Unfortunately, most of us see God that way... a tyrant that blatantly throws around laws just to make life more difficult for us, waiting for us to commit a mistake so He can cast His punishment to us. God just doesn't understand what happiness is.
But today's Psalm tells us that the laws of the Lord refreshes the soul, that God's precepts make the heart rejoice, that His statutes are more desirable than the purest gold and sweeter than honey, and that following them brings much reward (Ps 19:8-11).
Mary Magdalene knew how true these words are. She was living a life of sin, even filled with seven demons, before she met Jesus. If not following God's commandments is living life to the fullest, she definitely lived her life. Yet upon meeting Jesus, she recognized how miserable her life really was and didn't think twice embracing the life God was asking her to live.
In fact, she saw Jesus' way as a source of joy that she remained in Him even at the cross and His grave, not fearing that she too may be crucified for doing so. For someone who found real life in Jesus, death is meaningless. But Jesus also reminds her that to receive Him means to share and proclaim Him as well.
Feeling held up by the law? Try looking at them again as the saints saw them... with a view that they are God's guiding light for us to find happiness, the real one. Found joy in God's ways? Don't keep it to yourself. Proclaim the joy you find in living His ways.
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