Trust 

   “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence do not rely; in all your ways be mindful of him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3: 5 – 6) 

   Abraham trusted in the Lord when he was told to take his son Isaac and sacrifice him.  His trust was well founded, Isaac was not harmed, and Abraham become the father of many nations as promised (see Genesis, chapter 22).

   Our Blessed Mother was told by the Archangel Gabriel that she would bear a Son who would be the Messiah.  She knew that if she agreed she could be accused of adultery since she was not married.  She also knew that adultery was to be punished by stoning.  She trusted in the Lord and became the mother of the Son of God. (see Luke chapter 1).

   We, too, are to trust in the Lord.  Abraham didn’t understand why God would ask him to sacrifice his son; Mary didn’t understand how she could, as a virgin, become the mother of Jesus.  Yet both trusted and followed the will of God.

   Trust in God is what will see us through the difficulties of life.  When things seem to be at their worst, we must trust in God’s will, confident that all is in His care even though we don’t and can’t understand.

   “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!” (Job 1: 21).  If I don’t have this kind of trust in God I am failing as a Christian.  If I don’t accept the hardships along with the joy, I don’t have proper faith in God.  As difficult as trust can be, it is what I owe the Lord; complete trust, knowing that all will be well when I place my trust in Him. 

I can’t always know Your will.

Trust can be hard in sorrow and pain.

In Your will is peace, joy, and eternal life.

Increase my trust. 

Amen