Notes on Existence

Concerning our existence, there will always be need for prayer, reflection, and patience. Concerning our journey toward God, there will always be questions, doubts, and fear. Many of the events in our lives occur with randomness, without a sense of overriding or guiding logic.

The human existence is an exercise in vulnerability. We exist at the mercy of the elements, at the mercy of God.

We are asked to love our brothers and sisters. We are asked to be prepared to serve God. We are reminded that we live to serve God.

There is nothing new in any of this. There is a great difficulty in remembering and applying this to our daily lives. How we treat each other, how we speak to each other, how we think about each other is important. The great lessons of Christianity are constant love, constant preparation. We are asked to love our neighbors as we love ourselves and we are asked to always be prepared and willing to serve the Lord.

Peace and security are temporary, they are goals; they are ideals. The secular world uses peace and security to provide false hope, false confidence. Both are familiar themes employed by politicians. Both are fragile, require an infrastructure of other ideals and ultimately can be empty ideals, empty words if God is not present. The only true peace and true security can only be found in God, in following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, and being willing to sacrifice everything in your life for God, in being able to honestly, lovingly serving God.

Without God’s mercy and charity, there is no escape from the sadness, despair, loneliness that have become hallmarks of modern societies of alienation, ignorance, fear. So many people forget to be prepared, forget to stand watch waiting for God to arrive. So many people allow themselves to forget that there might be a waiting thief in the night waiting to steal your hopes, your dreams.

As God’s adopted children we are all brothers and sisters. Please remember this. It is important to live and prosper in the day, in the light. It is important to remain alert, to remain sober at all times. As Christians we are asked to remember this fact as we pray for salvation for ourselves and our neighbors. As Christians is important to always be seeking to live with a state of Grace.

Concerning love and hope allow them to reside in your heart, soul, and mind. Allow love and hope to protect you, to direct you to Jesus Christ. Concerning love and hope may they both lead you to a better understanding and a closer relationship with God. Concerning love and hope may they always remind you that you are an adopted child of God with unique gifts, unique prayers.