Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name:
You are mine.
You are precious in my eyes
And honored, and I love you.
I have called you by name:
You are mine.
You are precious in my eyes
And honored, and I love you.
My sore loser nature automatically shouts it every time my beer pong opponent successfully sinks their last shot.
(I don't want to lose! I long to stay alive! I want the fun and games to continue! Even though my beer pong skills haven't earned the win, I NEED REDEMPTION to win the game) This typical college experience seems to be the epitome of our earthly/worldly culture, yet it points to one of the most significant truths of existence: Our souls long for redemption. Our hearts were created to be fully satisfied by God and the joy of being in complete union with Him in Heaven(closes we get to this Union on earth is by receiving Him in the Eucharist in COMMUNION). We want to win the game! We want to triumph! (Our yearning to win the game of beer pong points us to a yearning to triumph in life and make it to heaven) But our beer pong skills as well as our flawed human nature fails us. We cannot earn/work our way into Heaven. We NEED redemption. We NEED a Redeemer. Redemption: the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt. We NEED our debt, our beer pong loss, our sins to be cleared. (In order to triumph$ There is no other way except by REDEMPTION that we have a shot! It may seem absolutely crazy to compare beer pong to the redemption freely offered to us by God, but we as humans love analogies. We learn and understand by relating to things. Even Jesus taught using parables.
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