Coffee Moments with Sam

Have you ever wanted something so badly only to realize that it isn’t as good as you hoped it would be? Are you currently waiting so long for something to happen in your life and are already getting impatient?  Have you ever hoped for something but received a different thing?  Do you desire something that’s not really meant for you? Image Credits: silhouette of a girl praying (icarly.wiki) We all desire the best in life.  Most of the time however, we are misguided by our worldly desires.  We confuse “our best” to be “God’s best”.  We can easily fall into the trap of aspiring the most beautiful, most famous, wealthiest, most expensive, most prestigious, best job, the perfect relationship, the comfortable life, the easiest way out… we are made to perceive that the best things in life can only be fulfilled by vanity, money, fame, power, ultimate perfection.      But God’s best is beyond what money can buy or what power can acquire. ...

 Photo Credits: Fight for Life 

A reflection based on the Gospel according to John:  " …’see you are well again.   Stop sinning or something worse will happen to you.’    The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who made him well.” – Jn5:14-16 photo credits: jesusbranded.org The gospel is about  the Healing at the Pool of Bethesda .   Whenever I would think of a place where there is a pool, I can imagine a wonderful, calming sight of clear, blue water and beautiful nature surrounding it.   But in the gospel, the pool was surrounded by disabled people – the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.   This is the irony in the gospel...  imagine a beautiful place filled with sick people.   Reflecting on life, we often seek to satisfy our desires based on the lures of the material world around us.  Most especially if we are blessed to live and enjoy the worldly comforts.   But des...