Trust

Who hasn't at sometime thought "I want to trust in God, I just don't"? What silliness. If you truly want to trust God, then you will. Everyone must have the journey from the head to the heart, through prayer and grace. But truly-- to trust in God, we merely have to want it and ask for it. God will be more than happy to oblige us. And what joy and peace come from such trust!! God proves Himself ad infinitum. How beautiful His works, how beautiful His plan!!

Simplicity

Everything is so simple. Faith in God is a simple matter--living a holy life is a simple matter. We need never fear, never grow distraught, never feel hurt and pain. All of this must always be turned over to God, we must always submit to His will. It is so simple. People say that it is not really that easy-- that it sounds easy, but that in reality it is hard, it is a struggle. But it does not have to be so. It is, in actuality, that easy. Our disordered attachments tell us to hold on to our pain, and so it becomes a struggle. Our complicated nature tries to rationalize sin, twisting our minds and hearts into Gordian knots. We must let Christ come and cut the knot, and free us from our complications. In reality, it is so simple; it is easy. A holy life is purity, clarity, and fulfillment. It has a love that warms like the sun on a beautiful day, encouraging all to thaw, relax, and blossom.

Static of the Heart

We must not lose patience with those who have the static of the world turned up so loud in their hearts that they cannot hear the Truth. We too have been guilty of static, of trying so hard to make sense and meaning of meaninglessness that we cannot hear God's whisper. Yet when we finally do turn down the white noise, the purity and simplicity of God's Truth will ring clear. It is not the static but the silence that we must turn up in our lives.