Dear Friends
On this Feast of the Nativity of John the
Baptist, I just had to share this cartoon, which appeared when I
turned to the page for today. Imagine my surprise and delight at this PBI
(possible blog illustration). Not only is the quote timely---“Sometimes
life takes sudden turns without using its turn signal”---
(does anything come to mind from earlier this year?)---but the U-turn
Snoopy is making is exactly what John’s shouting “REPENT” means. About face! Turn
around! You’re going the WRONG WAY!
I wonder if the creators of this calendar knew how
appropriate this cartoon was for 2020 and, for different reasons, June 24th.
Or maybe it was the Holy Spirit?
In any case, may God help us recognize, personally and
as a society, what course corrections we need to make. It would be a shame to
miss whatever there is to learn from the living of these days, even as we ask God
for wisdom and courage and patience to get through them and get back to some
sense of “normal”. (I miss watching the Dodgers!)
May we be willing to expect and be surprised by new
blessings being born, even during these days of anxiety and anger, heartache
and hopelessness, sadness and suffering.
Finally, note that John the Baptist pointed to Jesus and said, “There
is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.”
If there was ever a time to look towards Jesus, it is now.
John
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