(A Daily Reflection on
Divine Mercy)
Which do you prefer for your
life? Daily sensory experiences of
sweetness or bitterness? In other words,
do you desire to take delight in the many aspects of your daily life or do you
desire that the daily duty you fulfill leaves you with a certain bitterness
within your senses? For most people the
answer is simple. “Sweetness” is much
better. But is it? Interestingly, the experience of sweetness or
bitterness in life is not a good guide toward a life of holiness. At times, even sin can taste “sweet” to us
while acts of holiness can be “bitter” at first. Understanding this will allow
us to move deeper into our embrace of the Will of God. Our goal must be to seek His Will purely for
the sake of His Will. We must have no
preference regarding the delight or suffering that comes as a result of
embracing His Will. If God’s Will
requires great sacrifice, leaving us with a sensory experience of suffering,
then so be it. If His Will draws us to
an exchange of love that leaves us with a sweet delight, then so be it. Though it is hard to arrive at a level of
total detachment, we must strive for it.
His Will and His Will alone must be our focus. In His Will alone do we discover His
abundance of Mercy (See Diary #1245).
Reflect upon the difference
between God’s Will and the delight or distaste you feel from embracing it. When His Will calls you to sacrifice, you
will find it to be a sort of “bitter” experience. Bitter in the sense that it may challenge
your senses. Do not worry about
this. Seek His Will in all things and
the joy in your heart will ultimately overshadow all other immediate
experiences you have. His Will opens the
door to His abundant Mercy.
Lord,
I seek Your most holy Will about all things.
Help me to choose Your Will no matter how difficult or how delightful it
may be. Purify me, dear Lord, and give
me a single focus in life so that my embrace of all You call me to do will
bring forth Your perfect Mercy. Jesus, I
trust in You.
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