In prayer today I had a revelation, I don’t know if I can convey it adequately but I know I have to share.
I aspire to be a saint, that is what God created us all to be – with Him forever in Heaven. But how? I am so unworthy and lacking in saintly qualities. The aspiration seems as impossible as climbing Mt Everest in the strongest storm.
Then I realized it is so simple – The Father wants a relationship with us, that’s why His Son came to earth – to show us God’s love and to open the gates of Heaven so we can hear God’s voice calling to our souls.
Proverbs 9:4 says ‘whoever is little let him come to me’ and Isaiah 66:13 says ‘As a mother comforts her child,so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted’
That’s when it hit me. Jesus says to be like a child. When I am scared I run to Father and He lifts me in His arms, comforting and protecting. When I don’t know what to do, my Father sets me in His lap and gives me wisdom. When I want to see the distant, He lifts me to His shoulders. When I fall, He lifts me up and forgives everything – unconditionally.
So how to be a saint? It’s in our DNA – the blood Jesus shed is in our heart and courses with the Father’s love in our soul. In the Eucharist we receive a blood transfusion.
Simply stop trying so hard and be His child… trust the Father that He will get us there if we just throw our hand up to grab His when the way is too much.
I try my best to reach for the Father and know that if I fall short or just fall. The Father will reach down and lift me up.
I am overwhelmed with this
I highly suggest reading St Theres Lisieux’s ‘a Story of a soul’ to learn the little way which highly guided this prayer and God’s answers and motivates my spiritual life heavily. I know I will be a great saint, not because of how great I am or by what I do but because of how little I am and how great God’s mercy and love is.