The Lord is asking us to Open Ourselves

 

The Gospel of today taught me a great lesson which I have been waiting to be unfolded to me over the years. The Lord granted that grace to me as I was reading the gospel text this morning and I believe that Our Lady of Lourdes might have interjected for me. She has been my constant company ever since I made pilgrimage to Lourdes. The inspiration that I received is that we need to open up to the Lord who is ever present to us and who keeps telling us to open many areas of our lives which are sealed or closed for years and years. These closed areas are disturbing and harming us in many ways  but do we hear the Lord calling and speaking to us to open up to his power and glory which can heal and open up the darker areas of life.

We are not only physically deaf but spiritually, emotionally and psychologically too deaf to hear and listen to one another, we need cure because our relationships are broken beyond repair due to lack of hearing and listening to the sincere need of being close to one another. The Lord of life wants to open up us to see and experience many things in this short life that he has gifted us. The power of his words asking us to open must go deeper into us so that we can enjoy this beautiful life. He commands us because he loves us as we are so that he can make use of his for his glory and power to be spread and shared with one and all.

He is ever ready to heal us provided we are ready to receive and do what he commands. He uses his authority and power not to put us down but to give us the best in life and bring about the greatest good that is in us. He gives us comfort so that we can be always close to him and to one another. Trust in him and just keep leaving the call of faith and trust.He has control over us and let him command us so that we can open those areas which has imprisoned us for so long….those dark areas which has made us salves of our bad habits and negativity. His command is for our good because it is a command of love, mercy and compassion. The command is for our good because it leads us to the fullest reality of who we are.

You are always Growing

There are many of us that ignore the positive signs in life which teach us about ourselves and the things that are happening to us and around us. We need to pay attention to the lovely and creative patterns in life which tell us the beauty and wonders of being human.Sometimes people complain that nothing works in life, we experience failures and hurdles in life to achieve greater heights. But if we open eyes we will realise that everything works out in the end for our own benefits. We fail to see it because we are blinded with fear and anxiety. If we accept all that happens to us we will realise that everything takes slowly but surely takes us to a greater destination. We are always growing and it is a fact and truth of life. It is not physical growth but emotional and spiritual growth.

 

When you are deep and solid into the healing journey which takes you inward to know and accept who you are, we forget the outside world because the the new world allows us to taste the real meaning of life. But when you heal, others heal, and it’s the biggest service to those around you. Personal healing is not meant for oneself but it always comes with a mission to heal those around us by sharing the experience and leading them to that inner reality where they will experience the joy of being a perfect human being. Thus you lead yourself on the process of growth.

 

We sometimes don’t realise that the things that we do to others allows us to experience and taste the beauty and sweetness of growth. There are many ways like visiting a sick and lonely neighbours, helping someone who is in trouble getting a job done, one who is jobless and needs it badly to look after his family, someone who is accused falsely and languishing in the jail without trial, we go out to help him get released through the legal help offered to him, initiating a dialogue with an irritating co-worker or even a family member forgetting all about the past but just beginning to relate in a new way. Through all these positive ways we grow to be real and to be worthy of our call. 

 

Growing to be according to the plan of God is something that we all must strive and try to achieve in our lives. This can happen through a deep prayer and communion with the Lord which makes us to understand that God has a purpose in our life and He does everything according that purpose to shape our destiny and events in our lives. He will never do anything wrong but will allow us to achieve those things which we dream of achieving in life.