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What Do We Do in the Storms?
June 1, 2008 |
Our pastor had an interesting homily this morning. He talked about relying on Christ and prayer when we are in the midst of the storms of our life.
And it got me thinking. I tend to do a good job of turning to prayer and giving my cares over to Christ in times of turmoil, but there are times when I get into a funk, either because of anger or me feeling sorry for myself, and I do everything but pray. The result isn’t pretty.
So, why can I turn to Christ in some storms and not others? The only thing I can figure out is that the storms in which I tend to turn away from Christ and prayer are the ones which require me to let go of anger or self-pity; and I guess sometimes I am just not able to let go until I’m good and ready. And I can’t think of anything else I do that is so harmful to my relationship with Christ and my relationship with others.
I know Father is right - we have to turn to Christ in every storm in our lives - and we have to be willing to let go of our destructive emotions and get out of our storms as quickly as possible. We have to forgive, let go, gain confidence, whatever it takes to turn our hearts back to Christ and live with the joy that is Christ’s expectation of us.
Let’s not stay in these storms any longer than we have to.
