Everyday we struggle with choices and have to battle temptations to remain as children of God. What we have as a result is peace of mind, love and life with God. But why do we choose the easy path the wider gate to our own destruction? Why do we not persevere when we do not even have to rely on our own strength? Jesus is our strength, our light and way….
He is telling us to “Come and See…” to walk with Him as His disciples.
Here is something I wrote recently, because like you I struggle everyday too….
Why do I struggle everyday to remain in the light? Do I have an affinity with darkness? In my conviction I am strong, I am tall then once again I fall!
Still I must battle for what is right and remain fearless! Pick myself up, I choose life! Else submit to the theft and face death..
Let us pray….
O Lord my God, give me the courage, strength and wisdom to always choose the narrow path which leads to you. And in my weakness hear my prayer as I cry out with all my heart to you “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.” Through Christ our Lord. Amen
First reading
1 John 3:7-10
My children, do not let anyone lead you astray: to live a holy life is to be holy just as he is holy; to lead a sinful life is to belong to the devil, since the devil was a sinner from the beginning. It was to undo all that the devil has done that the Son of God appeared. No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God.
In this way we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil: anybody not living a holy life and not loving his brother is no child of God’s.
Gospel
John 1:35-42
As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard at him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God.’ Hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, ‘What do you want?’ They answered, ‘Rabbi,’ – which means Teacher –’where do you live?’ ‘Come and see’ he replied; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him the rest of that day. It was about the tenth hour.
One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. Early next morning, Andrew met his brother and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ – which means the Christ – and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked hard at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas’ – meaning Rock.
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