+ The topic of our readings today is an important one: freedom. It
seems that Jesus and the Jewish people to whom he spoke were on two different
wavelengths, again: this time regarding what it truly means to be free! The
Jewish people still see freedom as a national condition that is the goal to be
striven for: the children of Abraham are free because they are to be the
favored nation of God – among other nations and gods!
But Jesus speaks very plainly
today: only I can give you true freedom, inner freedom, freedom to be who
you are on the inside – and it is from the inside out that you will attain
your true status as heirs of Abraham and favored children of God!
Most often, freedom comes at a
price: such as the price the three young men faced in the fiery furnace of
Nebuchadnezzar! But when one is totally engulfed in faith in God – not even
lapping flames of any kind – real or symbolic – can disturb you.
And this has immediate application
and direction as we daily are more and more immersed in the raging coronavirus –
which by the way has nothing to do with Satan, it is simply nature being
nature, a virus being its best self! What need do is to protect ourselves by
immersing ourselves in FAITH and belief that GOD DOES HAVE EVERYTHING IN
CONTROL – even if it seems exactly opposite of what my physical eyes are
telling me.
And how we do that is to,
believe it or not – sit, and saturate ourselves in silence and solitude – which
ought to be easier than ever now that we are house-bound – sit STILL AND DO
NOTHING! DO NOTHING! DO NOTHING – and ENGAGE IN BEING, JUST BEING, JUST being
with your true self, and with God – for 20 minutes in the morning, and 20
minutes in the evening! and you will WAKE UP, you will become AWARE of what is
really going on! And you will begin to understand the mystery of it all! And what
a wondrous mystery it is: to feel calm, and peace and healing in the midst of a
roaring whirlwind of disease and death going on all around us, or even in us if
we become a victim of the virus.
LIVE JOYFULLY IN THE HERE AND
NOW – doing NOTHING as often as you can and you will be VICTORIOUS when all is
said and done.
May we today truly be free,
enjoying the freedom of the sons and
daughters of God: a freedom consisting of informed consent and cooperation
with God who wants to be an intimate part of our lives – if we let him!
Blessed
are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, praiseworthy and exalted above all
forever!
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