Last year, the father of a friend of mine died and so my friend requested a vacation leave from his work for a week following his father's burial. But his work manager ordered him to go back and return for work the day after the burial.Though his boss appeared unfair and inconsiderate, there was much wisdom in his instructions.
The longer we grieve over the death of a loved one, the longer we suffer.
The boss was telling my friend he would find his father alive and with him in his work.
Peter did the same thing when he chose to fish immediately after the Lord died rather than have a nine-day novena. He began to do what he normally did, and in it, discovered God again in the ordinariness of his life.
Perhaps, our trouble is that we linger too much in the past. A happy event takes place, we linger on it. Something sad happens, we linger on it. We live in our yesterdays.
But the Lord is not in yesterdays or tomorrows, but in the present.
If we continue to live in illusions of the past and the fantasies of tomorrow, we will miss the presence of the risen Christ now at the present moment.
Let us start all over again. From the mistakes we have committed, God has forgiven us. Let us leave behind our past pains, hurts and wounds.
There is certainly a gateway to going back to life and be whole again from the brokenness and death of our lives caused by our past hurts, pains from wounds and traumas inflicted to us by our family members or loved ones.
From past sins we have committed, God has forgiven us. So, we must go on and forget the past. Let us trust in the mercy of God and go on with the ordinary things we normally do and we will discover God is there with us and for us.
Blessings to us all...
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His mercy is my refuge where i feel loved and healed.
How are you?
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