Daily Reflections

September 21, 2011
FAITH IN WHAT WE CAN BECOME

If I am going to form my own organization, I will carefully choose its members. They have to be among the cream of the crop, the most respected ones in society, people whom I will definitely be proud to be with and who could contribute much to the stature that I wish my organization would be known for.
As regards their qualification, they should be men who would be real assets to my organization, people who probably even have connections in high places to facilitate easy access to bureaucratic procedures. I would even consider people who are well-loved, or at least easy to love, so that they won’t cause interpersonal conflicts within our organization.
Those who wish to join my organization must have a good moral and educational background, people who have no skeletons hiding in their closets so that whenever their characters are checked, they would pass muster.
But then, that’s me.
Good thing Jesus chose to have different standards. Had He used mine, then we would have no Matthew to begin our present Scripture compilation. We would never know the genealogy of Jesus. We would never have known the most important book that anyone would ever read.
The reason is simple. Jesus’ ways are different from mine or yours. We judge on peripherals, He discerns the potentials. So instead of being bogged down by who Matthew was, He was inspired by the great disciple that Matthew would become. Now, just look at how the church has been because of him. Fr. Sandy V. Enhaynes

Reflection Question:
Do you judge people by their external appearances? Or do you have faith in what they can become?

Lord, may I be worthy of Your trust in what I can become and may I also not lose hope in the good that can come out of even the worst of situations or people. Amen.

St. Alexander, pray for us.