God's love surrounds us!

WORD 2day: Wednesday after the Epiphany Sunday

January 6, 2021: 1 John 4: 11-18; Mark 6: 45-52

It was a long time ago, but the experience has not left my mind. A child, hardly 2 years, had a tumour on her face,which had grown so big that it had covered the eyes and the child could not open her eyes. Admitted in the hospital, the child was crying incessantly, firstly due to pain and then due to fear, remember she was not even able to see whether there was someone standing around her. Everytime the mother put her hand into the hands of the child or on the tiny body of the child, the child would calm down and sleep; but the moment the mother took the hands off or left the side, the child never ceased crying! 

The Word today reminds us of that scene: with the Lord around, it does not matter what kind of a situation, we can go through it with calm and quietitude. In the absence of the Lord, even a mole hill would appear to be a mountain and a gentle breeze a storm! Let nothing perturb you, the Word and the saints continually remind us.  

The love of the Lord surrounds us! Let us live our daily moments, caressed in the love of God and become signs and bearers of that love, to those around us. Even those who are in the thick of darkness, unable to see anything around, would feel calm and strong, if we bring alive to them the presence of God's love in those moments of their lives. 

And if and when we love one another, God remains in us!