Our hearts turn to stone when refuse to allow God into our lives. When we ignore His call for repentance and turn our backs on His statutes and commandments. We give evil free reign for we have cut ourselves off from the source of all that is good, all that is love. A spark will set off raging fires; untempered passions, wanton desires, fiery tempers even idolatry. We have died and yet we don’t even know it.
Our hearts are restless till we rest in Him, for His yoke is easy and His burden light. Following Jesus is a joyous affair, filled with peace and love however it is not without hardship or toil. We are often called to put aside and sometimes give up material comforts in loving surrender. To roll up our sleeves and throw ourselves into the grunt and grind of servitude. To leave behind dead weights and dead spirits. So that we might constantly renew ourselves in Him. And bear fruit worthy of our heavenly Father.
Jesus lead us home. Amen
FIRST READING
Amos 2:6–10, 13–16
GOSPEL
Matthew 8:18–22
When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other shore. A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
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