Our problem with freedom

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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Thursday in the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 20 July 2023
Exodus 3:13-20   >><)))*> + >><)))*> + >><)))*>   Matthew 11:28-30

Let me come to you,
God our loving Father;
let me come to you
in Jesus Christ
to take his yoke and learn from him,
so I may be meek and humble of heart
(Matthew 11:28-30).

Let me come to you,
God our loving Father 
like Moses, openly and humbly
wondering at your majesty
in the burning bush, in the many events
happening in my life I take for granted
and missed you.

How funny, O God,
you always desire we become free,
we become lighter from our burdens
as you called Moses to liberate your people
and sent Jesus to save us;
and yet, we always suspect you
of keeping us prisoners,
of not wanting us to be free,
of hindering us from pursuing
and doing whatever we wanted.

Let us learn and realize,
O God how you value freedom
so much that you gave it to us
as your most wondrous gift
that we have unfortunately abused;
let us learn and realize
how your Son Jesus Christ
had to suffer and die on the Cross
so that we may experience true freedom;
let us learn and realize, Lord, 
that freedom is being free and faithful
to you always through our loved ones
and mission in life.
Amen.