It’s The End of the World As WE KNOW IT!
Oh my goodness!! The end is near and once again I am not ready! My house is a mess. My bills aren’t all paid. And my sock drawer is a complete disaster! How am I going to face my Maker knowing how unprepared I am! OY! As I look around at the dust and listen to my kids create a puppet theatre out of a box and fabric, strew all over the floor next to me, I think…well…so what if the world did end today? So what if I got it ALL wrong? What will happen then? I am guessing that God will look at me, shake his head and say, “Relax, I never really expected that much anyway Annette…after all, I did make you!” :)Maybe that is where I do go wrong…I have a childlike faith in God that makes me really believe that I will be embraced by Him after all, (and maybe my hair will be tussled! Oh, wouldn’t that be sweet?) You see, I have grown up in a faith that has encouraged me to challenge my relationship with God and to grow deeper in my relationship with the One who gave me life and sustains me. I shake my fist in anger and frustration at God. I have turned my back and threatened to walk away. I have pretended that God was not the main source of my well being. But each time I get the sense, (when I have come to my senses), that God is saying, “Do you feel better now??” Because in the end I am His child…he would not abandon me or tell me that I am not worthy of being in his presence because I have always BEEN in his presence. I have always been in the heart of God and so HAVE YOU!So while my literal house may not be in order, my internal house is. Perhaps I live in presumption too, but I am not convinced of that. I genuinely believe that if we follow the commandments especially the new commandments that Jesus told us were the MOST important, (loving God and neighbor), that we are doing what God asks. Loving manifests in so many ways, but the willingness to truly love is what we are called to. No easy task, and we will fail, but the desire to start again means something.So enjoy your last day on earth, here is a whimsical article from Fr. Martin…I really need to broaden my reading I guess, but he makes me laugh and laughter is good! And as he says: Rain date: 12/21/2012http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/its-october-21-what-ill-miss-when-the-world-ends/2011/10/20/gIQARdlP3L_blog.html
