Recreation of the Heart

I am seeing more and more each day how the small sacrifices and sufferings that we endure, that we give to God, are preparing our hearts, souls, and minds for the work of God.

Often when I have faced the challenge to sacrifice, I have faced it without hope. I wonder: how could there be good in this? It is also true, that I am often caught in that moment–as if it’s the only moment that has happened or will happen because it feels like that.

In my despair, I may turn inward and try to control or solve something that I can’t control or solve. The sacrifice that I am being called may be just that: to accept the circumstances as they are.

For the day
The sunlight so brilliant
And the air so…
present
The both beckon us
out of bed
to our work at hand
your Kingdom
we are invited by
your Creation
to enter Your Kingdom
Blessed is our God
Christ is Risen.