New Year's Resolutions, part 2.
I've been thinking about jumping in with both feet! And, I realize that I do that a lot. I do live in the moment for the most part, the rest of the time I spend either reflecting on the past or planning for the future. This got me thinking even further about how I spend my time.
Some of the questions I ask myself are: how do I spend my time? What do I spend my time on? Am I doing what fulfills me as a person and keeps me connected? Why am I here? What am I really supposed to do? You get the picture. I could come up with at least a dozen more questions about "time". But I think that would be wasting it. So, let's pick on one of the deeper questions -
Why am I here? Not just here in this space, but here on earth? Why was I created? And not just me, but the whole human race? Wow! That's deep.
In a nutshell, not to waste time, I believe that God created (hu)man because we were a delight to Him. (Gen 2) The Catholic Church teaches that God created us to love Him and love our neighbour. He created us to procreate and collaborate. He created us to look after ourselves and the Earth. He created us to make meaning for ourselves and others. God also created us to evangelize or teach others to do the same. God's covenant with (hu)man helps us to be at one with Him on earth and in the hereafter. So, if we do this, we will be fully human.
If I really believe this, then my goal also is to become fully human. I know it's definitely not as easy as it sounds and it is definitely not the material that New Year's Resolutions are made of. However, if one does not want to waste time, if one wants to make confident choices based on what really matters to you, and jump in with both feet, one must go deep!
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Reading Scott Hahn's A Father Who Keeps his Promises (1998) today, I found myself going deep. This book is a great resource if you would like a review of the Old Testament and the links to the New Testament. It's more than that; it's a story of our Christian history. When I read John 6:53-56, the drinking of the blood of the Lamb and how Jesus did not back down, but said, according to Hahn, "You've got it right. If you drink my blood, you'll be cut off from all your kinsmen in the old Israel, and cut off from the entire natural family of the old Adam as well. Only then can I unite you to myself, in my flesh and blood, and make you a part of the supernatural family of the New Adam, the new Israel of God (see Gal 6:16). This is what I came to do, to form God's New Covenant family in my own eucharistic flesh and blood."
ReplyDeleteI cried. This is what he meant when he said, "eat of my flesh and drink of my blood".
Can I go this deep?