Trust Fall

Today, or more accurately yesterday (sorry for the late night/early morning post), is Papa Bene’s last day as pope.  But our Father, God, is comforting us and telling us not to be afraid. But, you may ask yourself, how do we know that the church won’t fall apart? We trust.

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UGHHHH trust, trust is probably the thing that I struggle with most in my faith life.  Which, I intellectually understand is ridiculous.  I know that God has my best interest in mind, I know that he will give me what I ask for, I know that he will not forsake me, I know that he will provide.  Yes, I do know all of these things, but I don’t live that way.  I still go through my day to day life depending on myself.  I treat God as a back up plan in case my plan doesn't work out.  I’m going to let you in on a little secret, lean in real close, my plan never works.

            As humans we want to have control over everything, at least most things.  My sister-in-law’s sister once told me something that really resonated with me.  She said, “If we walk around life holding onto control our hands are closed in to fists, grasping what isn't there.  It is only when we let go and release the control that we can open our hands and receive God’s blessings.”  How awesome is that? So that my friends, that is what we need to do: LET GO!

            Now, to clarify myself, letting go does not mean apathy or complacency.  Letting go means relinquishing control we never had back over to Christ, the rightful owner.  We need to realize that we are created for relationship with the LORD, who wants to satisfy our every need and desire, that is our purpose.  All that we do should be for his greater glory.  In order to grow our relationship with him, like any relationship, we have to talk to him.  He wants to hear from us!  That is why prayer is so important.  I challenge you to set aside ten minutes everyday to talk directly with the LORD this month, especially as we enter this time of waiting.  I found a really great (and I think adorable) website adoptacardinal.org.  This website assigns you a specific cardinal to pray for during the conclave.  I am praying for the archbishop of Paris! How exciting is that?  So my friends I leave you with this simple but powerful cliché, let go and let God. 

            Do you have any suggestions on how to strengthen trust in God? Are you going to adopt a cardinal? Which cardinal will you be praying for? Comments? Suggestions? Questions? Drop me a line in the comments below!