Friday, July 17, 2020
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At First Glance
Once more God will fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing.
In a world that yearns for the best, the most, the highest, the tallest, the greatest in all things, we lose sight of the tiny and what appears to be unimportant. God’s plan always works through inversion; God transforms our suffering and brings forth joy; God calls the smallest of us for the greatest of tasks. We have the choice to choose the false life of bigness or the eternal life of the seemingly insignificant.
God says: Do you not see the many little miracles in which you take part with me each day? I know. The same blindness overcame the first apostles until I sent them out in twos to heal and cure. They, like you, are still surprised when I invite them to join me in my Way of Love. But you see that I must send you into the world so that you will fully experience my presence in the healing you do each day. My loyal servant Job was seen as a sinner by his friends. They erred in their thinking. Job’s loyalty and unwavering fidelity kept him bound to me. His family, friends and foes saw only pain where Job saw possibility. Job remained in the world and allowed me to bring him to his fullness. My goodness calls forth laughter from your tears. Your constancy calls forth rejoicing from your sorrow. You must go out as I have asked. And you must trust me.
This is a difficult lesson to learn and it requires much trust. When we have the time to read Job’s entire story we see that God does indeed abide with the little and the small. We will see that God cares for the marginalized and the dispossessed. God brings laughter and rejoicing to those who experience anxiety and pain. What appears at first glance to be insignificant is – in the scope of eternity – the greatest of all.
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