We fishes in the river that goes everywhere

Hello everybody,

I was reading the notes from our last meeting, and as I was reading about the fish in the river, I was really moved by Fr. Francis' analogy. It is so deep. After reflection I have a few thoughts I would like to post.

"The fish in the river does not have a map of the river, it just swims, same with us, we do not need to understand where the river will turn, we are all called to go with the flow and see how that works out." I am quoting from the notes taken.

We are all called to go with the flow, I feel that the "going" IS the map, so to speak. The map, is the map of love, God's map (aka. God's will). The unconditional love of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost which is infinately dimensional, so we can never get lost in the mysterious depths of the river of life or of love itself.

It is that love is so right there, and we(fishies) are so everywhere else, that we don't see it, hear it, think it, or feel it. We need to just be, be there with it. We are just too busy swimming, that is what we are naturally/innately/conditionally made to do. Thank God that God is unconditional.

And for all of the "flowing" that life offers, wether the river is calm or if we are in Mock 5 roaring rapids. God's map is suffice for anything, it always has been and will always be. We just need to learn to trust in the map, to surrender selflessly instead of conditionally, that is how we stay afloat. In doing that, throughout our fishy lives, we will learn that the only way out is through.

We learn to trust in the one thing that is there; in all of our "outs" all of our "throughs" all of our "afloating", the only constant centrality in our everchanging world is CHRIST JESUS. The perfect unconditional love made flesh. The only constant, unchanging, unwavering and unconditional thing we have is LOVE ITSELF (the map,in its perfect essence).

So, in living in a world,where the river is never the same river twice, where each day is its own unique day of its own, where time never stands still, to me shows,why the only constant thing in our reality of ours; is change. And we, by our baptism, have the map of love, to be our guide, our navigator, our lifejacket in all waters (from the calm to the roar of the rapids) OUR GOD IS THERE. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

I would like to express one more personal comment. I quote, "Sometime at some point God gives His fish their map- but a fish with a map doesn't change much (looks cool but makes you much weirder to all the other fish) you just know where but need infinite help....." I agree with the point that we all need infinite help, yes we all do, we are all human born in sin. Which means we are all perfectly imperfect.

I deeply feel that we are all "His fish" and each of our maps, ALL COINCIDE IN THE MAP OF LOVE. I feel that no fish is "weirder" than the next, that is just our own weirdness. From salmon that swim upstream, to the beautiful jellyfish that never see sunlight, to the starfish that is stuck on a rock, from saltwater coral to freshwater feeder fish, WE ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD. That is not weird, its just connected. Isn't that the point of maps to get us from one place to another, I feel in God's map that is how gets us from one moment to the next we just have to humbly trust in the connections. God bless us all. :)