Holy Spirit of Jesus, when I am weary, help me turn to you and do your will …

 
Mark 6:30-34

 
As the mother of four, grandmother of 11, a single householder and the center coordinator of an active arts and culture charity, I realize that my primary assignment, as it was for the disciples of Jesus, is to proclaim the love and mercy of God – by my actions, using words only when necessary (c.f. St. Francis of Assisi). Just as Jesus’ disciples, excited and fatigued as they were from their mission gathered around him to tell their Teacher all that they had done and taught, so I too need to turn to Christ Jesus, evening by evening, to celebrate the goods of my day’s activities and turn my weariness over to him. So often Jesus invites me to “come away to a deserted place with Him to rest a while” in heart, mind, body and soul. And more often than not, just as the disciples experienced on the Lake of Galilee, such a retreat will be interrupted by people in need of the Good News of the Mercy of God. But the gift of such a retreat is always the revelation of a new miracle of God’s provision. For the disciples in this passage of scripture, the disruption of their quiet time led to the miracle of the feeding of the 5000. For me, I witness smaller, but no less significant, miracles – the joy of a confidential chat with one of my grandchildren; a family meal that is free from ire and rancor and full of good food and family discussion; the timely provision of all that I need both physically and spiritually, brokered by forgiveness and compassion; and  the provision of strength and courage and joy to continue my life’s mission day by day. Will I insist on designing my own peace and tranquility, and ‘doing my own thing’, or will I turn to Christ Jesus when I am exhausted from life’s challenges and continue to proclaim God’s mercy with my life? Holy Spirit of Jesus, when I am weary, help me turn to you and do your will.
  
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want .. he restores my soul.     (Psalm 23:1-2)
 
You will know that Christ is all you need, when Christ is all you have.
Corrie Ten Boom
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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