| | April 2, 2009 Meditation...
I meant to post this mass reading meditation a while back because it really struck a cord on me about hope and patience. It is funny how God would speak to you when you needed answer of any lingering questions in your life. At times when you are in the middle of uncertain events, crisis, bewilderment, anxiousness of what you hope and prayed for seems eternity. Impatience and lack of trust would affect our hope which in turns to hopelessness. However, God in His ultimate love wants nothing more than our trust in Him. His grace gives us the strength to believe in what we hope for that accord to His will. The thing about us is that we give up so easily. As Mother Angelica once said, "if you pray for something, believe that you received it." Let our hope be place in Christ hands. Here is the meditation on April 2, 2009 mass reading. The character are based on Abraham and Sarah's journey in Christ.
Meditation: Genesis 17:3-9
If you had to wait a long time for something, even for something important, would have the patience of Abraham and Sarah?
When Abraham was seventy-five years old, God promised to make a great nation spring for him, even though he was childless (Gen 12:1-4). Now Abraham is ninety-nine, Sarah is ninety, and God is telling them to get ready! Then, at just the right time, Isaac is born, and from him and his descendants come God's chosen people, Israel.
Some waiting is filled with eager expectation, like anticipating the visit of a close friend after many year's absence. However, having to wait for something that we really want can be distressing, especially if we're uncertain if or when it will happen. We may grow restless, anxious, and doubtful, or feel trapped and impatient. But when we let these feelings get better of us, we're like a bird that madly hurls itself against the bars of its cage - we only make the problem worse.
Waiting on the Lord isn't supposed to be an exercise in frustration; it's an opportunity to exercise our faith! Take Abraham as your model. Abraham put his trust in God and saw beyond his circumstances, believing that God could accomplish whatever he promised. We have inherited that promise, which God fulfilled for us by raising his only Son from the dead. Nothing is impossible for him. But as Abraham's story shows, sometimes the impossible takes a bit longer!
What are you waiting for right now? Perhaps you've been praying for someone who is in a desperate situation with health or finances, or perhaps you are in such a situation yourself. Perhaps you've been praying for the conversion of someone who is far from God. If you have done what you can, trust God to do the rest! You may not see what you're looking for right away, but that doesn't mean that God has abandoned you. He is at work even now, forming you more deeply during this time of waiting. He knows what is best for you. Abraham and Sarah are proof that no matter how long you have to wait, God's time is always the appointed time!
"Faithful God, forgive my impatience and my lack of trust. Help me to rest securely in your plan and to wait with expectant for whatever you bring me."
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