Trust In The Lord

Trust in the Lord. Wait patiently for Him and He shall reveal the goodness of His soul. There are times in our lives when we are impatient. When we want what we want when we want it. We feel keenly the sense of lack of a particular person or event or thing that we think will restore balance to our lives and make us feel better.

We must always remember that feelings aren’t facts and our faith and our lives can not be based in our feelings. This doesn’t mean that feelings are bad or that we are to ignore them. No, they are the barometer of where we are in our lives. We are the sum total of our consciousness at any given time. The reason why we want some “thing” that we have set our minds to acquiring is because, often we are medicating ourselves spiritually and we do need to get back on an even keel. The problem is that keel might be unbalanced to begin with and we need the Lord to reset it, to remake the bark of our life. This can be difficult because we don’t like the work needed to do it. It can be very messy indeed and takes faith in something outside of ourselves. As Catholics, we know that something is God. It all comes down to surrender. The more we surrender the easier it is.

However, surrender is not an easy thing. It takes practice. Start with something small. One day at a time. Maybe even an hour at a time. Maybe even five minutes at a time. Perform an experiment and give it to the Lord and see what happens. He will surprise you at how good He is. He will surprise you with nothing less than joy.

O Christ Jesus, when all around us is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Thy presence, Thy love and Thy strength. Help us to have perfect trust in Thy protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for living close to Thee, we shall see Thy hand, Thy purpose, Thy will through all things. Amen.
-St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556

Share

Comments are closed.

QR Code Business Card