Hope is essential to life. Pope Benedict in is latest encyclical Saved in Hope reminds us "the one who has hope lives differently; the one who hopes has been granted the gift of new life."
New life is what we all are in need of; a new life of freshness and vigor that keeps us focused reaches out to us through Christ.
In today's gospel Jesus tells us that the Father wants to "amaze us", the Father wants to "wow" us. Do we let God wow us. Usually we let our expectations and our own plans interfere with the beauty that the Father is trying to work in us and through us. What would happen if we embraced each day as a new fresh beginning. Where we surrender our old expectations and rise from our slumber allowing God to "wow" us in his way.
This is the foundation of a hope filled life. No matter what happens, no matter the trials, God is seeking to "wow" us.
Jesus tells us "the Father is at work until now and I am at work." What a hope filled life knowing that we are not alone, that Jesus never ceases to work on our behalf, he never rest until we rest in him.
Let us boast in the hope of the Glory of God.
1 comment:
Thanks for this wonderful write up. Please continue put more of this reflections out on the blog. People are reading, at least me.
Edward
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