All the people who heard him, and the tax collectors too, acknowledged God’s plan by accepting baptism from John; but by refusing baptism from him the Pharisees and the lawyers had thwarted what God had in mind for them.
Lk.7:29,30
Jesus is talking to the people about John the Baptist's role in God's plan for mankind. The plan is revealed in today's earlier readings from Isiah and the psalm; man is to turn back to God so He may then lavish His everlasting love on us. "...with everlasting love I have taken pity on you says the Lord, your redeemer." Is.54:8.
God has a plan for everyone. God has a plan for me. It is a plan based on love, a love that He wants to lavish on me for ever. That's a plan I can buy into. It satisfies my deepest longing, the longing to be loved with an all-knowing and forgiving love. I just need to turn to Him.
Father in Heaven, thank you for your wonderful plan of love for me. I turn to You and worship You, my loving Father, in Jesus' name.
Little Flower, please pray for me.
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