Sunday 6 April 2014

What can be so worst than what you  face right now?
What can be so worst than a terrible disease that is slowly zapping life out of  you.... a disease with no visible cure for an innocent child..........the untimely devastating death of a loved one that you wished was only a nightmare,  the fear of an illness lurking in your heart that keeps you awake most nights......... the bleak future staring at you in the face.......... the homeless that has lost every dignity of living.........the poor caught up in an unjust greedy or 'religious/political' wars? ......Yes, cruel things do happening to good people......but  what can be so worst than what you are battling with right now? Doubtlessly, even all these are horrible things to happen to anyone, I can't imagine that there could be something  more worst than any or all of these put together on a plate for any one.person or groups of people to endure.
All of the above are all related to things  perishable, transient or temporal. .... Life is only for a while... we are only here for a while may be 100 + yet that is still very short in comparison to what is next after this transitional period. If eyes have not seen or ears have not heard what God has  in store for those who believe in Him, then the other side of the coin: what can be so worst is: There is more beyond,  the best is yet to come.
Life is beyond our control as no one can ever have all the answers at any given time..... you have not got it all together even though you may have the dream house,..... winter lodges, summer huts scattered across continents ..... fleet of cars, a fantastic fulfilling job.....the money keeps doubling even when asleep, etc. Though these can be good depending on how they are obtained and used, they are also transient in nature as they can quickly vanish.
So what can be worst than what you face now .... or best than what have now? We are told not to be afraid of those that will kill the body and after that can do no more. But to fear him who after killing the body, has the power  to throw you into hell (Lk. 12:4-5).    
Living a life separated from God and willingly refusing to be reconciled before any tragic death will lead to separation of the soul from God for all eternity and that is the most worst thing that can happen to any human being. The terrible things can destroy or devastate life but cannot separate one from the love of God poured into our hearts through Jesus. Who or what can separate us from the love of God? .....shall  trouble or hardship, or persecution or famine or nakedness.......I am convinced that neither death, nor life,..... anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Jesus Christ our Lord! (Rom. 8: 28 - 39)
Just as it's true that no suffering here on earth can separate us from the love of God, it is equally true that what does it profit a man for gaining the whole world at the expense of his soul....The salvation of our soul is our only important pursuit because when our soul is lost, all is lost.   The only thing that can separate us from God is sin, and dying unrepentant, rejecting God.. Each day offers us an opportunity to accept God's love through Jesus as the death of an unrepentant sinner does not benefit God in anyway...... he wishes that all will come to repentance and accept his forgiveness. The Precious Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross was for our salvation so that at the end of this brief life we may spend eternity with Him ....where do you want to spend eternity? ... .... Nothing can be more worst, whatever your situation in this short life span than to spend eternity without God. .... ....The season of  Lent reminds us of the love of God made manifest through the cruel death of Jesus on the Cross....... It's an opportunity to meditate on the great ocean of God's love and mercy made possible to all ....... we still have two weeks of Lent, it will be enriching to meditate on one Station of the Cross each day, .....enter into the scenes and see how much God has to stoop low to reach out to you.... Allow the Station(s) to speak to your heart and spend more time/days on a particular Station that touches you most,........ enter into the mystery of Christ's redeeming suffering  uniting yours and others to that of Christ.......to find some meaning to suffering in that of Christ...........The best is to live a life in union with Christ now already, under whatever situation, leading into eternity and that is what Jesus came to give us,....... life, abundant life with Him, in Him and through Him!!!!!!!!!!!!!