Psalm 94:7, For
he is our God and we the people who belong to his pasture, the flock that is
led by his hand. O that today you would listen to his voice!
Is this Mic. On? Testing one, two, three.
Who has heard
of a CB radio? A way of communicating between groups of travelers, a way of
tuning into different frequencies.
Women of
Faith and Hope, check your receiver, do you copy? For me, to hear the voice of God,
it’s in the small things and usually it’s two little small things, my son and
daughter. On a Sunday, they start
setting the theme for the week and it continues until I have written it all
down, lined it up with the word of God or until I have understood or have read
them loud and clear.
Did ever a
people hear the voice of the living God speaking from the heart of the fire, as
you heard it and remain alive? Deuteronomy 4:33.
Does your
brother or sister listen to you? Have they won you back or have you won them
back?
What ways do
we hear the voice of God?
·
The
word of God
·
Other
People
·
Our
circumstances
·
This
tiny small voice
·
His
actual voice
·
Music,
hymns
·
The
Minister, Priest.
I once tried
to talk to a brother and have it out with him, between the two of us but he
never listened or wanted to listen, instead I was given a consequence. So, when
I think about it, I didn’t win my brother back. So, I tried to ask for forgiveness
for the both of us through prayer, instead I was given a consequence. I placed
a complaint, hoping someone would help us, instead I was given a consequence. For
my brother to listen, it wouldn’t matter if I used my voice; to mutter,
whisper, shout, roar, suggest, demand, state, announce, assert, declare, affirm.
He would not hear or listen to me. We are on different frequencies or wave
lengths.
However, what
if my voice was used by God to bring us back together as brother and sister? Hopefully,
we have all heard the saying; “You break it, you buy it.” In this case, I
believe, God is saying; “Katie, you broke it, fix it, mend it.” I guess like
any parent would tell their child, “if you break it, we need to fix it.” So, be
kind, compassionate, merciful and love, for each one of us is precious to Jesus.
Yet we fail to understand, acknowledge to hear God speak to us in many ways.
We forget, through
misunderstandings, difficulties, even when there seems to be division. God will
be there with us. An example can be found in this week’s, Readings, Gospel Reading,
Matthew 18:15-20.
A Brother or
Sister, who seeks reconciliation, forgiveness, mutual love. but the problem is
having the other not listen and agree to meet in the Father’s name. Are they
happy, knowing what they have lost on earth, will not be found in heaven? I am
not, it breaks my heart. Instead there is silence and distance, being told; “your
brother isn’t nice, stay away, don’t go anywhere near them, keep your distance.”
There is pretense, ‘I have never met you,’ we have never spent an hour of
worshipping, devotion, an experience, an encounter in the name of Jesus Christ,
it never happened. Or my favorite, being worried about what other people say?
Who cares what other people say, it’s what you say, it’s how you feel that
matters the most, but they are too caught up in their status, reputation and
this is concerning them? If we knew reconciliation is entrusted to us by God,
why wouldn’t one try to help heal the wounds or mend what is broken? Gospel
Acclamation 2 Corinthians 5:19. Through the Lord, we can be binded together
here on earth and in heaven, with the love of God. For there is one God, one
King, one body who has reconciled himself to the world and the Good News, it’s
our turn to reconcile the world with Christ with merciful love, it’s time to
bring back our Brothers and Sisters to know Christ, who is forgiving and love.
Love is after all the answer to every one of the commandments.
Deuteronomy
28:1-2, But if you obey the voice of the LORD your God faithfully, keeping and
observing all those commandments of his that I enjoin on you today, the Lord
your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. All the
blessings that follow shall come up with you and overtake you if only you obey
the voice of the LORD your God.
I hear
promises, good promises, maybe one day, I can walk beside my Brother, like
Saint Francis and Saint Clare, share a meal, for my invitation for coffee to be
accepted finally and for people to only think of the love and friendship two
people can have when they meet in the name of Jesus, and "where they meet, I
shall be there with them."
May God Bless
Always, Women of Faith and Hope.
Written and Created
by My Mother Rose.
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