Holy Spirit of Jesus, teach my heart to be untroubled and unafraid…

 
John 14:27-31

 
When trials, troubles and traumas descend into my own life’s journey, it is only ‘natural’ to give in to the cares and worries about many things that Jesus warned his disciples about. Fear has many names and is the root cause of most maladies, mentally and spiritually as well as physically. Thankfully, as the Son of Man who was the Son of God, Jesus understood the slippery slopes of anxiety and panic, and knew how being afraid and troubled about many things shuts down normally functioning systems and energy, leading to exhaustion, disconnection, and fragmentation of all kinds. Unleashed “sinkin’ thinkin’ ” threatens to drag me so often  into paths of darkness and despair, away from life-giving words, actions and connections with our heavenly Father and with others. But all is not hopeless! Jesus is constantly calling us back to the reality of time-less time and life in his presence: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not let them be afraid.” Do I truly know how to be untroubled and unafraid? No – I do not, if I depend on human nature alone. But taught by the Holy Spirit of Jesus, indeed my heart little by little is learning how to be untroubled and unafraid. Holy Spirit of Jesus, teach my heart to be untroubled and unafraid and full of the peace of the Risen Christ!    
 
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me, I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.   (Psalm 16:7-8) 
 
Let God’s people then recognize that they are a new creation in Christ, and with all vigilance understand by whom they have been adopted and whom they have adopted. 
St. Leo the Great.  
 
A Happy and a Blessed Easter Season to you and your family! 
Much Grace, Peace and Joy be with you!
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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