Explaining The Unexplainable

I can identify with this mornings comment from Fr. Pat about the difficulty of explaining the unexplainable…and the fact that the struggle is exacerbated by the explainee not wanting to listen to the explainor.

I cannot explain why I believe what I believe, I cannot explain why I feel the way I feel.  There is no formula, no equation that reduces the concept to simple math, no proof positive, no litmus paper test that proves what I believe to be true.

I have not always felt the way I feel, nor have I believed what I believe. 

Only through a long and sometime painful process have I arrived at this place that what I believe is the truth, that it is the real deal.  “The way, the truth and the life” as someone put it.

This place is a place of comfort, peace and joy…a place where I know that everything is going to be OK, in spite of what the World News tells me.  A place where there is real love, where I am accepted for who I am, just the way I am, with all my imperfections. 

The short version of my life story is that I tried all the other ways…nothing else worked.

Therefore, through the scientific process of elimination, I have come to this empirical conclusion: Jesus Christ is the answer, my final answer.

What’s the point of being a maverick

If you will heed this lame ole limerick.

There is no reason to be so glib

For this is not a surly squib.

The Lord has given you a gift

There is no reason for you to drift

He has a plan to set you free

He did it just for you and me.

Now’s the time to invited Him in

Now and forever He’ll be your friend

Thank you, Jesus, you’re the best

Help me Lord to pass the test.

Amen.