The noun, rumination, means a deep considered thought about something.

Last Saturday, my wife felt that she was suffering form some sort of indigestion. What first was discomfort morphed into pain, a visit to the ER, a diagnosis of an appendicitis, and then emergency surgery on Sunday to remove the appendix. Thanks be to God the surgery was successful and my wife is feeling much better and now going through the normal healing phase of recovery.

That experience made me think that life really can be described as fragile. At one moment all seems to be going well then something occurs with one’s physical, financial, or emotional health and one’s world gets turned upside down.  Time then seems to freeze wondering what may happen next and worrying about how things will work out.

Such experiences are good reminders that we are on a journey to God. Day to day activities as important and necessary as they may be only point us to the ultimate reality in life: this is not the destination, but a waystation in time leading us to the glorious time we will meet Jesus in heaven.

We need to keep our guard up and live good lives. None of us know when we will be called to meet our loving Lord. We need to be constantly prepared. May God give us this grace.



By Deacon Tom Gryzbek