We seek to discover how God is at the heart of our lives. This means that God is not to be considered an abstract concept or a person far removed from our daily lives. This is the reality of the incarnation that God is creatively intertwined with how our lives unfold. We can see this in the reading from Jeremiah where we are encouraged to be people who sink our roots deep into the earth to find life-giving water. In such dry land as Australia, we have known both droughts and flooding rains. Yet we can be called to not be people who are blown around by every gust of wind but discover what truly brings us life.
Being present to each other in the person of Christ who seeks life, not death. In a world that is swayed by rumours of war, which has been ravaged by the effects of pandemics, shortages, and fear we can naturally become insulated and isolated from the needs of others. There can be a sense of self-preservation and even suspicion of others. We see this when people seek to distrust the very society of which they are part. Wild conspiracy ideas flood the internet and find too easy fertile ground in those who have been disadvantaged over the last few years. There can be a feeling that they have been abandoned and they wonder who they can trust.
Yet it is from this poverty, hunger, and sorrow that we turn to God with heart-filled hope. It is too easy to notice how we have placed our success in life on possessions, experiences, and on satisfaction. We are also aware of how much our opinions are swayed by opinion polls of what is acceptable rather than what is just. Each day we are called to sink our roots deep into the ground which provides life-giving water. Neither to be ravaged by our fears or by our anger. We are called to rest into God who helps us to bear good fruit in our current day.
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