I'm woefully tardy, but I suppose late is always better than never. I had been reflecting on a passage that I accidentally read a week early, but I'll wait until next time to post about that one.
I prayed Ezekiel 36 today. My main focus was on these words: "I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities... I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you... you shall be my people, and I will be your God." It seems so simple! If we could only humble ourselves and release the control that we think we have over our lives, God would fill us with the riches of his love (which is what every one of us constantly seeks, wether we know it or not). Jesus tells us that his yoke is easy and his burden is light. This is what comes with his love when we humbly kneel before him and embrace him as he reaches out to us.
Unfortunately, letting go of all that the world seems to offer us is far from easy! I want to show God that I value my relationship with him more than all the other things in my life, but I constantly struggle to do that when faced with the decision between prayer and relaxation/entertainment or between volunteering for a noble cause and socializing with friends or between daily mass and a round of golf. Perhaps my challenge at this point will be to find happiness a bit more in my relationship with the Lord than in my hobbies or social events. Challenge accepted.
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