WORD 2day: Friday, Second week in Ordinary time
Jesus chose the twelve to be His apostles, to be with him and to be sent out to preach, heal and sanctify; in short, to be His!
In the first reading we have Saul and David, both of whom God chose, to belong to God, to be God's! But we see Saul reaching a despicable state because of his continual wrong choices one over the other; and David stands tall today because of that Godly choice that he makes to respect Saul for what he was and spare his life - an act of kindness and mercy, forgiveness and love, which comes from the godliness from within. He proves to be truly, "God's".
At any point of time in our life, we become what we choose to be. We can blame it on the situation, on the persons around, on the circumstances, the way things worked out and so on and so forth, but we know it is ultimately the choice that we make within our hearts, in our minds! Be it a thought we entertain in the secret of our hearts, a word we utter to our own hearing, or a decision we make regarding something, or a judgement we pass on another person - it is our choice and we have to take responsibility for it. To me, it is that choice that will define who I am!
The Lord has chosen us, you and me - to be God's! If so, we need to show that by our choices! We cannot blame the world or the situation around and say, I cannot but choose to do this or say that. No! The choice is mine; the choice is ours! Let us strive always to be worthy of the One who has chosen us to be His, let us strive to be always God's own!