Colleen Orchanian

In the original Blues Brothers movie, Jake and Elwood Blues were convinced that they were on a mission from God and they were going to do what it took to achieve that mission. What if I told you that you, too, have a mission from God? You and I are the laborers in His vineyard. How is that going for you? 

“Glory to God!” is a phrase we have heard and said a lot, but what does it mean? Glory to God in the highest! The angels sang it when Jesus was born. It’s in the Psalms. It’s in the Gospels. It’s in the letters of Paul. How can I glorify God? Am I doing it? Can I do it better?

In the Gospels, the Pharisees often ask Jesus for a sign to prove that He was the Messiah. Of course, he had already given many signs - they just didn't want to see them. Are we sometimes like that? Signs from God are all around us but sometimes we are blind to them. How can we recognize the Divine signs of God in our lives? 

God is always wooing us, trying to gain our love so that we can be married to Him. And why would he want us to be married to him? Because that would be the best thing for us and he loves us enough to desire our good. Jesus is our spouse and he woos us so that we can benefit from all that he has prepared for us – both in this life and the next.