"I woke up with a broken heart in my chest
I couldn't sleep, couldn't get no rest Weighed down by the heaviness of life And I try to shake it, flippin' thru my phone But all it does is make me feel more alone How could anything that feels so wrong be right? Seven billion voices separate us But only one can show us who we are We are made... Made in the image of... Made in the image of God Beautiful shades of love.......... ...........We fall apart We all lose site of heaven But still your love is chasing us" ~Lyrics from Image of God by We Are Messengers I love music because so many times songs can get to the heart of what we are feeling even when we cannot express the words ourselves. I heard this song today, and it resounded with me, especially that last part. We mess up. We get stressed out. We beat ourselves up for one thing or another. But despite our mess and how many times we have screwed up in the past or that we will in the future, the truth is that God is still here, wanting to love us, wanting us to ask for His help. A friend of mine reminded me yesterday that we all mess up, but that doesn't mean we should stop asking for help. It's not always easy to ask for help. Personally, I am terrible at asking for help because I think I should be able to do it all on my own, whether that is what I am doing at work, what I am struggling with spiritually or mentally, or just things on a day to day basis. It took me a long time to realize that I can't do everything on my own, I'm not made to do it all on my own, and asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength. And even now even though I know these things, I don't always practice them - we all need reminders now and again. Christ knows that we mess up. But when we do, He doesn't shame us like we might shame ourselves. He loves us. I was at a retreat a little over a week ago and we were talking about Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina is a way to pray with scripture. I did a video on it this past summer, you can watch that here if you want to hear more about it. So, we were talking about how Christ teaches us through prayer and through scripture and Mother Mary Catherine said that as adults we don't like to be vulnerable because we are afraid of what Jesus might tell us. But if we are childlike, we are excited to hear what He has to say - because Jesus doesn't teach us in a way that we are used to. He teaches.....and He loves. Even if the lesson He wants to teach us is hard because we've screwed up or because we need to change our ways, we don't feel horrible when Jesus teaches because He lets us know that we are still loved. I know we all want to be better people, we want to be the ones to bring Christ's light into the world, but in order to do that, we have to be ok with letting others help us, and letting others love us, just as we desire to help and love others. We are made in the image of God, just like the song says - this is something we know too, but so what? Why is this so important? It is a reminder to us that we are not our own. When we don't want to ask for help and we think we can do it all ourselves, we need to remember that we are not alone - we are His. You are a daughter, you are a son of God and He loves you. He cares for you - don't be afraid to ask for His help. You are not alone. You are loved.
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