Many people don’t do things because they think they can’t, not because they don’t want to. Sometimes, the only encouraging words someone needs are, “Youcan.” I would like to take that further, of course, and say that more often than not those words need to be followed by, “…only in Christ.”
Have you ever felt completely stuck? Like you’re trying your best to change, to make a difference, to do better, to love more, to work harder…but you just can’t?
Well, I’m going to guess that you’re trying to do it without God.
So take a minute. Sit in silence. Turn off the music, the TV, close this window in your browser and just BE. You want to change? Then let the Lord do it. You want to hear His voice? Then harden not your hearts and allow Him to speak and break through the noise and clutter and distractions of this life, of your heart. Allow Christ to draw you deeper into his most Sacred Heart and show you how to love and be loved! He may be our God, but he is our God who took on flesh, became human, for us. For you. If you were the only person on earth, he would come and die for you again. And again. He loves us that much, individually. He desires a relationship with us, and that relationship is an encounter with not just a god but with a person.
That encounter with the person of Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, necessarily changes and transforms us in the depths of our being. That’s where true freedom lies.
So all those things you want do? All those things you want to change? Do them. Change them. And encourage others!
In Christ.
Heavenly Father, transform our wills and desires to Yours.
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