“My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples. And behold, a woman who had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment; for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I shall be made well.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Monday 8th July 2024 – MATTHEW 9:18-26.
So, a man was walking just a few steps behind three people. A leather wallet slipped out of the pockets of one of the people walking just in front of him and fell down. This was unknown to any of the three people.
He quickly called on their attention and told the man in particular from whom the wallet fell out of his pocket that he has dropped his wallet.
The man was visibly surprised. He offered him some money from that same wallet and insisted that he should collect.
The man emphatically declined collecting the money and he went on his way.
However, the man, too, was surprised and at the time confused while the man who dropped his wallet would be surprised and should be offering him a reward for an ordinary usual act.
Now, how does it seem that we humans tend to have more faith in our fellow mortals than in God.
Hence, when there’s a total surrender to God in an act of faith and trust, it then tend to be so surprising and unusual to us.
When we board an aeroplane, we are always very confident that our flight will take off and land as specifically stated in our flight schedule.
Has any of us ever bothered to approach the pilots and insisted that they must show us a prove that they are qualified and are in the right state to fly the aircraft?
If we can have so much faith in a fellow human being just like us to commit the safety of our life into their care, to fly us in an aircraft, for a surgeon to dissect us in treatment and sew us back, for a seafarer to ferry us in a piece of metal on a gigantic endless sea of water, what stops us from equally trusting God so blindly.
In today’s teaching, the man who’s daughter passed on and the woman with the issue of blood had the audacity to display that kind of faith and trust in God.
Behold, it worked out in their favour. Just as today’s psalm says, “The Lord is kind and full of compassion.”
Just like that boy in ragged clothing who looks into the mirror and sees a better future for him despite the odds and his present situation. The boy looks on with faith and trust.
My dear friend, why shouldn’t you and I also have such faith and trust in God in all that which we face right now?
He is still the same God yesterday, today and forever.
Have a fantastic day and a fulfilled week ahead folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo