Wrap yourself in Christ

Jesus Christ protects those who choose to believe in Him. Like the white garment wrapped around us at Baptism, He invites us to wrap ourselves with His Spirit. Even as the cold wind of the evils found in our imperfect world swirl around us from time to time, we remain safe in the arms of our Savior.

It is this faith in Him that give us the courage to stand tall in the midst of great dangers, or to suffer a little in the silence that builds character, to confirm our faith by our resolve, and to wrap ourselves in the cloak of Grace provided by a loving God.

By the Grace of God we resist the temptations that threaten our moral character, by our suffering we declare our willingness to follow in the footsteps of Christ, the cross we carry a mere sliver of the heavy one He carried to His crucifixion, until at last we join Him in the immortal joy that is our reward for our faith.

By design it was never intended that this should be easy, with no effort offered, no tears shed, no pain of a repentant mind seeking redemption for a lost soul. Christ came, not only to show us how to live, but also to show us how to die.

Without whimper or cry, he faced the injustice of life as a human being wrongly accused. He stood silently and turned the other cheek, rather than blemish a soul untarnished by hate. He bore a cross, not of His own making, but one made up of the transgressions of all of us in our many imperfections. Near the end He cried out, "Father, forgive them." At the end of our lives will we be able to do the same for our transgressors?

Wrap yourself in Christ now. He will protect you from the hate that lurks in the shadows of your life that can penetrate your physical presence, and corrupt a soul created in the true beauty of the image of God. A soul wrapped carefully in Christ has the power to perform miracles in His name, and in their faith, be taken into Heaven when they have suffered only a little in His name. 

Only with His help can we share in His ultimate act of sacrificial love. "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."  Do not allow hate to tarnish your soul.

J.Siler