Recieve the Power
One thing that you will learn about me as we travel together in discovery is that I feel a very personal connection to Scripture. If I believed in past lives (which I don’t) I would guess that I was a Jewish Scholar in some past migration. My special love is for the Prophets. They are not dead words. I believe God when He speaks to Ezekial and says: “Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ “ (Ezekial 37:4-6) We are the dry bones. Empty and devoid of life. We struggle hard to make our own meaning out of life but we fail time and time again. As long as we seek to find a plan and a purpose outside of God we will always hit a stone wall. God’s Holy Word breaths life into us, into me. It comforts me. Challenges me. Holds me to a higher stander. Chastizes me. And leads me on the path of life.
Today is a good example. When you least expect it God shows you that He is paying attention to your life. As I struggle to become the person I believe I was designed to be I am often unsure of the path. But then something like this morning happens and I am reminded God is with me, leading me in right paths. As I got up and prepared for my day I read the scriptures for today’s Mass and this is what I found:
The word of the LORD came to me thus: (Jeremiah 1:4-10)
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I dedicated you,
a prophet to the nations I appointed you.
“Ah, Lord GOD!” I said,
(I know not how to speak; I am too young.”
But the LORD answered me,
Say not, “I am too young.”
To whomever I send you, you shall go;
whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Have no fear before them,
because I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
Then the LORD extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying,
See, I place my words in your mouth!
This day I set you
over nations and over kingdoms,
To root up and to tear down,
to destroy and to demolish,
to build and to plant.
What can I say? God was not just talking to Jeremiah thousands of years ago. Read the passage again but this time image God is speaking to you, personally. Go ahead, read it and keep reading it until you can hear the Word that is meant for you. I’ll wait.
We are each called and commission to receive and be loved by God. We are each called and commissioned to change this world. We have to stop waiting for someone else to do it. Politicians are too busy manipulating the system to achieve power. People in authority often don’t ground themselves in what is good and true. It is up to us — you and me to be people of God who seek the truth and the light. And once 
we find it to do something about it.
And as the scripture says: Say not, “I am too young.” or too old; or too fat; or too shy; or too black, white, pink…. these are all excuses. God has chosen you; God has chosen me to make a difference in our worlds. You see, if you and I and everyone who says they believe in the teachings of Christ work just to make their little slice of the world better — what a tremendous thing that would be.
Just today, find ways to be a light unto your world — in your home, in your school, in your work place, on the streets, in the stores and mostly, in your heart. Begin where you see opportunity and don’t stop. And if you grow tired or discouraged then listen to God’s Word and let it inspire you to try again. Don’t stop trying. Sin is not in failing but in failing to try. I remain, your servant in Christ,
Theresa
Tags: change, Ezekial, God's Word, Jeremiah, plan, Prophecy, Purpose, scripture, wholeness
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