Conformity to God's Will

A quote from Catherine:

Our conformity to God's will should not be such as says,
"I am content to suffer this affliction or annoyance,"
and, at the same time show by our countenance a want of disposition.

I was wondering what to say abou this quote and it reminded me of a murder mystery I just finished reading by Mary Higgans Clark. In this book a woman was accused of murdering her husband. With overwhelming evidence against her she pled no contest which was basically saying there was enough evidence to convict her. After some prison time she was left out on parole. Once out, she started to say that she did not do it. It's like this quote ( use a long stretch of your imagination...). We take on something and then by our demeanor and words actually do the opposite.

During this Lent perhaps we are fasting. We do it for our own good and for the Lord, yet we complain of being hungry are keep telling people that, no, we cannot have this or that. Somehow we miss the point.

Often though there are enough crosses in our lives that we don't have to put on anything. A willingness to walk the road, means that despite the pain, the tension, the stress and the hurt we do it willingly for the Lord and that is what this is about. We don't complain. We put on a cheerful face even when we don't want to and we accept where we are.

So today, how are you conforming ot God's will? Are you doing it cheerfully or with many groans and complaints? Let us be cheerful in our giving to the Lord.

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