GOD WRITES ON OUR HEARTS! ~ CookingFood.Org

“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”

Thursday, 4^th August 2016,

Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. John Mary Vianney, Priest.

Jer 31:31-34;

Ps 50: 12-15, 18-19;

Mt 16:13-23

GOD WRITES ON OUR HEARTS!

Today, Jeremiah is allowed to give a message of hope. The image from our first reading, of God writing his law on our hearts, is very consoling and meant to encourage us. God inspired Jeremiah to let the people know that God recognizes our weaknesses and our struggles and knows that on our own we are not able to fulfill his law. The image of writing could call to mind one obstacle. Honestly, we all could probably admit that we may not always be the best medium for God to write. We might not always cooperate with the Lord when he wants to fulfil his "writing assignment". God has nothing wrong with his ability to write his law on our hearts, but we offer resistance. Somehow, what God is trying to write just won't stick to the surface of our hearts. Therefore, we are invited to apply this image to see that the Lord in his compassion and patience does not give up on us. He continues to write. God knows that he's likely to keep rewriting and revising, cutting and pasting, deleting sections or sometimes starting all over again. Certainly, two of the most precious and certain ways that God writes on our hearts are: Scripture and the influence that comes to us through Scripture and; the grace of God working through the Church in the Sacraments.

Prayer: Lord, help me to be more cooperative and become a receptive medium for your writing. Amen.