I think “independence” is overrated. Seriously. So we can vote, drive, use ATMs, and pick up an assortment of wine coolers at the Quickie Mart without question. Big deal! This independence thing has gotten alot of us grownups into heaps of trouble, by the way.
I think we independent adults could learn alot from the little ones here. We have a 10 month old baby boy, and he is radically dependent on us, his parents. He has no worries. No car payments. No mortgage. No meetings, no consequences (until the age of reason of course), and no one cares if he toots in public. In fact, we all think it’s cute. Everything is cute. He is driven, coddled, cared for 24/7. We carry him, change him, feed him, and all he has to do is LET US DO THIS FOR HIM. In other words, be dependent on us…. Let us love him… Receive the gifts of his father and mother and just wallow in their superfluous care. Is anybody thinking what I’m thinking?
This radical “dependence” is the way to go! So I hearby declare this Sunday, the 5th of July…. Dependence Day! Dependence on Our Father Who Art in Heaven for everything. Dependence on our Blessed Mother Mary’s care, who too was and is the model of dependence on the Father.
Let us let them carry, coddle, and care for us in our deepest needs this day.
Let us let them carry, coddle, and care for us in our deepest needs this day.
Isn’t this the goal of freedom anyway? It’s not a gift to be squandered on ourselves, but one to be given back in trust. I love you is ultimately to say “I depend on you. I am under your eyes,
I am lying helpless in your arms. Have your way with me.” Paradoxically, becoming dependent on God is what “liberates” us! The more I receive from Him, the more I depend on Him, the more I can give to my wife and son and the micro-world of persons I encounter in my daily walk. So Happy Dependence Day to all! Dependence on the One from Whom all Freedom flows!
I am lying helpless in your arms. Have your way with me.” Paradoxically, becoming dependent on God is what “liberates” us! The more I receive from Him, the more I depend on Him, the more I can give to my wife and son and the micro-world of persons I encounter in my daily walk. So Happy Dependence Day to all! Dependence on the One from Whom all Freedom flows!
The Heart of Things 