Holy Spirit, help me do not my own, but Your will, O God ...

John 5: 16-30

Jesus sought to do his Father’s will.  Not even the Son of God, who was the Son of Man found his own will to be superior. As an ordinary woman in my sixth decade, I have no lack of self will!  With lots of ideas, problem solving techniques and resources at my disposal I am in a prime position to do my will, no matter what! I am used to surviving with hard work and a healthy helping of SMART goal getting.  But the Holy Spirit of God calls me to a different way of doing things. – the way of surrender and trust, faithfulness and prayer. Challenges, otherwise known as ‘crosses’, abound in our lives. They are not meant to make us more brilliant, more independent, and more resilient.  They are meant to draw us more deeply into the life and light of God’s mercy that we are designed for, with surrender displacing will power, trust relegating projects to Creative exercises (accompanied by our Creator), faithfulness replacing success and planning giving way to prayer in a constant heart to heart conversation with God.  Will I spend my time, energy and talents doing my own will, or will I lean into my relationship with Father God and learn to do his will with all that I am and all that I have?  Holy Spirit, help me do, not my own will, but Your will, O God. 
  
The Lord is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings.  (Psalm 145:13b)
 
It is a lesson we all need—to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways for others to follow Him; all do not go by the same path. It is for each of us to learn the path by which He requires us to follow Him, and to follow Him in that path.
— St. Katharine Drexel
Pray like St. Patrick!!! 
 
Soli ad gloriam
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