Love Unerring, Love Divine

 

Basilica de San Benedetto (Norcia, Italy)
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If we run away from the Truth, what happens?  Does something happen to us now, or in the hereafter?  Does this affect the spinning of the planets or cause the eagle to blink?  But would it even be possible to deny Him, since He has revealed Himself to us just by the act of creating us and keeping us alive?  Some may think they have chosen not to believe or follow, and sure we have our free will, but what’s to say salvation does not continue to aid and guide us all along our merry way?  He who is so rich in compassion, who IS compassion, could not possibly cease the focus of His watchful eye from caring for our every step.  Creation was not a single event in the history of our being but a continual process which encompasses every moment of our lives.  Creation is God's act of love, a God who created us and loves us who cannot deny us just as He cannot deny Himself.  As creation unfolds so too does Incarnation: the perfection of creation by the act of God becoming man, Jesus Christ.  And once Jesus comes into our lives to help us make sense of it all, to show us this isn't it, that enternal joy lies beyond our earthly lives, the rest is history.

No, I don’t think it’s possible to cease a journey we have once begun, this one we began from the moment of our conception.  To say it’s possible to quit on God, to say “I’m done seeking Him” would be the same as claiming you chose to no longer breath one more breathe.  Seeking God is the only constant we have as humans this side of heaven.  Someone may claim to be an atheist, may claim to not be seeking this God whom they don’t believe in, but little to their knowing, they are still seeking heavenly fulfillment, in whatever way, shape, or form.  When one does not wish to fill the void with God, the only person who can make us whole again, then all they are doing is using that which is insatiable to slake a thirst only God can quench.  What are the common insatiable means of achieving a self-defined nirvana?  Media, drugs, material things, other people, ourselves…basically everything on earth that isn’t God.  Every thing we have been given on earth will eventually foresake us; God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is all who remains in eternity.

 It does not require any special circumstance to begin an act of faith.  It does not matter how you were raised, what horrible things you have done, or who you believe you think you are.  All that is required is that you begin.  Do not believe it comes naturally for anyone or that it’s just easy for certain “types” of people.  Believing is hard and faith is not natural, it’s supernatural, it’s not easy for anybody.  But thank God for His grace, for faith is a gift which can in no way be achieved or earned by our own means.  Allow faith and hope to reign in your life, for when we reach heaven we will no longer require such gifts as we will behold God face-to-face; all that will remain is love.  And never be afraid, you have absolutely nothing to lose, for everything around you is temporal and already passing by its very nature.  Never stop looking up.  Never deny the instinct you have for searching for something which lies beyond this earthly creation.  One step at a time.  Believe.  One more step.  Inhale.  Take another step, and repeat.