Monday Musings - My Biggest Enemy
“There is only one thing that
can stop you from reaching the goal of sainthood which Christ has chosen for
you. That one thing is you.”
(Christine Watkins from Mary's Mantle)
God tells me I must trust in Him.
He tells me to keep my eyes on Him at all times. He tells me to accept whatever
He permits to happen to me as being what is best for my salvation. He tells me I
must believe in Him even if everyone around me has rejected me, mocked me
or persecuted me. He tells me that He and He alone is the Way, the Truth and
the Life. He tells me that on my own I can accomplish nothing, but that with Him
all things are possible. He tells me not to put my trust in man but only in Him.
Lord, I believe these truths, yet I am weak and ignore them far too often. How foolish I have been; how often I have offended You, Who love me so.
I have known for some time that
I must listen and obey You and follow Your promptings if I wish to persevere in
following You. Why Lord, as Saint Paul complained,
do I continue to do the things I claim I don't want to do and fail to do what I
know you want Me to do?
O Lord, fill me with an
unswerving resolve to obey You at all times and under all
circumstance, to persevere in my desire to love You as I ought and as You
deserve and to be with You eternally. For this I pray.