He continued on about how much he enjoys reading the Bible every day...blah, blah.
But I couldn't get that short sentence out of my mind, "It's too hard." What did he mean?
There are all kinds of translations, fer cryin out loud! You could even read a children's Bible! What's the matter with people?
I've been thinking about "It's too hard.", all week. I've come to the conclusion that the person who said that, probably hasn't really tried. Not really! The Bible he looked at probably used more difficult language than we commonly use. That person was simply intimidated. He looked and gave up.
Obviously, since he came to our Adult Faith Formation, he is open to being transformed.
Mmmmm. Maybe not. His heart and mind are open a crack, but not all the way. He wants what he wants to change and learn, but he's not open to a complete transformation by God. IOW, he wants God to cooperate with him, not transform him.
This is what we Faith Formation Facilitators have to address before we teach anybody, anything. People don't want to change that much. They want to be better people and grow closer to God, but not too fast and on their own terms.
Yesterday was the feast of St. Martin de Tours. He did many wonderful things. When he was dying, his followers begged him to fight death. They wanted Martin to live longer to help them. This was Martin's prayer:
Lord, if your people still need me, I am ready for the task; your will be done.
How's that for being open to God's Will! I think our lesson plan should be a lecture on being open to what God wants us to be, not what we want to be. We need to pray for God to transform us to do His Will, not ours.
No comments:
Post a Comment