Reflections of a beloved son

Our lives do not come from ourselves and we do not live on our own. Our life is a gift from the Father. And we know that any life is dependent on so many things, but among them is oxygen as transported by the circulatory system. Our network of blood vessels is so intricate (how can anyone say it just so happened to be that way! It must have been designed by a Creator) and they each are joined together and are grafted onto a source. As Christians, we must be grafted onto a similar source of life, and that source is Christ Himself. Apart from Christ we have no life, and any life that we think we would be living is one that is unfulfilled and is one that we ultimately will feel to be lacking. So, we must graft ourselves onto Christ. Our Lord implores us to remain with Him as He remains in us so that we may truly be one with Him and the Father.

" I am the vine, you are the branches " (Jn. 15:5).  As a people, we do not live alone and we are unable to survive alone.  We are dependent and interdependent by nature.  Some may argue and disagree but they can debate all they want, but there is a Creator God who made this world and all that is within it, including us.  Look at the proofs offered by philosophy and science.  There are too many things that needed to happen in order for the earth to be as it is - the right mixture of elements to make earth inhabitable, the most minuscule building blocks of our bodies, etc.  Saying it is purely coincidence does not do it for me.  It is not coincidence, it is Providence. We were created out of love, with love, and for love.  In fact we were created by Love itself, for God is love.  In being created, we have been and continue to be nurtured and provided for by Our Creator.  Jesus tells us that He is the vine, the Father is the vinegrower, ...