Just Passing Through

We are caught up in the million and one cares of the day. We tend to forget our place in the scheme of life, the bigger picture. Questions such as where are we going? Where do all that we are doing everyday lead us to? What's our destination? What's the meaning and purpose of our life?

Heaven is where we are going. How are we going to get there? Are we living our day the way we should, in the manner told us by the Good Book? To know where we are now, we need to step back, to retreat, to get our bearings, to check again and again. Through this "retreat" we can better place ourselves, know where we are doing well, things we are saying or thinking or doing that do not square well with what the Lord is asking of us. If we are to be a Christ in the place where we are living, a good question to ask is: what will Jesus do if He were here, if it were not me but Him, right in this situation?

We have to direct our lives in the only right way: to be perfect as the Father is perfect, to strive for holiness, to be better than we are now, to move forward. Difficult, yes. Very difficult, maybe. But impossible, no. We set our own limits if we think now that we couldn't make it, then we are already throwing in the towel even before entering the ring.

We are just passing through in this world. We each have been given our fair share of talents. We can blaze our path--doing our work with the greatest possible excellence, doing our duties of the moment, learning, doing well, spreading goodness around. Or, we can just try to pass by, pampering our senses with all possible pleasures. The choice is ours. We can pass through, born unnoticed and dying unfruitful, or sparkle our life, leaving gifts of kindness every chance we get, becoming an apostle of love. Yes, the choice is ours. It's up to us, really.