“When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky; but why do you not know how to interpret the present time? “
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Friday 25th Oct. 2024 – LUKE 12:54-58.
So, man has since evolved and now has vast knowledge of geography astronomy, oceanography, medicine and the latest, Artificial Intelligence AI.
AI which is capable of creating robots with the look-alike of a person that can also perform various tasks as does a human being.
Man is really conquering knowledge.
Nevertheless, despite these successes of man, we still grapple with the mystery of creation, humanity and eternity.
Some of us are still contemplating these questions:
– Was I created or I just evolved from nature?
– If I was created, who created me?
– Why was I created?
– Is it true that I am different from an animal because I have a soul?
– If truly I have a soul, what becomes of my soul after death?
– Will my soul just be drifting about aimlessly in some endless void?
– Is there truly a heaven and a hell fire?
– Suppose by a stroke of chance heaven and hell truly exist, could it be where souls of the dead go to?
– Will the world truly come to an end?
– If as the Christian Bible says that Christ will come at the end of the world to judge the living and the dead, where then has all the souls long dead have been awaiting the last judgement to determine their final destination?
– These, as well many more are still being contemplated by man.
My dear friend, we did not just evolve. We truly have a soul and we were privileged (out of over 40million that we bit to it ) to embark on this sojourn.
Our instructions on this journey are very simple – love God, love man and live right.
At the end of the time allotted to each of us to travel through this space, we shall definitely go back to render an account of our pilgrimage here.
Until such a time, my dear friend, be aware that there is God. So, believe in Him, and love Him. Also, Love your fellow man as you love yourself. Then, Live right and do the right thing at the right time always.
May God avail us the grace to permit His will to be realised in our life.
Folks, have a fantastic day and a pleasant weekend.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
25th Oct. 2024.