Hear God’s answers

By Catherine De Valence

This morning I woke up with a lot of questions, questions which only God could answer. Who? Why? When? Where? These are always on our minds, and if we are willing to put our will aside in order for his will to be heard, we might actually listen and hear his messages. The thing is: when we do hear his messages are we willing to act upon them? The balance of life lies in this line: “Life is a frisbee; what we throw out there is what we will get back.”

In order to be understood, we must first understand; in order to be loved we must first love; in order to succeed, we must first be willing to succeed. Without a willingness to do anything, nothing will be achieved.

If we but dare to take a chance and seek to change, we will know the joy this chance and change might bring. If we are not willing to listen to God, how are we ever to have the answers we seek? Prophets are born to us every day. Are we willing to hear God’s messages through them, or are we sceptical of them?

Everything in life lies in a balance. If our faith is not tested, how will we grow in faith? If people are not put to challenge us in our beatitudes (Mt 5), how are we going to be blessed and be ensured the kingdom of God? If we are not willing to face the challenges of life and face our sufferings with good attitude, how are we ever to follow in the steps of Jesus? The balance of life is life, so let’s live it to the fullest in Christ, in his true Spirit. Let’s fulfil the reason why he came, died and rose again: for us, our benefit, our salvation, and for his love for us!