God has a better plan for you

I was at mass yesterday, with many distractions on my mind. Sitting there among the parishioners, I was in my own world. I must admit that I was just following the motions of mass, standing, sitting and kneeling where required.

As Father was delivering the homily, his words were whizzing past me, travelling in and out of my ears, without finding a resting place in my mind. It was not until he mentioned a phrase that found residence in my overcrowded brain. He said that If God did not answer your prayers, He has a better plan in store for you.

I have definitely heard these words before but have struggled to live by them. Deep down within my heart, I believe that this is true, but in the recesses of my brain, the electrical pulses that create my thoughts tell me differently. It is really by faith that I hold firm to that belief. I know that God has great plans for us, plans that we cannot comprehend at the present moment but with eyes of faith, will be slowly revealed to us.

It is with this anticipation and what remains from my exhausted brain, that I left church with a lighter heart and a silent prayer to be patient and faithful. I pray the same for you who may be in a similar situation. God has a better plan for you.