet them at their pain points…being aware of their infirmities they are better prepared for the healing that you’ll bring to them… you have what is necessary… the gifts of the Holy Spirit will provide.
*”say to them, the Kingdom of God is at hand for you. Show them the big picture and get them involved in the mission.
“Remember that God‘s merciful love is like water it rushes to the lowest place.”
33 Days to Merciful Love
Beautiful reflection 🙏
Thank you for stopping by and reading it. I think this is what God is calling me to at the moment … to focus more on Him and what He’s saying than all the voices out there that just contribute to me losing my focus even more. 🙏🙏🙏 Please say a prayer for me. I pray for all who enter here too.