Life is interesting

I don't think any of us will deny that. Life, to me, is never boring. God is good. There are times I wish He would make people be good, too. Then I think twice about that--and realize that I would rather have people choose to do right, rather than it be a forced thing.

I am blessed in my life. I have a wonderful new wife (married her 7 months ago), we have a great church, and I am looking forward to serving as a priest. There is a couple of things, however, that I would like to change. One of them depends on another person choosing to do the right thing and to cease doing evil. I believe our God is long suffering, and that He still does miracles, but He will never force us to do anything against our own will. There are times in our lives when we can be sure that circumstances will never change, and then we must make a decision. I am purposely being vague here--some will know what I am referring to, and you who do not will still be able to use this (I hope) in your own life.

When we are relatively sure that circumstances will not change in a particular situation, here's a couple of things for consideration:
1) We must always stand against evil
2) We must protect our families from evil the best we can
3) When others wish to perpetuate evil against our family, and persist in doing so, we must, as Christians--take steps to stop it (doing nothing evil or illegal ourselves), or, if that is not possible, distance ourselves from them as much as possible

I have been dealing with an evil perpetuated against me for 7 years now. There is only one legal and moral thing I can do to stop it, and I believe this must be my course of action.

Sometimes we must choose to do the thing we do not want to do. Yet, our wives and families must come before all else in the world. When we are needing to make decisions like this, we know that our God is with us.

I welcome your comments and dialogue.


blessings,
br francis