Don't be so shocked if I say, we are often and just too full of ourselves, just too preoccupied with our own activities and too full of our own plans and desires.
Even activities done on behalf of others can often reflect much of our own need for fulfillment or recognition.
Our relationship with God frequently pivots around our own prayers, needs and projects. We are therefore persons without space and room and consequently lack flexibility and maneuverability.
So often we received nothing from our spiritual exercises because we have not created any open space in our lives. We are too full.
We may want to receive, but we certainly do not want anything to be taken away.
God can hardly fill our hands with the grace of his love and such grace will not come down to us while our hands are full with our own things and preoccupations.
Therefore in our search for inner piece and strength, we need to learn the gentle but difficult art of relinquishment as mush as we need to seek God's empowerment especially this Advent season.
While we are waiting for the coming of our Savior, we might as well prepare ourselves not only externally but first and foremost, let's prepare our hearts by emptying them so that the spirit of the Lord will overpower us and lead us to what we are yearning for in our lives: His special grace this coming Christmas! So, then be prepared for the coming of our Savior!
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