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I was questioning again several things which haunted my mind and inner being until I referred again to what Saint Padre Pio said....and to what Jesus and the psalmist said...which rings true...

"Those who fear the Lord shall not live in want..." because God is sufficient...why look for worldly things which may satisfy only for a moment? In my own human and very finite opinion, this was why Jesus said "Store not treasures on earth but store up treasures in Heaven...." (Matthew 6:33,Matthew 6:19-21,Matthew 17:20...) Because when one is aware that God is with him or her, and that He loves them and is with them, then He will provide all that which we need. Then why should we then turn to the world and ask for reassurance that we are loved, sufficient or worthy? We are worthy in God's eyes and we are loved. And if we are children of God, He will and shall surely provide us with all which we need in due time and in good measure...which overflows generously and eternally..

The glories which ones seek would then be merely for sake of vanity, to override a certain short coming or to create an illusion that one is alright and happy...with the achieved social status, lifestyle, achieved or plundered power or authority or worldly riches and of such. If one uses what is given on earth to achieve Heavenly things, this is good as this is what my friend explained to me is "multiplying the talents which the Master...Our Father in Heaven has blessed us with..." to do His work...then yeah it's good. But to succumb to the illusive idea that one can only be sufficient is he or she has obtained a particular acknowledgement or praise or some sort then he or she has become superficial...rather than going towards God and saying..."Yes...God you are enough"...because He is...and truly He is SO MUCH MORE. And when one trusts in Him Divine miraculous things happen. One's soul will experience change. This is an ongoing change, then one's heart experiences conversion. Do not think that just because we are Christians and that we have been marked with the Heavenly Father's seal, called by Christ because of His own goodness and effort...DOES NOT mean that we END our conversion. Conversion happens every day until we die.  When one becomes attached to God alone, then he truly becomes satisfied. Jesus traveled with the Apostles, the saints and most of them were poor and uneducated. Remember that the Lord God chooses the foolish and poor, the weak and uneducated to do His work so that the world knows that He is God. He can work wonders through anyone, if one is willing. As saint Padre Pio quoted, one does not need to be worthy, he only needs to be willing..."

and God is not a God of conditions. He is a God of unconditional.....He is impartial and He is very good. He is love and He is the bread and wine which nourishes our very spirit and soul. The tendencies of our very humanness in seeking worldly things can sometimes mislead us to thinking, "Yes I need this person..." or "Yes...I need this thing...." Or "Yes...this social status, lifestyle or official rank will make me truly happy..."

But will it?  When I contemplate about what has happened and why certain things do it is merely because we are seeking approval...seeking a place where we belong...but where do we belong? We can never truly belong until we enter Heaven. Until we are reunited with Jesus who reigns with the Holy Spirit and the Father as the One true God...

We are truly restless until we find rest in God...as Saint Augustine so wisely says...

So when we are in doubt, when we think we do not have approval of the world, when we say that we have no one with us to assure us that we are enough for the Lord our Heavenly God...He bends down on one knee, looks at us...places His nail scarred right hand on our shoulder, leans over and kisses our forehead, then caresses our face and hair, places both palm on our cheek, smiles and lovingly says...

"My child have I not said, that thou art My one and only love? That thou art My every heart's desire? The world can stop spinning, I don't care for it. But if you cease to come to Me, I shall chase you all throughout this globe to corner you, grab you, embrace you...kiss you and tell you, My love...My beloved child...how I so love you...with a fiery passionate love...see how My heart burns for you...and how I hung on the cross for you...I died so that you and I won't be separated. I rose again as a testimony that you and I will some day be together for endless ages. If man were to make that promise, surely you would have room to doubt. But it is I, your Lord God Yahweh Sabaoth Who makes this promise...and not ONE SINGLE word of My promise will EVER be broken...(1Kings 8:56) and I tell you solemnly, the sun would fail to shine and the world crumble into pieces, but I shall always sustain you, because you are Mine and Mine alone. I hoard you jealously as a groom hoards his bride. As a father his only son. As a mother her first born child..."

If we are truly aware then we shall know that if we are loved by God then all things are sufficient and all things can be achievable if we trust and place ourselves in God's good and merciful and graceful hands.

Fr. Nouwen so wisely says..." I am a child of God...His favor rests in me..." and this rings true for all of us...and should we ever feel discouraged, unloved, unappreciated...remember God hung on the cross for us...gave us His life, and through His resurrection, gave us His infinite and boundless assurance, that we are loved...we are precious...and that we are His...


and if we are loved by Him...possessed by Him...the One true God...the awesome and eternal Triune God...nothing on earth shall separate us from Him. Nothing in this world or the next can pervade over Him...and if He is with us...nothing can be against us...(Romans 8:31, Romans 8:37)

1:09a.m
14/4/14
Monday
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Josh592's avatar
Well thought out point.

I could care less about this world, all it does is drive my mind deeper into a craze and my only refuge is God.