Christ Jesus, teach me to bring my greatest needs to you...

Matthew 9:18 - 26

 
Our greatest needs are often so overwhelming that we lose sight of God’s mercy that is being held out to us 24-7, 365 days each year.  Unfortunately, no matter how much we know that the mercy is there, we seldom ask to receive it. But as the leader of the synagogue and the haemhorraging woman found out, at the point that we ‘urgently’ kneel in unshakeable faith before or behind the Lord, and ask for his healing, divine Grace begins to transform our needs into events for receiving the mercy of God. In the end, the mercy of God heals our diseases and raises up what appears to be dead, but is meant by God’s will to be alive.  Do I have the conviction and the courage to bring my overwhelming needs to the Lord? Christ Jesus, teach me to bring my greatest needs to you. 
 
You show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence, O Lord.    (Psalm 15:11)
 
With God, every moment is the moment of beginning again... Catherine Doherty
 
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Soli ad gloriam Dei