May the Lord bless you with peace and health in the Holy Spirit.
We reflect on Romans 7:18-25 and the Gospel of Luke 12:54-59.
We are experts of the extended world around but not the internal intensity of all that goes on within mostly.
After Marilyn Monroe had taken her life, her husband, Joe DiMaggio, was asked, “Why did Marilyn take her life?” His answer was, “She had everything to live with but nothing to live for.”
St. Paul continues to explore the conflict, the war and the frustration between spirit and flesh. We are all powerfully equipped to face the human enemy right in front of us, but we surrender and succumb to the tactics of the inner intentions that are evil, selfish, and sinful. Just like St. Paul we all go through this struggle right within us. “I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” (Rom.7:15). Is not that we too feel most of the times when we do our examination of conscience.
The internal conflict could be noticed outside as greed, lust, hatred, control, and power. The day we master the inner tension, we all become the extension of the world for its order, beauty, and development in all levels.
Who can help us to handle and calm the volcanic flames within us? Can a doctor, a psychiatrist, a counsellor, a healer, or someone you can name it to heal and harness the uncontrolled, unchanneled, untapped energy within us?
The instincts cannot ignite happiness but the relationships that we live for make us happier, and healthier. Loneliness kills us over time. Our self-assessment and analysis must not crucify us to loneliness and self-condemnation.
May the Lord help us to deal with what is going within us rather than distracting in talking about the problems of others. God bless you.