One of the versatile human abilities is to imagine.
With some imagination, we go beyond the confines of the present reality to a future possibility.
In fact, some of the modern day inventions are a result of creative imaginations.
So, even when we think about the good and the bad, some imagination can help us to see what good and bad means in the reality of life.
In the 1st reading, Moses said this to the people:
See, today I set before you life and prosperity, death and disaster.
Moses tells the people to “see” what he means as he tells them to obey the Lord’s commandments and to be faithful to the Lord.
They will live and increase, and the Lord will bless them and they will posses the land.
But if they sin and are unfaithful to the Lord, and worship other gods, then they will certainly perish and will not live long in the land.
To ensure the people “see” what he means, Moses calls upon heaven and earth to be witnesses.
In the gospel, Jesus said that if anyone wants to follow Him, that person must take up the cross every day and follow Him.
Let us reflect and meditate, or even imagine, about the cross that we must carry every day.
May we also “see” the reality of the cross of suffering, and at the same time, may we also “see” the cross of salvation.