Luke 16:19-31
If someone comes back from the dead, surely we will listen, right? Jesus says no we will not even listen to the one that returns to warn us of the suffering that will be our eternity if we deny Christ. It is true. Look at the news. Watch the way we treat people around us that are not in our tribe. We have the means, as a human family, to provide for the needs of all people and nations.
"He's a drunk" "He's a thief" "She is promiscuous" "S/He is a . . . " These statements are not what we need to be focused on. S/He is a part of our human family. We don't want to look in the eyes of people that are poor or outcast.
We learn the name of God, who knocks at the door today. Lazarus is poverty's name.
If we profess the Divine dwells in each of us, and we deny the gift of Love to our brother and sisters, then we deny God. Jesus stands at the door and knocks and we shove him away or ignore His presence completely, shuffling pass so as not to make eye contact or so as not to be seen with "Those people" But what if by some twist that person is God in disguise? What do we do?
We do the same thing, we walk by with a guilty conscious and pretend we don't see them. The Holy spirit convicts us and we know it.
Today, look for Him in all the people that we meet. Look Him in the eyes and greet Him with Love. Don't pass by the gate one day more without an encounter with the Divine in each person that we meet.
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