O Lord, you shall
endure forever. Psalm 10:12
We live in a world of constant change that are
visible and invisible. Invisible changes are actually greater than
the visible changes. However it is the visible changes that makes
all the difference in the world because we notice the change and we
wonder where are we going? Fear and anxiety comes over as result of
visible change and not the invisible.
For a balanced life, it is necessary to have
some things that are static and other things that are changing. If
one’s life is always the same, then it is like the dead sea and no
life comes out of it. For humans, being stagnant is poison and being
overly changing can also be dangerous as well. If one’s life is
constantly and visibly changing, then it is hard to relate and keep
up with such a person and life situation. We get comfortable with
one thing and then we have to change before we get into it. And
therefore life gets harder in either case. So, balance is required
and is in the ability to perceive the constant without losing focus
and it is in the ability to move along with the changing without
losing control.
It is here the scripture comes alive. In the
midst of all the revolutionary changes around us and the constant
fear of losing the familiar, the only thing we can hold on to and
should hold on to is the enduring Lord, who is constant in our lives
regardless of our awareness of Him, moving us to change faster
within than outside, to become a people of constancy and
transformation. Fear disappears and fun reappears. Life emerges and
death disappears. For God is constant and God is transforming. God
is your friend and your family.
Fr.
Jos
