Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Mercy: Allows you to express ourselves in a best way

The ones who came to Jesus seeking healing and wholeness were all those who were not allowed by their loved ones to express themselves. They were at the mercy of someone. They could not speak what they were feeling besides being physically sick. They had an inner wound and sickness which some one had to feel, touch and address it. Whether she is woman at the well or the woman caught in adultery. all of them were in need of expressing themselves so that they could be what God had designed them to be. 
               
In our families and fraternities we could have these men and women. they are waiting for us to open the door of dialogue. they want someone to address to their deepest feelings and wounds. if we don't do it who else will do it. They want to speak out. But sometimes we have no times for all these who really want to speak and be heard. But we have no time for them. In our animation too we are very artificial and just follow the norms and rules. We fail to get to the bottom of the problems. many of our beloved ones wait and wait for a long and then give up as no one wants to understand them for what they are and what they do. The miracles work when we spent quality time with them. I have had these experiences where men and women have come out with problems hidden for years. they have improved and have began to live a good human life. It is only a little patience and time that is needed. once they see that we listen and built of confidence between us, its only a matter of time. the miracle of mercy begins to show up. Many of them due to lack of love and acceptance, understanding and mercy just prefer to be buried under their problems which are not created by them. 


     
One of my friends father who drank to his death was one of such case. He wanted to be a priest. He spoke about it when he was a child. He attended the church regularly as the church was close by. The priests also encouraged him but being the only son in the family his parents did not allow him. At an early age he was married against his wishes. Some how he accepted his wife. Initially he did not treat her well and the relationship was sour. He narrated her the background. she understood the matter. she also took time to convert and bring him around. she succeeded after four years. The first child was born after five years of marriage which is unusual in our part of the world where child is born in the first year of the marriage. But later on things changed and his thoughts and feeling against his parents were negative and bitter. He could not forgive. he began to drink. He was not understood. All began to discard and ignore him. All the rejections too added their own negatives. Finally not being able to handle the situation he committed suicide in a state of inebriation. He left notes. The content of the notes was the need of being allowed to express what one feels to do and say...

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