"Can You Hear Me Now?"
Hebrews 1:1
"Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days God has spoken to us by a Son, whom God appointed heir of all things, through whom God also created the worlds."
Reflection by Kenneth L. Samuel
How many times have we abandoned all efforts to communicate with persons who were non-responsive? After a few unanswered messages or e-mails we've had it!
After all, who would even want to communicate with someone who obviously doesn't want to talk and couldn't care less about building any kind of mutual relationship? What kind of person would keep reaching out and trying to establish dialogue with people who are obviously not interested? That kind of person would be God.
Our whole history is a chronicle of God’s patient and persistent attempts to open up a divine—human dialogue with those of us who isolate and insulate ourselves by talking only among ourselves. The advent of every prophet was an invitation for us to dialogue with God; the rejection of every prophet was a refusal of that invitation.
And just when we thought God might have abandoned the effort, God, instead, turned up the volume, wrapped the message up in human flesh and spoke to us in the living language of sacrificial love personified in Jesus. Can we hear God now?
Prayer
Lord, after all of our dismissals and rejections of your call, thank you for never giving up on us. You have spoken clearly to us through your Son and we hear you now. Amen.
Hebrews 1:1
"Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days God has spoken to us by a Son, whom God appointed heir of all things, through whom God also created the worlds."
Reflection by Kenneth L. Samuel
How many times have we abandoned all efforts to communicate with persons who were non-responsive? After a few unanswered messages or e-mails we've had it!
After all, who would even want to communicate with someone who obviously doesn't want to talk and couldn't care less about building any kind of mutual relationship? What kind of person would keep reaching out and trying to establish dialogue with people who are obviously not interested? That kind of person would be God.
Our whole history is a chronicle of God’s patient and persistent attempts to open up a divine—human dialogue with those of us who isolate and insulate ourselves by talking only among ourselves. The advent of every prophet was an invitation for us to dialogue with God; the rejection of every prophet was a refusal of that invitation.
And just when we thought God might have abandoned the effort, God, instead, turned up the volume, wrapped the message up in human flesh and spoke to us in the living language of sacrificial love personified in Jesus. Can we hear God now?
Prayer
Lord, after all of our dismissals and rejections of your call, thank you for never giving up on us. You have spoken clearly to us through your Son and we hear you now. Amen.
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