Ten days have passed. Quickly time reminds that the days of our 2008 journey will pass faster than we expect or prefer. As intimated in prior postings, each consideration of daily readings will be included a nod to the notion of spiritual journey.
Setting out on a new journey each year, each may have come to realize from the previous year the need to alter a part of how my life should be. Up front we should come before God as we set out on the year long journey of 2008. Like the leper in today's gospel --- ready to seek out the healing care of Jesus. As Luke points out for us, Jesus is ready to help. He does not say in response to any appeal, "Let me think about it." No, his reply is a convincing assertion that he is ready whenever we come to him. "Of course I can" cure you he tells the leper.
Only in the second week of the year I want to feel confident that I believe, that I trust God and his presence in my heart, in my life. St. John reminds me that if I believe, Jesus is within my very being. He is present to help me live the life God the Father intended for me.
Believing and living in this, you can conquer anything that holds up apart from God. As John's letter points out: a believer can conquer the world!
So we ask of ourselves: Do I truly believe? Does God truly matter in my life? Think of your personal relationships for a moment: spouse, children, parents, relative, colleagues and friends. Is your relationship with God as strong or stronger it is with them? Can you say, "Of course, I can say that."
Setting out on a new journey each year, each may have come to realize from the previous year the need to alter a part of how my life should be. Up front we should come before God as we set out on the year long journey of 2008. Like the leper in today's gospel --- ready to seek out the healing care of Jesus. As Luke points out for us, Jesus is ready to help. He does not say in response to any appeal, "Let me think about it." No, his reply is a convincing assertion that he is ready whenever we come to him. "Of course I can" cure you he tells the leper.
Only in the second week of the year I want to feel confident that I believe, that I trust God and his presence in my heart, in my life. St. John reminds me that if I believe, Jesus is within my very being. He is present to help me live the life God the Father intended for me.
Believing and living in this, you can conquer anything that holds up apart from God. As John's letter points out: a believer can conquer the world!
So we ask of ourselves: Do I truly believe? Does God truly matter in my life? Think of your personal relationships for a moment: spouse, children, parents, relative, colleagues and friends. Is your relationship with God as strong or stronger it is with them? Can you say, "Of course, I can say that."
