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All Issues > Volume 30, Issue 6

<< Friday, October 3, 2014 >>
 
Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5
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Psalm 139:1-3, 7-10, 13-14 Luke 10:13-16
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SEE-SICK

 
"My journeys and my rest You scrutinize, with all my ways You are familiar." —Psalm 139:3
 

Job had a rough journey, being tossed about emotionally and spiritually, because he couldn't "see" God's love and provision in the midst of his trials (see Eph 4:14). When his "Captain" called "Attention!" (see Jb 38:16ff), Job realized the awesome power of God (Jb 40:4) and his own rank of low standing (see Prv 1:7). Once Job saw the Lord (Jb 42:5), his healing and restoration followed shortly thereafter (Jb 42:7ff).

The townsfolk of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum were privileged to witness the love of God made manifest in the miracles of Christ. However, they were blind to God's love for the poor and the weak and unable to "see" their own need to repent (Lk 10:13ff). They are warned by Jesus that their behavior merits a more severe judgment and that their "see-sickness" may even be terminal (Lk 10:15).

It's been said, "The eye is the window to the soul" (see Mt 6:22-23). Do you guard your eyes from evil? (see Is 33:15) Or is your life full of "enticements for the eye"? (1 Jn 2:16)

Do you see what I see?

 
Prayer: "Probe me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; see if my way is crooked, and lead me in the way of old" (Ps 139:23-24).
Promise: "He who hears you, hears Me. He who rejects you, rejects Me. And he who rejects Me, rejects Him Who sent Me." —Lk 10:16
Praise: Steven, at first, was unable to share his faith with strangers, but found he was able to do all things with God (see Mt 19:26).

32 posted on 10/03/2014 6:51:08 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Every child, he said, has the right to grow up in a family “with a father and a mother” capable of creating “a suitable environment for the child’s development and emotional maturity.”

~Pope Francis


33 posted on 10/03/2014 6:52:17 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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