Daily reflection _ greatly have you enriched it

GREATLY HAVE YOU ENRICHED IT
Our belief in God's actions among us should motivate us to be faithful. Our experience of His love should inspire us to be a generous and loving people.  
Deacon John Ruscheinsky
God-lovers have laid their lives on the line for what they believe. The prophet Elijah put it all on the line, promising things only God could deliver. During a long drought, he tells the king that he hears the sound of heavy rains falling. But what he surely hears is his own heart beating hard and fast, hoping the rain clouds are really on their way! At first there's nothing, but Elijah remains firm. We, too, need to believe in the God of the "seen and unseen," as we pray in our Creed.
In our Responsorial Psalm we acclaim, "You have visited the land and watered it; greatly have You enriched it. God's watercourses are filled; You have prepared the grain" (Ps. 65: 10). We rejoice in the rain because it makes the earth fertile, the fields green, and the air clean and fresh. Then we have a guarantee of the fruits of the earth for the needs of all and it renews the farmer's faith that our heavenly Father will keep His Word providing us with food as well as care for the animals. All this in His Providence!
We have signs of God's power around us. All the forces of nature operate, not by accident, but by the wonderful design of God. It is He Who maintains the marvelous balance of nature by which we survive, and Who keeps constant the laws of the universe upon which we depend. God uses His almighty power out of love for us.
Our belief in God's actions among us should motivate us to be faithful. Our experience of His love should inspire us to be a generous and loving people. As today's Gospel acclamation verse reminds us, Jesus is our model. "I give you a new commandment: Love one another; even as I have loved you" (Jn. 13: 34). We are called to love each other even as He has loved us!
May our hearts be open to forgive without counting the cost. Then, greatly have we enriched it. Not just the land, but all of life!