Gather/Scatter
“...[We need to] admit that we failed and pick up where we are and do better. And this is often the really big stumbling block. We are so afraid to admit that we were wrong or at least wrong-headed that we shy away from the realization that we could have done a lot better. I think this is often a big obstacle on the road to holiness. We don't want to admit that we are in the weeds and off the track.
Get accustomed this Lent to facing up to old mistakes. Maybe we did not do wrong, but we certainly could have done a lot better. This realization may make us depressed, but get beyond your hurt feelings and disappointments.
It's a challenge. The closer we get to God, the more His grace opens our hearts. Then we realize that sometimes we gather with Him and sometimes we scatter (Luke 11:23). But He is always there to help us if we let Him. Often He is most active when He seems very far away.”
~Benedict Groeschel
Get accustomed this Lent to facing up to old mistakes. Maybe we did not do wrong, but we certainly could have done a lot better. This realization may make us depressed, but get beyond your hurt feelings and disappointments.
It's a challenge. The closer we get to God, the more His grace opens our hearts. Then we realize that sometimes we gather with Him and sometimes we scatter (Luke 11:23). But He is always there to help us if we let Him. Often He is most active when He seems very far away.”
~Benedict Groeschel
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