Now is the time to live and love

Luke 12:32-40

          Yesterday we discussed that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was not that of sanctioned, committed loving relationships.  It was a whole list of vices and uncontrolled beahviour that began with selfishness and loose living, went on to uncharitableness, not caring, worship without content and actions and then too, rape. 

          But God has spoken through prophets, the lives of countless people and especially Jesus to tell us how we are to act. His life was a guide. This passage is a reminder that we are not to wait to begin living a straightforward decent life. We all are aware of poeple who are taken from us all too soon. Our time will come when we least expect it and we will be called to account for our actions. Two immediate thoughts come to mind, "There ain't no hearses with luggage racks", a line from a song I once knew. The other thought is really an admonition about how we spend our life. I was once told, no one ever said, on their dying bed, "I wish I had spent more time at the office".

          So what does this say to us ? Love and live. Know how lovable you are, live life heartily with all the gusto and fervor you can muster. Life is a gift to be cherished. Undoubtedly we will  make some mistakes, we are human after all, but to embrace love and make a mistake is far better than to live a life of regret, sorrow, and a life filled with errors of omission or neglect.

            Live and love! Embrace the gifts God has given you to share and enjoy! Carpe Diem!

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

"Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;

be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks.

Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them.

If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

"But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour."