Trust
As we continue in our journey of spiritual growth this Lent, let us learn to trust fully in the words of Jesus, just as the court official did in today's Gospel ( John 4:43-54), when he asked Jesus to go with him to heal his son who was on the point of death. But Jesus' reply was simple: "Go home, your son will live." The man believed what Jesus had said and started on his way. His faith cured his son.
In many of Jesus' healing, he always tell the people who were healed by him: "Your faith has healed you." In the same way, Jesus asks that we trust him. He knows what is best for us. We need to be patient, we need to pray, to communicate with God daily on our concerns, our needs and to trust him totally in our daily living, knowing that our God of Love wills us to be happy on this earth and he wants us to be his light for others to see and love him through us.
It is not easy to trust, but to learn to trust, we have to look at the lives of the Saints. They did not have easy lives; they went through trials and tribulations and great sacrifices, many suffered poverty and persecution but their faith in God was steadfast. They should be our role models in how they handle adversity and how their deep love and trust in God brought them to glory.
It is only when we trust God that we begin to live a life of peace, since trust is a proof of love. We will be able to enjoy his favour and goodness in our families, friends, our neighbours and in nature surrounding us. Once we can grasp that this grace, given freely to all, by a compassionate, loving God, we will want to make it our goal to return the same love, peace, generosity, kindness back to him who is in all our fellow human beings as we are all made in the image of God.
We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We
know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace;
and though we are so weak ourselves, this grace is able
to carry us through every obstacle and difficulty.
- St Elizabeth Ann Seton-
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