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Sunday, August 2, 2009

fixing our eyes

God often tells us through the Scriptures that so often our thoughts are on unimportant things. We do not center them enough on Him nor on our greatest need. A few moments of recollection, our thoughts go right back to useless distractions.

As a result, we rarely get a good look at ourselves and our actions. We hardly know our real worth because we take so little notice of our desires, motives and intentions.

We fail to be impressed by our many faults because we are blind to what is going on within our hearts. Our interior motives are often selfish and corrupt.

Consequently, our external actions are very imperfect and unsatisfactory. From a pure heart come the fruits of a good life, but from a wicked heart there can only come an imperfect life.

External activity proceeds from internal vigor. If we serve God only by external observances, we are no true followers of God. We must apply the ax to the root of our troubles. Learn to control this selfish nature of ours and we will possess God’s peace. God daily offers us His grace for this divine purpose.

Do not keep looking at our weakness. Do not be afraid to make the attempt. Nothing is impossible to God. Fix our eyes on God and make a sincere effort to follow His Will. Our difficulties will gradually vanish.

Try as we will, and we will always make a number of unavoidable mistakes. Still, with a little violence to ourselves, we will gradually be able to serve God with more ease.

If we rooted out our lives one single fault each year, we would soon become a perfect one. Nowadays, however, people seem to be at their best at the beginning of their conversion. They consider it a great accomplishment if they do not become worse with time.

Many of us admit that we had faults. When, however, any particular fault of ours is pointed out to ourselves, we will immediately justify ourselves.

We simply refuse to come face to face with any particular fault of ours. As a result, we live a lifetime with little progress in virtue.

To better our lives, we must see and admit what is wrong.

Then we can proceed to improve ourselves. Nothing is impossible to God.
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