John 1:1-18
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it. 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. 9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him. 11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him. 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name: 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, รข€˜He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'" 16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Food for thought!
Today's gospel reading reminds us that the first time he came to this world Jesus was not recognized by many people.
"He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him. He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him."
The first time Jesus came around, many people just missed him; he was around, living among them, but many people didn't recognize him. I am afraid that the same passage may apply to some of us: The Word was in our world, our home, our place of work, our neighbourhood, our life, and we just did not recognize him. He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him.
The text is saying that “All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.” In 2013 everything happened through Jesus. Everything we did, was through him because as he told us, "without me you cannot do anything" (John 45:5).
In other words, let us look at our achievements and acknowledge the Lord for them. Be thankful of your achievements and your gains and profits.
What you did was thanks to Jesus. He was there since the beginning; everything was done through him; there was nothing that was done without him. Jesus is always there, whether we recognize him whether we don't. When we do, he gives us the right to become children of God. Once we do recognize him, we become God's favourites, who operate as Jesus himself; we become partners of Jesus, enjoying special protection, privileges and favours.
Once we become like Jesus, everything changes; even our failures. In the Lord we are always conquerors even when we apparently seem to fail. As St. Paul reminds us in 2nd Corinthians 4:8-9, "We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We do not know what to do, but we do not give up the hope of living. We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed." This is what it means to be children of God.
We easily see the hand of Jesus for our gains and achievements. We seldom see him in our pains, difficulties and losses we encounter in life. But we should see the Lord in all our life, in all our gains and our pains. The Lord is always with us, in good and not so good moments of our life.
As someone once said,
successful people approach losing differently. They don’t try to brush failure
under the rug. They don’t run away from their losses. Their attitude is never
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Instead they know that Sometimes
you win, sometimes you learn. Why? Because the Lord is present in everything we
do and are. In other words, All things were made through him. Without him was
not anything made that has been made.
In other words, a loss isn’t totally a loss if you learn something as a result of it. This said, not everyone learns from losses. A loss doesn’t turn into a lesson unless we work hard to make it so. Losing gives us an opportunity to learn, but many people do not seize it. And when they don’t, losing really hurts.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it. 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. 9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him. 11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him. 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name: 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, รข€˜He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'" 16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Food for thought!
Today's gospel reading reminds us that the first time he came to this world Jesus was not recognized by many people.
"He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him. He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him."
The first time Jesus came around, many people just missed him; he was around, living among them, but many people didn't recognize him. I am afraid that the same passage may apply to some of us: The Word was in our world, our home, our place of work, our neighbourhood, our life, and we just did not recognize him. He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him.
The text is saying that “All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.” In 2013 everything happened through Jesus. Everything we did, was through him because as he told us, "without me you cannot do anything" (John 45:5).
In other words, let us look at our achievements and acknowledge the Lord for them. Be thankful of your achievements and your gains and profits.
What you did was thanks to Jesus. He was there since the beginning; everything was done through him; there was nothing that was done without him. Jesus is always there, whether we recognize him whether we don't. When we do, he gives us the right to become children of God. Once we do recognize him, we become God's favourites, who operate as Jesus himself; we become partners of Jesus, enjoying special protection, privileges and favours.
Once we become like Jesus, everything changes; even our failures. In the Lord we are always conquerors even when we apparently seem to fail. As St. Paul reminds us in 2nd Corinthians 4:8-9, "We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We do not know what to do, but we do not give up the hope of living. We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed." This is what it means to be children of God.
We easily see the hand of Jesus for our gains and achievements. We seldom see him in our pains, difficulties and losses we encounter in life. But we should see the Lord in all our life, in all our gains and our pains. The Lord is always with us, in good and not so good moments of our life.
In other words, a loss isn’t totally a loss if you learn something as a result of it. This said, not everyone learns from losses. A loss doesn’t turn into a lesson unless we work hard to make it so. Losing gives us an opportunity to learn, but many people do not seize it. And when they don’t, losing really hurts.
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