This One's Practical!
The sweet corner of my bed n' breakfast location tonight, en route to see my father!
Welcome to Word for the Week, the series in which I:
share my experience of hearing God’s Word in Mass last weekend,
explore what I believe the Lord is calling me to do about that Word, and
ask how this Word might impact your life, as well.
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Last Sunday, we attended our home parish, at a new Mass time. It was an evening liturgy with candlelight, incense, and contemporary worship music. At one point during Mass, our eldest daughter, Chiara, leaned over with widened eyes and whispered, “This is a beautiful Mass!” Meanwhile, the word that stood out to me seemed very practical this week.
It was the psalm response, “I will rise and go to my father.”
Providentially, this week I am going to visit my dad in Michigan! Not to mention, David and I also had the opportunity this week to procure plane tickets to bring our kids to visit our parents! It seems like the Lord is giving me very practical directives to spend time with my father (and my father-in-law)!
In the grand scheme of things, visits to see friends and family might not seem like a major event. Yet in these small details of life, I'm feeling comforted that God is here guiding and protecting me.
An uplifting passage of scripture that also speaks to the practicality of God's call, is about King David. He had just written instructions for his son, Solomon, to build the temple. 1 Chronicles 28 details many specifications that David included for Solomon. At the end of many directives, King David offers this encouragement:
“Be strong and steadfast, and go to work; do not fear or be dismayed, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or abandon you before you have completed all the work for the service of the house of the LORD."
What work has the Lord set in front of you today? Maybe it's very simple and straightforward, almost like an instruction manual. However the Lord is calling you—whether through the practical, the ethereal, or both—let's trust Him to bring His work to completion in us, in His time and by His strength.
Amen.
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