Today I had a DUH moment.
Jesus is alive. Even though I
guess I knew this I didn't think of it as he is alive right now. I always thought, "he rose from the dead 2000
years ago and then floated up to Heaven and now he’s there, with all the dead
people." I am not sure why but it didn't really hit me that he is as alive as I am, even more so. This just shows another hole in my
understanding and my faith.
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In the first reading today we hear of people laying sick and
crippled friends out in the street in hopes that St.Peter’s shadow would touch them.
These people believed that the mere shadow of a man doing God’s work
could heal them. St.Peter was walking
around with the same flawed humanity as each of us and healing people in the name
of Jesus. He wasn't divine, but he had
faith. Jesus tells us in the Gospel that
if we have faith the size of a mustard seed we can move mountains. We all posses the power to heal people and
cure the sick but we lack faith.
My lack of faith is tied closely with my lack of trust. Even though intellectually I know that God
has the power to do all, faith doesn't live in your head, it lives in your
heart. Many times I will try to do the
will of God or hand over a situation to him but in the back of my mind I
doubt. I rely on myself. I think of plan B in case God doesn't come
through. He always comes through, if you trust him, if you have faith. Granted, it isn't always coming through in the way you expect or think he "should", but he comes through.
I don’t know about you but I need to work on letting go and
having faith. Imagine the good works we
could accomplish if we all had the faith of St.Peter.
Do you ever have a God DUH moment? What did you think of St.Peter’s faith? Any suggestions on how to to strengthen my
faith? Comments? Suggestions? Questions?
Drop me a line in the comments below.
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