This journey of faith that we are called to live by is very challenging and requires a heart filled with the Spirit and to strive to be one with Jesus. In this journey we will be faced with “slap in the face” realizations, difficult moments where we are hurt, humiliated, humbled and broken down. These hardships make it exciting and so much more meaningful, Why? … because it strongly encourages and helps us to embrace God even more.
The Lord is so loving that even when we experience “bad” things, God HAS HIS PLAN AND WILL ALWAYS find a way to produce a good result from it. The question is, do we believe in HIS greater result? HIS greater plan? This past month has been a month of as the BOYBAND N’SYNC would sing, “It’s tearing up my heart when I’m with you… and when we are apart I feel it too…”. This song just made me realize two things: 1) As you OBEY the Lord, you sometimes WITNESS the “tearing apart” side of it so that you can fully ask and let God to put you back together. 2) When you find yourself apart from the Lord, you feel the tearing apart even more without anyone but you trying to put yourself back together.
Wow, the Lord is so GOOD, so GREAT!
But lets be real for a second, we are all humans and as human beings if we experience hardships, we will be sad, upset, angry, and lonely at times. We feel these things. The difference is how fast we turn to God so that we can renew us through these hardships.
It all goes back to how much we realize that God loves us and how much faith we have in Him. As Pope John Paul the II says, “To die for faith is a gift to some; but live by faith is a call to all”.
May God be Praised.