By Fr. Anthony Iromenu, Sacred Heart Church
Contributing Writer
“The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you,’” Genesis 12:1-3.
Abraham, after years of faithful trust in God, was finally given a definite guarantee that God’s promise to him would be fulfilled. We have much to learn from Abraham’s faith.
When God seems to be slow in answering our urgent request, when he seems to forget the pressing spiritual needs we have put before him, when he seems to be kinder to his “enemies” than to us his children, it is well for us to think of Abraham’s years of patient trust and absolute confidence in God’s promise.
God has his reasons which we cannot see or understand. Of this we can be certain though: he makes no mistake. As we enter the holiday season of Thanksgiving and Christmas and as we gather as family, friends, co-workers etc. to share a meal and enjoy the company of each other, let us take some time to appreciate the goodness of God no matter the situation we may be passing through at this present time.
May we always remember that we have a loving God whose goodness is beyond measure.
