Refresh

DAY'S SAINTS

Patrick
Blessed Gertrude of Trzebnica

Yellow crowned sparrow in a dense tree.

We may not see the fruition of our dreams, but God's Will is more than a match for any dream, and if we allow Him, He surpasses all our expectations. A subtle nuance is all we have to go on, sometimes, Then  someone shows up on our stage, and the air is suddenly cool and clear and our soul refreshed by what someone is being, and in the being, we are bid to go forth and evangelize the world for Jesus who chooses not to be so easily accessible to us. 

We may not be aware of just how refreshing we are to souls when we have embraced the Lord and He transformed us. All our little labors seems so inconsequential, but what does it hurt us if His coming could not be anticipated, and in all our unworthiness, He chooses to let us be refreshed as we were refreshing others. Labors are never meant to be fruitless. All our feeble gesticulations may not catch anyone's gaze, but God has no trouble being visible to us when He wants.

I may not be bleeding so that men may see, but whatever I am doing, He ratifies in me when it pleases Him, and what was hidden is made visible, accessible to me, so I may still serve Him however humbly.

What was, still is, and if we seek Him we will become like Him, and that is always a refreshing moment. They may not do what we ould want, but What God has in mind is always better, the choicest part, even the unspeakable pain. To love enough to please Him, we must hurt and awful hurt, but let it not be because we saddened Him with our sin and selfishness.

Make offerings of love, for they will be received, and if we have given indeed, we shall be pleased ourselves.

There is only one of us. Let us be like Jesus. Let us rest, and when they come for Him, let us respond by being at His side at least in our desires.