25th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 

Above the Heavens. Is. 55:6-9

To be honest with you,

The older I get the less I know about God.

When I was young,

I thought I had it all figured out.

I knew who God was

And what He wanted and

Why He did the things He did.

And since I had God all figured out,

I was free to do what I wanted.

And so off I went into the wild blue yonder.

Working, exploring, building;

As I probably should have.

But then Life came along,

And showed me I was not invincible.

And I had surgery and broken bones

And kidney stones.

I found out that some friends were wolves

In sheep’s clothing.

Money doesn’t buy happiness

And neither does having the latest IPhone and IPad.

Parents don’t live forever

And neither do siblings and friends.

And that is when I began to realize that I don’t know everything;

And that God is a Mystery.

As Isaiah said,

God’s thoughts are not my thoughts;

God’s ways are not my ways;

And as high as the Heavens are above the earth,

So high are God’s ways above my ways.

In other words it is easier to reach out and grab a star,

Than it is to reach God.

And it was then that I began to understand what Faith is.

I don’t have to have all the answers.

I don’t have to figure it all out;

I don’t have to fix everything;

Because I have Faith.

And I Trust that God will.

I Trust in God because I have gotten this far.

And it is all because of God;

Who in the shadows stands by me.

Whose hand is on my shoulder leading me.

Whose wings lift me up when I am down;

And Who carries me when I can’t go on.

Faith doesn’t explain everything.

But it does not have to.

Because it always get us through!