Monday, January 4, 2010

nothing

apart from Him we can do nothing
but we try
we wake up without Him
we go to work without Him
we try to be a good spouse or parent or child without Him
we even try to be religious or "spiritual" without Him
this is what it looks like,
we become bored with our existence
we look for something else to give us strength to go on,
we look for something else to give us a high
be it work, education, sports, food, legal drugs, illegal drugs,
beer, wine, whiskey, not drinking at all, being righteous, sex, etc..
i am not talking about people who don't claim Jesus,
i am talking about those of us who do
protestant and catholic
we are all capable of a doing a lot of things in the name of meaning and purpose,
but without God,
nothing will sustain our "fighting the good fight"
believing isn't enough according to scripture,
"even devils believe, and they shudder" says St. James.
faith alone isn't enough,
you and i can have "the faith to move mountains" St. Paul says,
without love he says, "I have nothing."
so, here we are back to the daily grind of a new year..
we have our faith, our hope,
but apart from God, Who is Love,
we have nothing
may this be the year we dig deeper into the untold treasure of He Himslef..
into the endless reaches of His giving Heart,
His reaching out for our undivided attention,
His desire to do through us,
to be in us,
to be the very Food that feeds our weary souls..
filling us with His crazy love,
so that our faith and hope will matter
for apart from Him we can do nothing..

wkm





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