About 35 years ago I was driving with my mom and sister Andrea
on a very poorly lit road. All of a sudden a man’s face and hands
popped up out of the road. Thank God I was able to brake, pull over,
and we waved cars away from him, asked for someone to find a phone
to call the police, and helped him to the side of the road. He said he
was an off duty police officer and fell from his truck that he pointed toward
in the brush. I can’t imagine how I would have felt had I struck him with
my automobile.
There is a prayer attached to the Divine Mercy Chaplet that I like regarding
turning from stress (i.e. dispair or despondency). I certainly need this prayer
in my circumstances, while I never killed anyone, I made a huge amount
of poor decisions in my life hurting others and myself. This situation causes much distress. But I’m told that I should not listen to this stress, for example, Jesus Christ told Peter that fear & doubt are the enemies of faith.
“Eternal Father in Whom Mercy is Endless,
and the Treasury of Compassion InExhaustible,
look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.”
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His Holy Will certainly, with surrender, alleviates stress, and turns
our will to His — for prayer and helping others instead.
