“Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened”
As I drove across town to attend the last Sunday evening mass, I was stressed and tired. I dozed through the service partly cause it was a language I am not very familiar with. I finally lost my way home and almost cried in the car hoping to reach back in time – I was overwhelmed with the fact that I had done so much to spend 1 hour of my busy schedule with the Lord.
I asked for this degree, I worked so hard and asked for my time to train so much so that when I saw my work overwhelm my only time with Jesus , I stopped and prayed at a traffic signal, I prayed and asked for patience and fought this overwhelm.
This lent is going to be hard – I am struggling to stick to my fasting, prayers and alms are almost negligible! I am barely making through my temptations and this just made me wonder for a second if I had to attend in person mass and could skip the service! But then I prayed and asked for strength to see through it all – lo and behold… calmness and sense knocked in my head and life was amazing again!
This lent is alot about realising how less time I usually give to prayer and how terrible my work life balance has become! Let us evaluate everyday setting time for prayer and a system to fast not just food but some things and persons and habits that are a constant! Let us experience this season of lent and when in doubt – ask the Lord!
