This divine Heart is naught but sweetness, humility and patience, therefore, we must wait. . . He knows when to act.
Advent is many things but above all, it is the season of waiting. Shedding more and more of the weight of the year as we make our way to Christmas, we nevertheless tuck petitions into heaven’s gates. Even those who claim they have nothing to ask of God do indeed ask to be loved by their very dismissal of God.
I have a heart full of asking, myself. Ever the one for asking, not even Christmas deters me from wearing down the path to heaven. But like so many others, I believe I have good reasons to petition God and so I do. That we get all our baking and cleaning done with fewer occasions of frayed tempers. That I meet my two academic deadlines in the next two weeks. That our quiet Christmas goes well despite not being able to be with extended family due to our older children’s very short Christmas break and conflicting college schedules. For a Christmas gift of a more joyful and manageable work life for my husband and me.
Oh, and that a nice wind blows into our town and blows out our new boss and another colleague who just cannot allow anyone to rest simply because they do not have peace within themselves to do so!
A few quiet minutes before the day ends for us, comes this gentle word from heaven.
This divine Heart is naught but sweetness, humility and patience, therefore, we must wait.
In a thrice, I see what is lacking in my asking. And also, what has been in rather short supply in recent days.
Sweetness, humility and patience.
I think of the mountains in our life which need moving. The little Christmas petitions aside, we have other deep concerns regarding our jobs and our nation’s future. But St. Margaret Mary comes to remind me that it is not my job to move those mountains. Mine is to choose sweetness, humility and patience in all I do, and as I wait for Christmas. Heaven is asking of me 3 gifts for the Child to come in 3 weeks.
I bow my heart. Not my will but Thine be done.
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Sweetness, humility, and patience seem to be in short supply in our world. May God hear your prayers, for your own sake but as well as for this impatient, sometimes unkind and bitter world.
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Amen.
And thanks for giving me the idea to pray this for others as well.
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We are all connected, what we do for others also benefits us. That sounds a tad selfish, doesn’t it? But if we are kind to ourselves we will also be kind to others.
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I prayed about work for 26 years. I am an extremely patient person. God answered my prayers. I know that in those years my understanding of human nature grew, my patience increased, my faith deepened. And in the end God made things right. I have had a song playing in my head and heart. “Wait for the Lord, His time is near. Wait for the Lord, be strong, take heart.”
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Val, you have a patience I certainly don’t have. Thankfully, even though I often break and fall, ultimately I go back to God. I guess that’s a saving grace with me😄
Thanks for sharing that line from the song. Its words settle sweetly within me.
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The key, I think, is to ask God for what we want, honestly and openly. And then to trust that our prayers will be answered, in God’s own way and in God’s own time. It sounds to me as if you are doing just that!
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Going by your view, there are 2 parts to prayer: the asking, followed by the trusting in patience. The 2nd is where I often fall. I seem to always be in the business of setting expectations according to my time😄
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