+ The readings today paint a clear picture for us: of what it means to be
worldly, and what it means to be heavenly. Unless we have our hearts set on
heaven, unless we begin really imagining it right here and now – and subsequently,
as many heres and nows as possible during the day – then we
will not attain to it: the land promised us on the day of our baptism.
On the other hand, it is quite
easy to picture what the world, the flesh and the devil have to display in
front of us and tantalize us with. It is all glittery and glamour here and now –
and this should be our very first clue to run the opposite direction. The show
is fake, the glitter is glass, and the smell is manufactured and can easily
turn to stench. This man-made fun-house of tantalizing delights – very much
like a circus, or carnival – can never ever satisfy the human heart.
And so the choice is our today:
follow the futile, or surrender to the Lord of heaven and earth, call him your
Savior and your Lord – for that he is: and hold out until the veil is lifted
and the real unimaginable sights, sounds, and colors, smells and tastes of the eternal
kingdom beckons those who were faithful to the message of the Redeemer who came
to Promise that this world is really only a foreshadowing of the real one that
will take its place when we will all live an eternal life of fun, joy,
happiness, bliss and peace – with one another at the Wedding Reception of the
Lamb of God: and oh, did I mention the Bride will be us: the Holy and Beloved
People!
The devil is having a
temporary heyday right now: everything has to be bigger and better and chromier
and shinier than the others: but NONE of this compares in the slightest to the
real reality that awaits those who say and mean: Jesus is Lord, Jesus is
Savior, Jesus is King forever!
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