“I once heard a priest give the image of a highway to describe our spiritual journey towards God. All of the moral laws and commandments that we practice as Christians are what makes up the guard rails. Fasting rules, canon laws, the “do nots” are all of the practices we put into our lives that protect us from falling off of the road and down a cliff. They are put there for a reason and are extremely important! But what happens if they become the sole purpose of our life?”

How quickly we forget the mercy, love and kindness that is shown to us by our Heavenly Father. Maybe if we would take a few minutes throughout the day to reflect on the multitude of blessings we receive from God, we just might not be so quick to seek retribution.

I think that sometimes, we fall into this trap of thinking that our faith is a kind of Western Moralism. “Do the Right thing, don’t sin…pray every once in a while…and you will get into heaven.” But there is a depth of our faith and our relationship with God that goes SO MUCH deeper than that.

“We should never get caught in the devil’s trap of believing that we are unable or unworthy of spreading God’s blessings in the world. Setting our minds against the will of God is the first step in hardening our hearts against God’s purpose for us as conduits for His miracles. Even the little bit we have—be it money, time, talent or knowledge—is more than enough to meet the needs of others when we use them for God’s Kingdom. We do not need to be great saints or theologians; all we need is to have the willingness to look on our neighbor with compassion and offer what we have in the name of Christ.”

Always remember, faith is essential, trust is necessary, and confidence in God’s Love for us is non-negotiable, if we are to survive the waves that the fallen world throws at us