| EDITORIAL : Network Busy? |
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| Written by Fr. Cyprian Lewis SVD | |
| Wednesday, 24 February 2010 | |
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When we call others from our cell phone many
times we get the message ‘network busy’ or ‘the person you have called
is on
another call, please call after sometime’. God must be feeling the same
way
with us. He wants to talk to us but many times our network is busy or we
are on
another call. Our life has become so busy in the world; there is no time
to do
‘Father’s business’. Because of the lack of awareness, many unwanted
habits
creep into our life and we become slaves of them.
There is a nice story
which
goes like this: An Arabian cloth merchant and his cozy camel were camped
in a
cold desert one night. The Arab had pitched his tent and was soon fast
asleep.
Suddenly he felt a poking of his body. It was the camel. ‘Kind master’
said the
camel in a plaintive voice, ‘It is very cold outside. Please let me
stick my
nose inside the tent.’ The merchant grunted assent and went to sleep.
The camel
awoke him again. ‘I am freezing,’ the beast said, ‘please, let me put my
head
and forelegs inside the tent to keep them warm.’ The master sleepily
consented.
A third time the camel awoke him. ‘Please, let me come in completely’ he
said.
‘All right,’ growled the merchant, ‘Come in and be quiet.’ The angry
Arab went
back to sleep and was soon awakened once more but not by the camel. It
was the
cold this time. He sat up, rubbed his eyes, and looked around. He found
himself
outside the tent. The cozy camel was snoring within, all by himself.Lent is the time of retrospection. Let us look
at our past and see when God wanted to talk to us how many times our
‘network’
was busy and we missed His call. If we check our Call Log how many
missed calls
are there from God and how many received calls and how many dialled
numbers are
there which we dialled to talk to God!! Whatever it may be let us clear
the log
list and make resolution not to miss any call from God. There is an SMS
from
God to all of us: “The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ‘Come,
go down
to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.’ So I
went down
to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. The vessel
he was
making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into
another vessel, as seemed good to him. Then the word of the Lord came to
me:
Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has
done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand so are you
in my
hand, O house of Israel”
(Jer: 18: 1 – 6).
My dear
friends during the Lent let us allow God to
rework on us and let Him make us a new vessel, as seemed good to him.
Wishing
you a grace filled Lenten Season.
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