TIN MỪNG CHO NGƯỜI TRẺ –
CHÚA NHẬT VI PHỤC SINH – NĂM C
A little girl who, when trains were popular transportation, was taking her first train ride with her parents. As night descended, the mother took the girl, who was clearly quite anxious, and placed her on the upper bunk of the sleeper. She told her little one that up there she would be nearer to God and that God would watch over her.
As silence enveloped the young lady she became afraid and called softly, “Mommy, are you there?”
”Yes dear,” came the response.
A little later, in a louder voice, the child called, “Daddy, are you there, too?”
”Yes dear,” was the reply.
After this had been repeated several times one of the passengers sharing their sleeper car finally lost his patience and shouted loudly, “Yes, we’re all here, your father, your mother, your brother, and all your aunts and cousins; now settle down and go to sleep!”
There was a moment of silence and then, in hushed tones a little voice asked, “Mommy, was that God?”
Most of us seem to be afraid of something. We are afraid of dying, of losing our health, our job, our house, or our family. We are fearful of strangers, robbers, of something when thre is no reason to be afraid. Fear is all around us. So Jesus makes it clear to his disciples that he wants them to have peace, and that he would leave that peace with them. This peace, however, is given with a condition. The condition is to love Jesus and keep his word.
When someone asks us, “Do you love Jesus?” most of us would automatically respond, “Of course I love Jesus.” It is easy to say, ‘Yes, we love God.” “Yes, we love Jesus.” But saying that we love Jesus is not enough. We must show the evidences of our love for Him. The evidences that Jesus expects from us is to keep his word. “Whoever loves me will keep my word.” Keeping His word does not mean that we own a copy of the Bible, taking good care of it, binding it with golden cover, and putting it in a locked crystal box; but keeping his word means that we apply his word in our daily life. We let his word transform our life, guide our conducts, influence our behaviors, and form our character. That is to say, we are at home with God; and God is at home with us. When we know God is with us, and we are with Him, we experience true peace. Our fear will disappear.