By Ajit Kumar Takiri csc –
Readings: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Mk 6: 1-6
Most of the time when we face lot of problems, difficulties, and struggle in our day today life we grumble, and we ask ourselves, why all these? In answer to such questions, we may blame God. We always have the tendency to blame others and load our burdens on them. But we never ask ourselves who the real cause for all the troubles and difficulties is.
The first reading of today reminds us very clearly that we ourselves are the main cause of all the evil that we face in our daily life. We are the boss for our lives. God does not force any one to follow him and he has given the freedom to choose life or death.
God is so merciful that he still tries to show us the right path by whispering the right path and choices in our life. We think we are right, and because of our selfish motives, like the villagers of Jesus in today’s gospel reading, we go on our own way and face death in our life. God often comes in our life to help us and to show us the right path through different situations and persons. Our selfish motives and pride only lead us to a life of darkness where there are only problems and difficulties.
Most of the time we underestimate God, we are not serious about this person and we take him for granted. He tries to discipline us as a father disciplines his child. Sometimes he leads us through difficult paths to show that he is merciful, loving, forgiving, gentle and kind to us.
The readings of today invite us to be humble to accept the Lord in our life, to listen to him and to walk his path. He reminds me to accept others as they are, and to appreciate the good work of others so that we may proudly say that we are real followers of Christ and real children of God.