Boy: “Mom, is it true that God formed man from the dust of the ground?”

Mom: “Yes, it is, why do you ask?”.

Boy: “Well, then, you'd better come quick and look under my bed, someone's either coming or going!”

Today let’s reflect on our attitude and perspective.  Jesus asks us to embrace the choices we make and own them, He urges us to take the attitudes and the perspective of The Kingdom and accept them as our own, but we decide whether or not to engage the world with them as ours or not.  The basic human question is: How will I live -- God’s way or my way? 

In the book of Genesis, the woman and the man are presented with the option not just of committing a simple little sin but of going wrong in the most fundamental way.  They are tempted to decide for themselves, against God’s instruction, what will be good or bad for them. In that sense, they face the choice of whether to take on the role of God for themselves. And they do.  They go their own way, away from God.

In life we get to deal with both the manure and the good gifts that come our way, how we deal with them makes all the difference.  Being a committed disciple of Jesus Christ is demanding and life giving, eternal life giving.  Jesus lived and died in obedience to God.  His loving, trusting relationship with God is accessible to us, because we are united with Him in baptism.  We can learn to live, "The Lord, your God, shall you worship, and God alone shall you serve."

Take a few minutes today, in silence, and reflect on you attitudes and your perspective on how to live.

May God Be Blessed!