Now and Then
Today's first reading tells us that " we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed." I have trouble most days wrapping my head around what it means to be God's child and here we are told there is something greater, something more incredible to come.
Being a child of God is a gift and a charge. It is a gift to be adopted into the love, strength, grace, and mercy of God. It is a gift that God gave his Son so that we might have eternal life.
It is a charge to us to live according to that gift. To live so as to share the love, strength, grace, and mercy with others. To share the Good News of God's salvation for us with others. To draw others into closer relationship with God.
As we do not know what we shall be in the future, let us be the active, vibrant, dynamic Children of God we are called to be at this moment.
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