Life Journey

We are all so very aware that Jesus was crucified upon the cross on Golgotha; and that He was extraordinary by human standards, for Jesus was fully human, and at the same time fully God. Well now there’s a huge concept to start this mailing, and actually I am going to let you work that one out for yourself, because it is far too great for my tiny brain to calculate, especially after a migraine.

One thing we have to deal with however is that God became incarnate in Jesus, and then allowed us to execute Him. Why? To a larger degree we know the answer, Love. Love, a short word and yet perhaps a word that encapsulates the greatest concept known to humankind.

But along with that great gift of Love from our parent God, our creator, came a challenge. The challenge is to follow Christ’s path, by walking in the footprints Jesus left for us. Easy you say; it is easy to follow a path someone has already cleared for us, well I do hope you find it easy. Perhaps if it were a path someone had cut for us through a jungle then it may be clear or a path across a field that someone uses a heavy roller to compress the grass so that we can follow it without deviation. Perhaps that sort of path may be easy to follow, and for you my sister or brother perhaps Jesus’ footprints are easy to follow through this life; alas the path I am on is worse that the UK roads are at present, there are so many holes and trip hazards.

So I could ask of God; ‘why did you make such a path for me to struggle along’, but when I reflect, I realise God’s original path was straight, even and flat. What I am faced with are potholes, and bumps of my own making. These deviations from the original path are those created by my own confusion. Perhaps I am a little like St Thomas I let doubt get in my way. I am blessed in my faith, I have always had a belief in God and it has never wavered, I have questioned it, but it had remained strong. But doubt in myself as being worthy has always been with me, and so when I read about St Thomas’ wanting to see Jesus himself I wonder whether it is more to do with jealousy that everyone else saw Jesus and he, Thomas, had not? It’s a human thing.

The following prayer is great for all journeying people, please join me on this journey; together we can support one another ...
Lord, we give praise and thanks to You

for You redeemed us with the

precious blood of Christ,

A lamb without blemish or defect.

Help us to live this day in

Your footsteps.

Amen

(Walk with Me: Holy See)

(John 20:24-29)