Monday, April 11, 2011

Tuesday: The Pain of Solitude


There exists within the human being a tendency to belong, to be a member.  What does this say about us?  Perhaps it is loud and clear among most of us:  SOLITUDE IS SO PAINFUL.

Jesus said (in today's gospel)
"I belong to what is above.
Your belong to this world..."
(John 8:23)

Why, then, did Jesus agree to leave the Father and the Holy Spirit to become a part of our world, to join us on our journey?  Is the heavenly kingdom empty?  boring? dull?

Jesus joined us for a specific reason:  he, along with the Father and the Holy Spirit SO LOVED YOU, me and every child of God that he wanted to take us and our world into his punctured hands -- and our sin-damaged world to guve us to the Father and to give us the heavenly kingdom.
D you find this difficult to accept or believe?  If so, quite simply and straightforwardly, that is living in a world of separation from the Creator.  You and I, we were God-designed and for a singular purpose:  we are made for God.  In you annot accept this reality, do not be surprised by a life of unrest, a world of struglle.
And what then is our basic and ultimate orientation?  The answer is one word:  GOD!  Or in a simple sentence:  I belong to the Creator God.