I’ve heard it said a few different times and a few different ways before, “If you are happy, please remember to tell your face”. It’s kind of funny that we need to remind ourselves to do this. How we project ourselves to the world and how we are perceived by others, especially as Christians, is a very important thing. Other than Ash Wednesday, it’s rare that we have something ‘stamped’ on ourselves to show others who we really are, who we believe in, or what we believe to be the Truth.
The Gospel today (April 29th, 2015) reminds us of the eternal salvation that our Lord has already claimed victoriously. On the day to day routine it becomes easy to forget that there is much to be grateful and joyful about. Do we live everyday as Christians that truly believe we are saved? Do our actions and words reflect this? When others, who may or may not know us, observe our actions and words, do they see someone who is saved or condemned?
Let love, joy, and forgiveness come easily. Life is too short, God is too good, our blessings too abundant.
[John 12:44-50] Then Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness. I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my word has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge, for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”