Thursday, October 3, 2013

I'm on a mission.

I'm on a mission.  You are, too.  Unless you were born in a vacuum....you have a mission.  While you may not be aware of your mission, recognize it or choose not to accept it or act upon it...your have a mission.  We were not conceived or born into this life to vegetate or coast along while we inhabit this life, but to prepare for the next life.  I have a mission here and now, to grow as well as I can spiritually and to love the Lord, Our God.
 
This small, insignificant blog is part of my mission.  It is the best that I know how to do with what graces, talents and understanding that I have.  I am lacking in many ways and I am aware of it, yet I continue to try to carry through with my mission.  I use this blog vehicle to try to evangelize, proselytise, to teach or share to the best of my ability.

"Jeremiah was a Bullfrog."  Well, you can sing that song if you want to, but the Jeremiah that I am thinking of was a Prophet in the Old Testament.  "He is the fountain of life, but we are the dispensers of His living waters."  You will find this in Jeremiah 2:13 and 17:13. 

Jeremiah had a mission, too.  He was sanctified as a prophet while still in his mother's womb.  He disturbed his fellow Jews with his words of prophecy so he was stoned to death for upsetting them the status quo.  Sounds all too much like the modern age we live in.

Well, I am back and this is another day.  I deleted a lot of what I had written because I didn't know if everyone in Russia or China(that read this blog)had a Bible or access to one.  Most Americans have a Bible 'though they may not open it.  Hopefully they do. 

Back to Jeremiah.  I was going to give the references from the Book of Jeremiah, and give my interpretation of the reading or verses...but then, it is my interpretation and it may not be agreeable to all readers.  So I nixed it as I am coming from a Catholic viewpoint.  That's just me-I can't help myself-and I think Pope Francis is a breath of fresh air within the church.

The coming of Christ was foretold many, many times in the Old Testament: of His birth, His ministry, His suffering and His death. He had a mission.  It was and is the salvation of God's people and that is us: God's People.  He gave up His life that we might live.  It is our personal mission to do and live according to The Ten Commencements and the Beatitudes. I do stumble along the way, but pick myself up and continue on.  I try to love my neighbor as I would love myself...but that isn't all that easy because they have a Pit Bull and I am not so keen about it.

This post is a little disjointed and irregular in content because of "starts and stops" in time and message.  I will try to do better next time.

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