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MarianD
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The Beatles had it right…all you need is love. The love here is the love of God.
I’ve discovered something: if you have undying love for God, then you’ll be guided in the path of Spirituality. God guides those whom completely love Him. “Complete” love consists of two things:
#1: Love (obviously)
#2: 100% trust
If you have these two things, then you can’t go wrong in God. Pray that He guides you, and pray that He increases your love for Him. Then, have FAITH that He’ll hear this prayer, and all of your prayers. Have FAITH that He’ll guide you, and you’ll be good.
Note how, in the Gospels, Christ only healed those with faith. He went to a city in which “He could perform no miracles” because the people had a “lack of faith” (Mark 6:5-6). And how many times did Christ say “Your faith has healed you?” For example, “He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering’” (Mark 5:34). In all these cases, Christ helped these people in their times of trouble simply because they had an undying trust in Him, a trust that came out of their love for Him. Through this faith, Christ helped these people, and through His helping of them, their love for Him increased even more.
I’ve found a complete change in my mentality—towards God and towards others—after I decided to just trust in God and His Will. My love for Him increased, I find I’m being led on a path of holiness through devotion to Mary (the path God decided for me, though your specific path may be different), I feel like I’m learning things just by living. I don’t have to search for the Truth because the Truth comes to me. It’s like a roller coaster ride. Ups and downs, fast and slow, but all the while I can’t leave the path that I’m being taken on so long as I stay in my seat and enjoy the ride, trusting completely in the Creator of the ride. That Creator is God Almighty, and that ride is life.
Like St. Therese of Lisieux said (I’m really starting to take a liking to her), we are all like different flowers in the sight of God, full of variety, and all pleasing to Him. Some of us are saints, some of us are not. But God loves His roses, His lilies, and all types of His flowers and He loves the variety. We are the flowers, and the way we worship Him in terms of our devotions (either through devotion to Mother Mary, through devotion to another Saint, or through devotion to Christ’s Holy Face, Child Jesus, etc.) are all beautiful to Him and He loves this variety. Simply love God. Love Him and trust in Him, and He will guide you to and along the path of worship that He wants you to take. He’ll guide you all the way until you’re at the Gates of Heaven, and you’ll be all set.
I’ve discovered something: if you have undying love for God, then you’ll be guided in the path of Spirituality. God guides those whom completely love Him. “Complete” love consists of two things:
#1: Love (obviously)
#2: 100% trust
If you have these two things, then you can’t go wrong in God. Pray that He guides you, and pray that He increases your love for Him. Then, have FAITH that He’ll hear this prayer, and all of your prayers. Have FAITH that He’ll guide you, and you’ll be good.
Note how, in the Gospels, Christ only healed those with faith. He went to a city in which “He could perform no miracles” because the people had a “lack of faith” (Mark 6:5-6). And how many times did Christ say “Your faith has healed you?” For example, “He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering’” (Mark 5:34). In all these cases, Christ helped these people in their times of trouble simply because they had an undying trust in Him, a trust that came out of their love for Him. Through this faith, Christ helped these people, and through His helping of them, their love for Him increased even more.
I’ve found a complete change in my mentality—towards God and towards others—after I decided to just trust in God and His Will. My love for Him increased, I find I’m being led on a path of holiness through devotion to Mary (the path God decided for me, though your specific path may be different), I feel like I’m learning things just by living. I don’t have to search for the Truth because the Truth comes to me. It’s like a roller coaster ride. Ups and downs, fast and slow, but all the while I can’t leave the path that I’m being taken on so long as I stay in my seat and enjoy the ride, trusting completely in the Creator of the ride. That Creator is God Almighty, and that ride is life.
Like St. Therese of Lisieux said (I’m really starting to take a liking to her), we are all like different flowers in the sight of God, full of variety, and all pleasing to Him. Some of us are saints, some of us are not. But God loves His roses, His lilies, and all types of His flowers and He loves the variety. We are the flowers, and the way we worship Him in terms of our devotions (either through devotion to Mother Mary, through devotion to another Saint, or through devotion to Christ’s Holy Face, Child Jesus, etc.) are all beautiful to Him and He loves this variety. Simply love God. Love Him and trust in Him, and He will guide you to and along the path of worship that He wants you to take. He’ll guide you all the way until you’re at the Gates of Heaven, and you’ll be all set.
