Isaiah 8:23-9:3
Psalm 27
1Corinthians 1:10-13, 17
Matthew 4:12-23
“Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness”
So many themes come from these readings, but this is what stood out the most for me during lectio. This is not a promise of something to come but an accomplished fact. “Anguish has taken wing.” I have experienced such anguish in my life for different reasons, so for me to hear that it’s finally all over seems almost surreal. Putting this next to Paul’s words “that the Cross of Christ not lose its meaning” makes me question which is true. They both are, of course. I believe Jesus calls me to experience a freedom from within…a freedom to suffer with Christ with serenity and not anguish…a freedom to see loved ones suffer and know that there is a God who cares. Jesus calls his first followers, and they don’t have a clue what awaits them. Neither do I, yet I feel a call to trust that both light and darkness have a place in my life. I have only to wait with open hands believing that anguish is no more, only faith.
What stands out for me . . . A GREAT LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS . . . helping me to be aware of the TIME in which I am already living, helping me to be aware of what God has done for me and will keep doing for me. Light shines in my darkness, God is delivering me from my old slaveries. With His light there is help not to stray from the land of the living . . .LIGHT and LIFE.