A Sunday Reflection

Today's Gospel really struck me, and God once again reminded of his love and presence in my life.

At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. 
Now a man there named Zacchaeus,
who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man,
was seeking to see who Jesus was;
but he could not see him because of the crowd,
for he was short in stature. 
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus,
who was about to pass that way.
When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said,
"Zacchaeus, come down quickly,
for today I must stay at your house." 
And he came down quickly and received him with joy. 
When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying,
"He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner." 
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord,
"Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor,
and if I have extorted anything from anyone
I shall repay it four times over."
And Jesus said to him,
"Today salvation has come to this house
because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. 
For the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save what was lost." (Lk 19:1-10)

I'm also currently reading Captivating. This is a book about being a woman and how God created woman to be. In this book they explain 3  desires of a woman's heart - 1. to be romanced 2. to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure 3. to unveil beauty are the three. So when I heard the Gospel I was struck by verse 4 "so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus". Zacchaeus desired Jesus so much that he ran and climbed a tree just in order to see him. 

As human we reflect God, the desires of a woman's heart not only are part of who women are, but also reveals to us the desires of God's heart as well. Women desire to be romanced, God also desires to be romanced. Jesus pursued Zacchaeus' heart and when he is running and climbing to see Jesus he is running to his encounter with the Lord - as Father said in mass today he is experiencing his conversion. 

SO my point is - we should all be desiring Jesus as Zacchaeus did. We should be running after him and climbing trees to see him. We should be pursuing him because in this very moment he is pursuing us with all he has and all he is - thus we need to reciprocate this. Jesus desires a relationship with us, and he is already pursuing us, thus we need to begin to pursue him, to seek him out, to allow him to love us and care for us, trusting and knowing that he is the one, the one and only who will satisfy any and every desire of our hearts, for his love is enough for us. 

Praise him! 

God bless & happy Sunday