Fishmail Insight

January 26, 2005

Jesus the Son of God was sent by his father to proclaim the Good news. He was
fully confident that his Father would work out his plan of salvation in spite of
the apparent failure of his mission. He was confident even when we saw
that people did not accept him. For thirty-years in Nazareth, they knew him only
as the Son of Joseph and Mary. Our Lady and Joseph, too must, have
wondered.
People told him that he was mad, a liar,
they slapped him, spat at him, and crucified him. He seemed to be a complete
failure. He knew, though, that in spite of all this the wil of his Father would
be fulfilled. Do we have that trust?

~in spite of all the trials and tribulations we face we must endure. In scripture it states that God will not give us a problem that we can't handle. So we must face our trials directly... look them in the eye and tell them that we trust our Lord. we can accomplish so many feats with such high faith. When one is bogged down with problems... everything seems amis and the world seems so unfair... this usually leads some to doubt their faith and turn their backs on God. We start to lose sight of his plans for us and we decay out of our ministry. It is a horror to lose one's faith in adversity... and i've seen it so many times in my past... as well as having been a party to it myself. The most important part to remember in any ministry is the facilitation of growth... if one does not grow closer to God... he grows away from him... and the second one stops growing... he starts dying... trials... most importantly... and most efficiently facilitate growth...

so through all the pain and hardships... and the loneliness...
be aware... stay vigilant... have faith...
the Lord loves you
and let it make u grow