Get A Life!!!

I remember someone saying one time, "Get a life... in Christ!" You would have thought that person would have just said "Get a life" if you were complaining, but it was totally different. There is a lot of truth in that statement, we need to get a life in Christ because he is our rock, our foundation, our cornerstone. We gain a lot in life and faith by building ourselves on Christ. The topic of life comes up in our readings for this day after Ash Wednesday. Moses says in Deuteronomy, 30:15-20, "Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him." In the gospel, Luke 9:22-25, Jesus gives us the ultimate call of disicpleship, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it." Going with that line about losing our life for the sake of Christ, one commentator writes, "This is sacrifice: handing our imperfect self over to the One who responds by handing us back our true self through his gift of self on the cross. The Lord sets before us life and death, and asks us to 'choose life' by obediently taking up Christ's cross of death" (Magnificat, 328). We thank God for the gift of life and for redeeming us through the gift of His beloved Son. As we carry our crosses, let us choose life, because the words and promise of Christ is eternal! God Bless You!!!