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“Jesus, please leave?”
July 2, 2008 |
Today’s gospel (Matthew 8) has the townfolk asking Christ to leave their town. What was his offense? He cast the demons out of two men, redirected them into a herd of pigs, and then the pigs ran into the sea.
The people of the town were afraid at what they witnessed. They couldn’t comprehend so they did the natural thing - they turned away from what they did not understand or did not want to accept.
How many times do we ask Christ to leave our lives? How many instances throughout our day do we want to hide from him; pretend that he doesn’t exist in our lives?
But, the kicker is that he is always with us; in our every thought, word and deed. We cannot ask him to leave our lives because he has promised our Father in heaven that he will not lose any entrusted to him.
All it takes is for us to be aware of him throughout our day; to turn to him in times of trouble and of joy; to believe in him and follow his path no matter where it leads; to accept our Father’s will as our own.
Christ will always be with us; but we cannot make the mistake of asking him to leave our lives. Not only can he not leave our lives; but even if he could, how horrid would our lives be if we tried to go it alone?
