JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU!
Today, the Lord says, “Do not
worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you
will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” The
Lord Jesus assures us that God loves us and that we are important to him.
Because of this, he will take care of us. The Father feeds the birds of the air
and clothes the lilies of the field with splendid colors. “Are you not more
important than they?”
Because God’s love assures us
that he will take care of us, he asks us to trust him. The reason for trusting
God is the certitude of his love and care. The Lord sets before us both worry
and trust. Choose only one because they cannot go together. If you worry, then
you do not trust. If you trust, you do not worry.
People who worry about what to
eat and what to wear do not trust the Father. “All these pagans seek. Your
heavenly Father knows that you need them all.” People who worry about tomorrow
forget that the Lord has gone there ahead of us. And that Father who has gone
ahead of us anticipates all our needs. People who worry too much about the
future deprive themselves of the joy of the present.
The Father assures us of his
tender love. The prophet Isaiah asks, “Can a mother forget her infant, be
without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even if she forgets, I will never
forget you.” I have carved your name in the palm of my hand. We write on our
palms to avoid forgetting what we need to do. God did not simply write our
names on the palm of his hand. He carved them to make sure that we will not be
erased from his memory. The Lord does not forget us. All he asks of us is to
trust in him.
Padre Pio said, “Don’t spend your
energies on things that generate worry, anxiety, and anguish. Only one thing is
necessary: lift up your spirit and love God…Don’t worry to the point of losing
your inner peace. Pray with perseverance, with faith, with calmness and
serenity…Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and
will hear your prayer.”
O Mary conceived without sin, pray
for us who have recourse to thee!
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