So the past two weeks i have been extremely fortunate in the fact that i was able to grab a priest literally 20 minutes before Mass started to hear a confession so i could receive the Eucharist at Mass. The first time it was Fr. Jose the second it was Fr. Greg. I know it may be stressful for a priest to hear someones confession before Mass but it is one of the most amazing feelings to receive both of those sacraments back to back in the same day. There is no greater example of Gods mercys than when he absolves us of all our sin in the Sacrament of reconciliation. And there is no greater example of Gods love for us when he Gives us himself in the Eucharist. God creator of all things humbles himself to a piece of bread and gives not just a piece of himself, but all of himself to us in one instance. What greater love is there than to give ALL of yourself to someone?
When i received Christ at mass today I went back to my pue and prayed and i asked God to help me find the love and faith within myself so i could pass it on to others. It only takes the faith the size of a mustard seed to do great things and it isn't that we don't have faith it is just we don't realize it.
However the night only got better tonight we had an Adoration prayer service for youth group. Which meant i got to play music in the sanctuarywith Dan on a Grand Piano. But it wasn't what i was playing that excited me it was who i was playing for. God himself was present tonight and i got to play the piano for HIM!! (talk about pressure). My favorites song that we played that night was "How He Loves Us" by David Crowder. And between playing for Jesus and the teens i really prayed that the teens would realize just how much God really does love us. My favorite line in the song is "Heaven meets Earth like an unforeseen kiss and my heart turns violently inside my chest and i don't have time to maintain these regrets when i realize how he loves us". I don't know if you have ever been in a relationship with someone and they just give you a random kiss to show their affection for you and the feeling that comes along with it. It is a feeling of surprise and compassion when something like that happens. No imagine you are in a room and all of a sudden God creator of all things wraps his arms around you and instead of saying i love you he shows you how much he loves you by giving you his son. And at that point you look back on your life and you see...everything you did wrong.....all of the mistakes you've made, all the wrong turns and stumbles and falls that brought you to where you are now....prostrate in front of Jesus Christ himself and instead of him scolding you or lecturing you he looks at you with his tender eyes and he says "I love you so much child" and at that point everything you did everything you messed up, all of the regrets you had are gone and you realize the only thing that had been missing the whole time was Jesus. And its at that moment where Heaven Meets Earth
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