Our lives rest in balance. On one side is our faith and on the
other are our works. They rest upon and are supported by how Jesus our Lord
dwells in our hearts.
This equilibrium must be maintained whether we are at work or at
rest, in church or in public.
Without Jesus being in our hearts, both are useless and also
impossible. No good can be done except through the Holy Spirit animating and
guiding us.
This balance cannot be turned on and off to help our image in
different situations. If we are going to follow Jesus as they say in the Gospel
(of Mark), we need to deny the wants of ourselves and pick up the cross of
works, deeds and needs of others.
We need to wake up, step up to the plate and
put on our Lord fulltime no matter what, for if we are "ashamed of Him or
His words" in this material world, "He will be ashamed of us"
(see Mark 8:38) when we stand before the Father in Judgment.
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