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Vicar-General's Reflection |
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No matter what. I am not having a good day.The radio announcer, finishing his morning programme said, 'Have a good day!' which is really nice for those who are. But what about those who are not? What about me? It seems that all my pressures today, mostly of my own choosing, are such that I cannot even think 'good day' let alone have one. When I pause, as I am now, to write this reflection I can be terribly torn. Pulled one way by the knowledge that no matter how long I take with this task there are yet other tasks still to be done. I'm pulled another way by my natural instincts, to simply toss the lot and go for a drive! I am torn in a third direction to do only those things which are agreeable to me, the nice and easy things. Last, I am torn simply to sit here and read my Bible! What does St Paul say in a Letter, 'What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?' Well, that's about how I feel at this moment.The constancy of business, of occupation, of tasks to be fulfilled, of cleaning the house, of picking up things dropped by the children, of caring for the sick, of just living, oftentimes can get us so down we could cry. There has been many a time when I have been out visiting parishioners and found them in tears because of the sheer pressure of life itself. Most of us have friends who have experienced a break-down in health and wholeness because of the awful pressure which life can sometimes exert upon us. You, like me, may even have known such a break-down yourself. I have to say that when one is in the midst of a nervous crisis it doesn't always help for the radio announcer to say 'Have a good day'! God isSo I have paused, in the midst of a much-pressured day, to think and to pray. The Holy Scriptures help. The word of God is that which assures me in my busy-ness. Habakkuk, the prophet, assures me that no matter what may occur, God is - Though
the fig-tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the
vines, Resolutely
Robert Legg |
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