Granted I am by no means perfect in this. But I would rather be a bit of
an optimist that God will do something profound in our lives during
this crisis. That He would change things for the better sooner than what
people say or think. Nothing is impossible with God. I have seen this
countless times in my own life. It is, for me, putting my own faith into
practice.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Fear and Worry
“Worry is a weakness from which very few of us are entirely free. We must be on guard against this most insidious enemy of our peace of soul. Instead, let us foster confidence in God, and thank Him ahead of time for whatever He chooses to send us.” -Fr Solanus Casey
The words of Fr Solanus still ring true today. Worry can open up our hearts in such way that it allows us to given in and be weakened to other forms of spiritual attack. In this specific case fear. Given the chaos going on right now it seems that we are living in a constant state of that fear. We are afraid of getting hit with a virus that is extremely dangerous to some people. We are afraid of inadvertently passing that virus on to someone else not not even realizing it. We live in fear that the lock downs imposed for our safety will never be release. Believers in Christ are also live in fear that we will never be able to return to any of our church services.
While some fear can be healthy. The majority of it is not. Because much like many negative emotions it can open us up do deep spiritual attack and not even realize it. When we live our lives in a constant state of fear it can make us act in ways we normally would not. Making rational thinking people act in very irrational ways. In our quest to find resolution to a crisis we do things more out of direct reaction than by remaining calm and thinking things though. People often demand action when a crisis hits. Yet in that quest they give into fear and propose blanket actions that may or may not even come close to helping with matters at hand. When we give into that fear then we become a pawn in a spiritual warfare.
The evil one does not want peace in our hearts nor does he want us to trust God. This is why he uses such tools to ruin our peace and our relationship with Christ. Even when the Apostles were tossed about in the boat. Even in their fear Christ remained with them and calmed the storm. He can also calm the storm with in our own hearts. Giving us much needed clarity to act in a much more rational way.
Humans may never be able to completely remove fear and worry from our hearts. However Fr Solanus also gives us wisdom: "let us foster confidence in God, and thank Him ahead of time for whatever He chooses to send us." God and prayer are the answers to our own fears.
We can still take reasonable actions to protect ourselves. While at the same time surrendering to Christ to give us wisdom on how to do things in a decent and compassionate way. My friends now is a time of prayer and it is something we need to be doing. For it will give us true understanding on not giving into the fear that is all around us.
While some fear can be healthy. The majority of it is not. Because much like many negative emotions it can open us up do deep spiritual attack and not even realize it. When we live our lives in a constant state of fear it can make us act in ways we normally would not. Making rational thinking people act in very irrational ways. In our quest to find resolution to a crisis we do things more out of direct reaction than by remaining calm and thinking things though. People often demand action when a crisis hits. Yet in that quest they give into fear and propose blanket actions that may or may not even come close to helping with matters at hand. When we give into that fear then we become a pawn in a spiritual warfare.
The evil one does not want peace in our hearts nor does he want us to trust God. This is why he uses such tools to ruin our peace and our relationship with Christ. Even when the Apostles were tossed about in the boat. Even in their fear Christ remained with them and calmed the storm. He can also calm the storm with in our own hearts. Giving us much needed clarity to act in a much more rational way.
Humans may never be able to completely remove fear and worry from our hearts. However Fr Solanus also gives us wisdom: "let us foster confidence in God, and thank Him ahead of time for whatever He chooses to send us." God and prayer are the answers to our own fears.
We can still take reasonable actions to protect ourselves. While at the same time surrendering to Christ to give us wisdom on how to do things in a decent and compassionate way. My friends now is a time of prayer and it is something we need to be doing. For it will give us true understanding on not giving into the fear that is all around us.
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