Fr. Satish's homily resonated with my own recent thoughts about the life to which I am called. At first, it left me a touch demoralized. I didn't want to hear the message that yes, indeed, the standard of laying down our lives can be found nowhere except in the cross. I wanted to protest: surely I get to keep this part, or maybe that part, right? In the end, this point confirmed this idea that I've been hearing in my own reflections: I am called to live a sacrificial life in the place where I am planted. Yet it's also clear that I shouldn't receive this truth with disappointment or dismay. Life will still bring many joys, bright spots that will sustain me. Yes, there will be pain in the parts of myself I must give up in order to live as I'm called to, but I am not to dwell on that or I will miss the wonder.
And while God may eventually call me to yield all of myself, he has also created all that I am, and loves me. I am precious to him, as the person I am, and he didn't even call his Son to give up his unique personhood.
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