A JOURNEY TO INTEGRITY - ADVENT 2017 - DAY 10

Integrity... to see the Lord coming!

Second Tuesday in Advent

Is 40: 1-11; Mt 18: 12-14

The image that the readings today paint to us is of a Shepherd who is compassionately in search of his lost lamb! And more precisely the Gospel and the beginning of the first reading speak to us of the comfort that the Lord wants bring us. 

Like in the story that we hear of a little girl who was lost in a jungle. When it got dark the girl hid herself behind a bush and stayed there calm and composed. The father came in search of the girl and as soon as the girl spotted her father,she shouted "Daddy! I found you!" We sometimes think we are in search of God, while it is God who is in continuous search of us!

Advent is a time that reminds us of the God who comes in search of us. When we allow ourselves to be found, we stand to gain. When we keep ourselves away from God and hide behind blocks, we would miss graces and blessings that we would never get to understand. Let us not miss the most comforting place of all that the Lord has made ready for us: the bosom of the Shepherd who is constantly in search of us.  

This will happen only when we have the capacity to see the Lord coming! In spite of situations that may be called, untoward, unfortunate and undesirable, we are called to have that capacity to see the good, that is brewing. In everything the Lord works for the good of those who love God, reminds St. Paul (Rom 8:28). But we need to see it coming! Integrity is the capacity, not to let oneself be broken by anything, the capacity to remain strong and intact, the capacity to see the Lord coming!