Shedding a Little Light

“But the LORD said, ‘I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering. Therefore, I have come down to rescue them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.’” Exodus 3:7-8

“He pardons all your iniquities, heals all your ills, He redeems your life from destruction, crowns you with kindness and compassion.” Psalm 103: 3-4

Sometimes when we are amid suffering, we feel like God is absent or does not care. This could not be further from the truth. God pardons our sins but does not necessarily remove the consequences of our own choices. When we make bad choices, or when someone else makes bad choices, we are forgiven, but that does not free us from the fallout or the fact that we may be collateral damage in someone else’s choices. Suffering can bring growth and learning to us and to others. Suffering can be a form of purification. We must trust that God sees our suffering and that there is a plan for why we must endure it. Trust the Lord. God sees our suffering and will deliver us from it in God’s own time.

Take time today to offer up your personal pain, past and present, as a sacrifice, and ask God to help you feel His presence in those tough times. Then go beyond yourself and say a rosary on behalf of all the suffering souls in the world. Pray that they may feel the Lord with them and be delivered from their trials. Even through our suffering we can…

Keep Living in the Light

Bernie