Sometimes in life we get stopped in our tracks with responsibilities to serve others. Often it can be one thing after another for a season. We usually approach these things as annoyances, interference in our lives and regular routine. But there is another way....everything that passes us by is a lesson....every good and troublesome thing brings a lesson to be learned. We have the opportunity to either gracefully pass thru with God asking what is it i can learn from this problem....this annoyance...this situation....and patiently wait til the light bulb over our heads starts to light up with His Grace. Resignation to God is very difficult and often gets met with our own very limited intellectual interpretation of what something is and how it should be handled and how soon it should be over. Only God has Ultimate Wisdom and we little ones need just stay in touch with Him. You know many ask my advice....i know nothing!....many come and seek my counsel....i have none! As creatures our worth and value alone is a grain of sand but with God we have infinite value. And so the answers lie in One Place....and this is the only thing i really know....If we are faithful to God....if we allocate time for Him and integrate Him into every part of our lives, we will gain Wisdom from His Graceful Hands....we will know what to do and when and how....we will await His 'Voice'and not rush a situation to closure but instinctively wait and then know what needs to be done. Our God will not leave us floundering. Our God loves us soooo much, and it hurts Him when we try to do it all alone....forcing things that never needed forcing...relax, pray, and pray some more and wait on Him. You will clearly know the difference between a rushed forced decision and His Graceful Response....you will gain an interior peace and a deep knowing that the answer...resolution you have thought of is only from Him! It is a silent hearing...but a sure hearing none the less. As we develop these skills more and more in our daily lives, it becomes second nature to dance with God and learn the lessons He is providing for us to grow. And remember....waiting is doing something....being still and knowing He is God is active....so don't rush the reply...it will come at the absolute appropriate moment of Grace. This discernment is very lacking in the Body of Christ. Very few teach this....very few know it for themselves...and the lessons in trusting God....patience...self-control....wisdom...understanding....obedience...etc etc....are gifts that never fade or lose their luster. May God Himself invade our privacy...help us resign and relax waiting on Him so that we might dance with Him thru each day of our lives....learning all the lessons He so desire for us to become more and more beautiful...more and more like Him....more and more into the saint you and i were created to be. PRAISED BE JESUS CHRIST NOW AND FOREVER!
REMINDER: Today is Sabbath....a Holy Day of rest....don't treat this day the same as others....washing....cooking....cleaning....working....God wants us to rest and be restored on this day....to experience a little of Heaven as my dear Jewish Orthodox friend once told me as she shared what Sabbath was to her....."a piece of Heaven"....do today only what is fitting and honoring of Our Lord....do today whatever will refresh and restore you....do today loving things that identify us as Catholic Christians....we need celebrate our Sundays....our Day of Resurrection....with a different flavor than the world....let's start to day in respecting...implementing and obeying the Third Commandment..."Thou shalt keep Holy the Sabbath Day!"
til next time....let be still with God....on this Sabbath for a time...smiling at Him, listening to Him...and as Mary, His Mother, did before us...."ponder" and keep and treasure these things in our hearts.
Luke 2:19
And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.
Ponder may also be seen in many places in the Bible. Here are just a few we can look up and read:
Psalm 119, 143, 154 and Proverbs 6
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