Do we really prepare the way of the Lord? This is what we set out to do, right? I am so sinful, yet in my heart I desire to be with God... what is right, what is wrong? What is direction, what is misdirection? Are these words, though louder, falling on deaf ears?
The way of the Lord is simple, love. That is our goal. To say "Love God above all things and love one another as [Jesus] has loved [us]" can often be so confusing. Who is this God who seeks our love? Who is Jesus and how did he love us?
Let's go a little off the path to try and answer this... Have you ever met a person who cannot accept failure? Who works hard and wants everything to be perfect? To some extent that's me, but it's something I've been trying to change. Failure is inevitable, so what happens when you fail? Fail a test? Fail a friend, a loved one? What happens when it seems as if you can never get anything right? Well for the most part our past failures are now out of our hands. Our pains, our regrets of yesterday are merely that--yesterday. I am not saying to discard it, that would just be foolish, to forget how and why we fail. Today is in our hands, not yesterday. Today forges a new tomorrow. Never give up, never lose hope. Take life one step at a time.
One of the best things I heard from yesterday's retreat was from Sean Masero, a youth minister @ St. Columban, it was actually a tweet from Rev. Run (DMC)about never giving up, "When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on."
Love is not black and white, sometimes we'll falter and sometimes we'll triumph, but love propels us forward. More than that, faith, hope and love propel us forward. Not with delusion, but understanding & humility in the truth that we are just a small piece of such a seemingly infinite universe, yet we can make a difference.
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