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Theo Tigno•
5/11/2004 12:55 pm
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Tuesday, May 11th 2004 |
Acts 14:19-28
In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, "It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God." They appointed presbyters for them in each Church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith. Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished. And when they arrived, they called the Church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. Then they spent no little time with the disciples.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for people who go without food, that other may provide for the cries of our fellow brothers and sisters.
When we think about how God works in people's lives, we don't think about hardships.
When we think about loving others, we don't think about being attacked by the ones we love.
Love would be so much easier if it was about feeding thousands with a few loaves and fishes or turning water into wine. Unfortunately, Love also touched a leper, was betrayed by friends, and was crucified.
On Sunday, I was reminded of the question I wanted to keep in the forefront of my mind this year: are you humble enough to love? As I read about Paul today, am I humble enough to be persecuted for Our Lord? Am I humble enough to stick to The Truth regardless of the consequences? As I look at St. Paul, I have a long way to go. Take care and God Bless.
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