In today's first reading, Acts 17: 15, 22-18:1, Paul speaks to us of our origins: In God, Paul tells us, "we live and move and have our being....[W]e are the offspring of God"!
We spring off of God. God has given "life and breath" to every member of the human race and has given us the option of dwelling "on the entire surface of the earth." God also made the entire universe for us: the sun and the stars, the galaxies, each of the seasons--spring, summer, fall and winter. He set boundaries for each of the seasons, for each of the bodies of water, for all humankind, really, so that we "might seek God, even perhaps grope for him and find him, though indeed he is not far from any one of us,"-- remember that we "live and move and have our being" in God Himself.
WOW! Listen to God say to you personally:
"(Your name)____________, I, your God, made the world for your enjoyment, for your learning about Me.
I, your God, made all that is in the world as a means for you to "grope" for me and "find" Me.
I am not served by any of you because I need nothing from you (See this statement in this passage of Acts).
I serve you, bathe you in grace.
I protect you from the Evil One.
My Son returned to Me on Ascension Day in order to send you the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and He is preparing a place for you in heaven.
I, Your God, am the one who sent My Son to take on human nature. He lives in Me and I in Him. He was sent to show you my love for you by ransoming you from death by His death on the cross and resurrection from the dead. By His death and resurrection, He destroyed death's power over you. So, if you believe in Me, I will see you in heaven, also."
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