July 13, 2022
Wenezde for Week 15 for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint Henry—Memorial wey no be compulsory
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“I dey praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because even though You hide all these things from people wey get wisdom and plenty book knowledge, You don show them to people wey be like pikin.” Matthew 11:25
Life get plenty complications. Abi e no be so? Na good question be that. Sometimes, things fit look like say dem too complicated. Di situations wey we find ourselves, our relationship with family and friends, our future, our past, and other things fit sometimes look like heavy load wey hard to understand. But di truth be say e no need to be like that. Di truth be say di answers wey God dey give to di questions wey “hard pass” for life, many times, dey simple enough for pikin to understand.
For di passage wey dey above, Jesus make am clear say di Father dey show His answers and wisdom to people wey be like pikin. E also talk something wey draw our attention: say di Father don “hide all these things from people wey get wisdom and plenty book knowledge.” So this one bring question…e better make person “get wisdom and plenty book knowledge,” or make e “be like pikin?” E clear say di answer na say e better make person be like pikin.
This one fit first confuse person. E fit sound strange to talk say e no good make person “get wisdom and plenty book knowledge.” But wetin e mean be say e no good make person think say e don understand everything finish. E no good make person dey proud and dey behave like say na im know everything. E no good make pride full our heart so tey we think say we get all di answers.
Wetin best na to get some of di qualities wey pikin get. Especially, e good make person get open mind, dey eager to know, and dey ready to learn. E good make we look life for di simplest way and hold on to di main things wey matter. True true, e good make we grow for wisdom and knowledge of di things of God. But true wisdom and knowledge no dey ever lose that innocent and simple heart. Dem dey keep basic goodness, and dem dey accept say right na right and wrong na wrong. Life no need to get plenty complications; e need to become very simple.
Today, think deeply about how ready and willing you dey to turn to God for simple and clear answers to di questions wey hard pass for life. Think deeply about how willing you dey to turn to God with trust and hope, as you know say God get all di answers for your life.
Lord wey get all wisdom, I turn to You again with trust. Help me make I understand say all wisdom dey come from You, no be from myself. Help me make I always turn to You as pikin go do, and help me make my life remain simple as You want am. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Saint for Today: Saint Henry
Foto wey we use: Charles Lock Eastlake, Public domain, through Wikimedia Commons
