"The Whatever"

"Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid"
(Isaiah 12:2)

So, I am reading a book on St. Paul and I come across some really great information that I want to share...

When we surrender to God's will, we may not realize that we also do so with limitation. 

For St. Paul of the Cross, he defines the surrender as an abandonment. To be strong and persevere with the grace of God; one can achieve such abandonment without considering whether it would result in pleasure or pain.

In life we experience joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain all to which equals a necessity in life. 

God  knows our weakness and our strength. Paul, urges us to ask for help and to expect it.

For sure, it is hard to accept the painful things in life. Especially the pain we do not understand.

Throughout Paul's spiritual direction to others, he ask that we abandon ourselves to God's will and trust him for the "whatever."

He also states, God arranges all things for our greater good and he also knows how to give us consolation when we least expect it.

So, as troubling as it may seem to experience the mixture of pleasure and pain in life we must do our best to abandon ourselves to "whatever" is in God's will for us. Even if we do not understand the meaning...

I pray that we all challenge ourselves to do so. ~Amen