Shade Tree Wisdom 4/1/14

          Here is a line from Mozart’s Requiem that says exactly what fits this time of the Church year we are in, the Lenten season. It simply reads:

Remember, merciful Lord,

That I am the cause of your journey”.

          A storm is coming, and this season is a time of preparing for that coming storm.  It is the Day of judgment which we all will face.  This season, this time of lent, helps prepare us for it.

          A friend loved to fish in the Gulf of Mexico.  He often took several buddies along and they had a fine time.  But he did watch the weather, and when a storm was on the way, he made for shore.  He knew from personal experience what such a storm can do, even to a large, well-equipped boat with experienced sailors aboard.  So, before any trip, he always checked the weather with the Coast Guard.

          Our Lord sends his prophets, apostles, missionaries, and preachers to give us warning.  For instance, Hebrews tells us, “It is appointed for men once to die, and after that the judgment”. Heb 9,27.

          The world hates you. Remember Jesus said, “If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. But you don’t belong to the world I took you out of the world, that’s why the world hates you “ John 15,19. And the devil is busy, temping, enticing, and trying us to ask “Did God really say”?

            The Lord Jesus invites us to “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto your own understanding” Prov.3.5.

            So, may God ever bless and keep you safe from harm.

GPD 4/1/14