more steadfast...

"...not to be more sure of You Lord, but to be more steadfast in You."----St. Augustine

 

There is not one moment we live, move, or have our being that we are not dependant on God for everything. Whether we are flying high in April or shot down in May, we are needy. Jesus said, "Apart from me you can do nothing." All of the Saints believed this. They sought Christ in every aspect of the daily grind. I have been reading Mother Teresa's letters in the new book, "Come Be My Light." She lived the "Dark Night of the Soul" from the day her ministry to the poor began until the day she passed on from this life. I have never read anything like this journal. Her Christianity looks nothing like the Christianity of our culture. She was truly a disciple of Jesus in spite of the heavy cross of loneliness she carried, and she did this with a smile so as never to discourage her sisters. Even her doubts made her more resolute in doing His will. She wanted to quench the thirst of Jesus on the cross, and she saw His thirst in the poor of Calcutta. She wanted all of them to know Jesus. She was a woman of great virtues. Humility, kindness, mercy, and the list goes on, but the virtue that she learned and practiced more than any other was surrender. She surrendered to Jesus and His will even when she doubted everything, felt alone, and lived in darkness. She learned to accept her darkness of soul and offered it up for those who did not know Jesus. "..not more sure of You Lord, more steadfast in You."

 

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