Easter Meditation

My Dearest Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Book 3 Chapter 17: That All Our Cares Must Be Placed in God

Christ to His Disciple: “My child, permit Me to do with you what I will, for I know what is best for you.”

Christ asks us only one thing, to be obedient to the will of the Father.  We must be willing to surrender ourselves to His will even if we must experience pain and suffering.  When we read the scriptures, we are told how to lead a moral life and what we must do to enter into the kingdom of Heaven.  Christ came to provide the ultimate example of what it means to lead a righteous life.  To lead a righteous life, we must be willing to place all our cares in God. We must live a life according to the instructions provided for us in the scriptures. If we do not learn to put all our trust in God, we run the risk of failing and falling prey to the whims of Satan.  We open ourselves up to the temptation of pride.  How often do we do what we want to only find out that it puts us in opposition to the teaching of God?  How often do we see our lives as cursed and turn around and curse God.  We must remember that God has a plan which only He can understand.  We must learn to submit to that plan for He created us and knows what is best for us.  We must be just as ready to suffer and we are to rejoice. Everything and every situation we encounter in our life is designed to bring us closer to God.  We must chose to either accept what has been provided to us or to deny it.  Life is filled with many trials which help us realize that it is not us but God who is in charge.  Ultimately, we have no control over life except to submit to God.  We either chose to fight with God or fall into His arms.  He is a loving and merciful God who only wants what is best for us.  We must learn to accept what has been provided to us as a gift from God.

A Simple Prayer

“Lord, I willingly bear for You whatever You are pleased to give me.

With indifference I will take from Your hand good and bad, bitter and sweet, joy and sorrow; and

For all these things that may happen to me, I thank You with all my heart.”

Yours in Christ

Michael Marcon