Daily reflection _ we are not abandoned

WE ARE NOT ABANDONED
What is revealed to the world in Jesus is, in one sense, nothing new... Our Father has never changed the message; it has always been that He loves us and wills what is best for us.
Deacon John Ruscheinsky
In today's Responsorial Psalm we acclaim, "The Lord has made known His salvation" (Ps 98:2a). God has done wondrous deeds! Through the gift of the Holy Spirit He pours His love into our hearts that we may understand His will for our lives and walk in His way. For He will never abandon us!
In St. Paul's first Letter to the Romans, Paul knows that his mission is to announce the Gospel message promised long ago through the prophets and realized in Jesus Christ. What is revealed to the world in Jesus is, in one sense, nothing new. What is new is the dramatic expression of a living, human being, who shared our life by suffering, dying and rising to new life. It is nothing new insofar as our heavenly Father didn't first begin to love human beings when Jesus was born. He has always loved His children and all of creation. The refrain in the first chapter of Genesis, is that God looked on everything in creation and saw that it was good. Our Father has never changed the message; it has always been that He loves us and wills what is best for us.
We are not abandoned