WHEN MARY & JOSEPH FOUND Jesus IN THE TEMPLE after SEARCHING FOR HIM for a few days, JESUS RESPONDED, “DID YOU NOT KNOW I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHER’S BUSINESS...” LUKE 2:49...!!!
THAT STATEMENT BY JESUS expressed clearly HIS MISSION IN LIFE, and THE ONGOING MISSION OF ALL OF US STILL SEARCHING FOR HIM...
SOUNDS SIMPLE...Doesn’t it...BUT...
OFTEN WHAT DETERS US FROM ACCOMPLISHING OR ACHIEVING OUR MISSION AND GOALS is THE BUSY-NESS OF THE WORLD we live in...!!!
NOW...The world’s BUSYNESS is evidenced by CONFUSION, CONGESTION, CONTENTION, CONVENTION, and many other sometimes perhaps seemingly worthwhile activities...which clutter our daily schedules...
THE WORLD...THE FLESH...and...THE DEVIL are the sources of our difficulty, and if we are to reduce their influence on our lives we must take up the proper ‘TOOLS’ to contend...
PRAYER...GOOD and GODLY FRIENDS...SCRIPTURE READING...FREQUENT RECEPTION OF THE SACRAMENTS...AND THE HUMILITY TO SEE OURSELVES AS WORTHY, YET SINNERS, 
CONSTANTLY IN NEED OF GRACE AND FORGIVENESS...ARE THE TOOLS IN OUR WORKSHOP...!!!
IN ANY EVENT...If I make this seem simple I apologize...FOR THIS IS WHERE OUR TRUE BUSINESS COMES INTO PLAY...WORKING OUT OUR SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING...DOING GOD’S WILL, NOT OUR OWN...THAT’S A GOOD THING...!!! IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID: ‘IF YOU’RE TOO BUSY TO PRAY...YOU’RE TOO BUSY’...!!!
HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...AS WE KEEP THE TOOLS IN OUR WORKSHOP WELL SHARPENED...!!!
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