Did you ever get stuck in a rut and feel lost?
Or lose touch of your faith, of your purpose? It’s so easy to get caught up in
the world, and when we succeed, to build off of those material achievements
instead of giving credit to God. And yet when this happens to me, I convince
myself that because I am attending weekly Mass and praying regularly my faith
is still strong and I don’t need to make any life changes. It’s so hard to
admit imperfections, and even harder to have the courage to face and fix them.But like the Israelites in Hosea, when our minds are wrapped up in our own lives, our hearts are false. This pride only creates barriers and a lofty self-view. It may take destruction—some sort of rude awakening—to bring back the respect that God deserves.
If you’ve ever been in a thunderstorm, sometimes it feels as though God is pounding on some roof, shaking up the sky, and demanding our attention. His love is endless, but so is His might. He calls out from the storm “Listen!” He wants us to seek Him and to love Him. And the time is now! Why wait? You may feel lost, or just lack the motivation it takes to build that relationship, but pray for strength to “break up for yourselves a new field.”
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