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April-June, 2016

Changes and Distractions

by Rev. Maura Williams, O.M.C.

This world we live in is full of changes and distractions. I can be peacefully sitting in my home and the phone could ring and a voice inform me of some bad news I was not prepared to hear. My world can go from very peaceful to the living hell of trying to comprehend the impossible.

A break up, a divorce, a diagnosis, a death, an accident, it doesn’t matter, they’re all the same. This kind of event intrudes into our somehow seemingly ordered lives and smashes us. It scatters each and every part of how we knew ourselves just moments ago.

How do we bring ourselves from the state of disbelief, disappointment, delusion and complete confusion? It all starts with remembering.

When something I can’t change happens, I must stop and realize it is my judgment of the event that makes me miserable and continues my pain. If I’m able to let go of my judgment, acceptance will take its place.

Accepting what I cannot change reminds me of the only changeless thing I know, the love of God. In not accepting the love of God, I am denying God. I am believing that I created myself and that I need to take care of myself and do everything by and for myself. I am not accepting that I was created by God and that I am helpless without Him. If I will only let His love in, He will do the rest.

I must be open and willing to let the Holy Spirit work in me to be aware of the peace and the love that are God’s gifts to me. In trust, I hand my hurts over to Him. And as I hand them over and stop fighting Him, His peace returns and I know His love.

The Love of God is in everything He created, for His Son is everywhere. Look with peace upon your brothers, and God will come rushing into your heart in gratitude for your gift to Him. (T-10.V.7:6-7)

God will not push his way into my heart. I must accept that I am His child. I must accept my total dependency on Him. This is really great news! It relieves me of all the responsibility I have imagined I have. I am not responsible for what happens, but I am responsible for turning it over to Him and letting go of my perception of my circumstances. I’m thankful to know God’s working everything out. I’m thankful that’s His job and not mine!

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