https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012322.cfm
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The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
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Today's readings proclaim that we are all one in being, with The Christ asking us to let Him shepherd us through our life's journey of self discovery.
For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. ~ Jeremiah 29:11
Here I often reference a jig saw puzzle to illustrate that the puzzle's individual pieces fit together revealing the finished picture. So it is with the human person reflecting Our Father's plan for our life, when we do all that He asks of us. Those jig saw pieces represent the people, with whom we will share something of our life, enabling us to grow into the person reflecting The Father's design for our life.
Our Father speaks to us from within our thoughts. When we are reluctant to embrace His guidance, Our Father will route His directions through those He sends to us to befriend. That synchronistic meeting changing our life's direction may just have been the chance encounter that divine providence supplied to direct us to where The Father wants us to proceed. Citing coincidence is how human life explains unexpected events and surprise meetings. Just because we are taken by surprise does not mean that God is when intervening to lead us to where He wants us to go.
What appears to us as random chance is in fact overseen by Our Father who knows the number of hairs on every head. Jesus said that not even a sparrow falls to the ground without Our Father’s notice. In Isaiah 46:9–11, The Father states that He is in charge of everything:
“I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do.”
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