Monday of the Second Week of Advent Dec. 11

Monday of the Second Week of Advent
December 11, 2006
“They glorified God”
Luke 5:26

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What is our job in life? Glorify God!

In 1944, GR Tweed was a prisoner of war on the island of Guam. Not knowing if he would ever be saved, one day he used a mirror to send out an SOS signal to a US ship. The ship picked it up and came to his rescue.

The mirror worked! It was simply just being what it was supposed to be. It reflected the sun and saved GR Tweed’s life. By analogy, our lives should be mirrors. We are to reflect the eternal weight of the Son’s glory and light. In Matthew 5:16 Jesus tells us, “Let your light shine before all so that they may see the goodness in your acts and give praise to your heavenly Father” (Mt. 5:16). Paul teaches us, “Whatever you do- you should do all for the glory of God. (1 Cor. 10:31)

What if, when someone asked how we are doing, we responded something like this, “I am living in God’s Glory. His mercy is bigger than the air I breathe. His love is more than I can ask or imagine. He is the Lamb of God who died to take away every sin of every person for all of time. His deepest heart’s desire is that we would live in unspeakable joy forever. And that JOY starts

RIGHT NOW because he has sacrificed his life for us so that we might have heaven-all the way to heaven.”

What if we answered something like the above when people asked us how we are doing? I think our light would be shining and God would be glorified a lot more than he is now.

But there is a difference between the mirror JR Tweed used to reflect the light and us. The mirror had to reflect the light because it could not act differently. But you and I have the choice to reflect the light or not. You can let Jesus in and out so that all may praise the Father or you can say, “No Trespassing.”

Let your light shine. Glorify God. Let Jesus in and out and in and out. Speak and live the eternally flowing mercy and love and forgiveness and joy of Jesus. Praise our heavenly Father that we can have heaven-all the way to heaven.

Love is spelled T-I-M-E,

Fr. John