Faith is the
evidence of things unseen
People tell
me that You're just a dream
But they
don't know You the way that I do
You're the
one I live to pursue
-dc Talk
I watched
The Polar Express last night – the boy hesitated to board the train at the
beginning, but eventually jumped on. The conductor was all the moreso
welcoming, he did not scold him for not getting on the first time before the
train started moving. The conductor was
even more forgiving when he found out the boy pulled the emergency break for Billy
who also hesitated to get onto the train, so that he would be able to board.
When God sees our willingness to follow His will, He will go to all lengths to
welcome us with open arms, the same way the father in the biblical story of the
Prodigal son welcomed his son home after a long absence.
The young
African American girl sees something special in the boy and befriends him. She
watches his back, and he watches hers.
They both care for Billy who is sitting in a separate car all by
himself. The girl is more compassionate
and makes Billy feel loved. The boy stands
by, understanding her compassion and wishing he had more himself. The entire time he is always seeking answers,
always looking for the truth. When he
loses the girl’s ticket, it comes back to him, because he never gives up
looking for it. God is forgiving like
that. And when I say God is forgiving – I understand this to mean that the
higher powers which keep the world alive and perfectly balanced within the
universe will always bring the universe back to equilibrium whenever possible.
We only have to be willing to acknowledge this and submit to this will. Jesus gave us ways of relating to this
all-powerful divine presence through the Word. He told us how to pray. He told us to pray like this:
Our Father,
Who art in heaven
Hallowed be
Thy Name;
Thy kingdom
come,
Thy will be
done,
on earth as
it is in heaven.
Give us this
day our daily bread,
and forgive
us our trespasses,
as we
forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us
not into temptation,
but deliver
us from evil. Amen.
When we do
so and we have faith, everything will be okay. We must BELIEVE. In the same way the lesson learned by the boy
in The Polar Express was that he must BELIEVE, we must have faith. We must have
faith that God knows us better than we know ourselves and will show us what we
need to see in due time if we seek to follow His will and accept His grace
along the way. If we keep seeking the
truth, the truth will come to us.
Namaste.
