Friday, April 4, 2014

SABRINA

Catholic priest and author Henri Nouwan once wrote, “We
seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God­given
tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in
creation and have to decide to entertain ourselves until we
die. But we were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus
was. Once we start living our lives with that conviction, we
will soon know what we were sent to do.”

You know, we did absolutely nothing to deserve to live in a
country where yes, there are many issues, poverty, and
pain, but all in all, in a nation where there is freedom to
learn, go to the church of our choice, let our voice be
heard.  It is not for anything we as individuals have done,
we can’t say “by God’s grace,” because then we would be
passing judgment on millions of people who do not have
the same comforts and freedoms.

What we must do is to look in the mirror and ask, “God,
what would you have me to do today, because we each
have a story, a call, a cause that is part of God’s plan for
our lives and for the lives of those we touch.  A plan that
has been since the beginning of time. Go today, blessed by
God, loved by God, and in service to God.