Listen!
When I was in the military, I was in the artillery, and I loved the loud 60’s Rock and Roll Music. Needless to say, I have a hearing loss. My wife, Anna, says it is selective. We both have been tested and both of us have a high frequency hearing loss. We both have hearing aids but don’t wear them.
We both know we should be wearing hearing aids.
One of my favorite quotes , Sirach 15: 14-20 God in the beginning created human beings and made them subject to their own free choice. If you choose, you can keep the commandments; loyalty is doing the will of God. Set before you are fire and water; to whatever you choose, stretch out your hand. Before everyone are life and death, whichever they choose will be given them. Immense is the wisdom of the LORD; mighty in power, he sees all things. The eyes of God behold his works, and he understands every human deed. He never commands anyone to sin, nor shows leniency toward deceivers.
We can wear the hearing aids or not.
In Exodus 20 God says He is a jealous God. God is not imperfect. He gave us the 10 Commandments because He loves us. He knows what it takes to be in Communion with Him. Nonetheless, we have the choice. He knows loyalty is doing the will of God. This brings to mind the will of God for me.
So we not only have to follow the will of God, the commandments and love one another in the same breath. We have to balance all these things to satisfy a jealous God.
God doesn’t want the impossible, because He sent His Son, Jesús ‘Anyone who listens to you listens to me; anyone who rejects you rejects me, and those who reject me reject the one who sent me.’ The impossible occurs with a relationship with Jesus. No one wants to willingly reject Jesus. We want Him as a brother, confidant and friend.
There are many paths to that relationship but they all surround and are strengthened by the Holy Eucharist and Scripture. Our walk with Jesus is improved by participating and prayerfully using the grace of Jesus in our lives. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
God Love You Always
Bob Burford
PS: Please Pray for Cancer victims and their caregivers. Pray for the conversion of Russia and the salvation of the Ukrainian and Russian people and their soldiers. Pray for peace!
