There is a saying that goes, "when opportunity knocks, you must open the door."
You have to take the chance when the chance arrives.
St. James takes it a little further in today's first reading. He basically tells us that every moment, every "knock", is an opportunity to grow in faith.
Every encounter in life can be an encounter to deepen one's faith. There is no moment unnoticed by God that does not contain grace to perfect us along the way, "so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."
Everything and anything is instrumental to the life of faith God desires for us.
The true challenge is to recognize that we are not perfect yet.
In the gospel, we encounter the Pharisees seeking to argue with Jesus; they come to pick a fight.
Jesus does something that we can certainly benefit from seeing. Jesus decides to walk away.
JEsus gets in the boat and goes to the other side of the lake.
He creates distance between him and the source of conflict. Rather than have a throw down and blow up he simply walks away.
We all must learn to choose our fights. Some fights aren't worth fighting.
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