God is calling us to live in the present and hope in the future

I had to drag myself out of bed this morning. I felt so drained and tired from all the worrying and fretting I put my brain through almost every other day. Though I constantly tell myself that I should lift them all up to the Lord, my weak flesh somehow continues to undertake them in their entirety.

At mass, I suddenly recalled the Lenten session we had last evening with Father Trevor at St Luke's church. One of the sharing questions was what we would like God to lead us into as part of our future. I did not know the answer to that. I could not see beyond the present and the future seemed uncertain and full of darkness.

As I was sitting there in church, I felt this sudden surge of images flooding my head, of all the bad things that would happen in the future. It's as if anything that can go bad will go that way, Murphy's Law at work.

In the midst of the Eucharistic celebration, I tried to find space for God's prompting but struggled at it. The images just would not make space. Finally, I managed to put to rest all these bad imagery by replacing them with beautiful memories of my wedding day. It brought me back to the new beginning Angie and I embarked on more than 3 years ago and gave me great hope of what is ahead, assured that God has amazing plans for the both of us, and He will not abandon us and leave us on our own. At last, I felt peace and calm within me.

Thank you God for who you are. I know that you call us to live in the present everyday and hope in the future, knowing that you will provide for all that we need. Be with us Lord and lead us to where you wnat us to be. May your Will be done in our lives. Amen.