Kept By The Power of God

It seems that yesterday's slice of Daily Bread came out of the oven just a minute to late to reach your plate, so today you will receive two slices.  A warning that tomorrow, because I will be on the Sophomore Retreat, I may not have access to the internet at the retreat house.  We might have to settle for two on Saturday.

A testimony to the fidelity of God is the reality that no matter how far we stray, God's power keeps us intact and leads us eventually back to him.  It is not uncommon to run into teens and young adults whose religious education and practice ended after First Communion, or as far as Confirmation, but whose goodness is evident and whose morals are still in line with the Gospel.  It seems that this journey off the beaten path allows them to discover the way that leads back to God, for his power and love never leaves them.  Sometimes it comes from friends whose love and example, and whose questioning and challenging helps them wake up to this power and love...it might happen in college, beyond, in marriage, at the arrival of the first child.  God will keep nudging. Even those who seem unlikely to return, who vehemently state any desire to do so, who claim atheism, can be startled by some person or event that softens their hearts.
Our own lives often contain some degree of straying, so we ourselves need to remain open to God's invitations to us to "get back on track." 
 Our prayers for those we know, those we don't know,  and for ourselves must never cease. We can thus participate in God's "keeping power."
Bro. Rene