Strong Is God's Love For Us

It happens frequently enough that when we are praying for someone or what we conceive as "a must", that those people or situations sink to even lower levels. We wonder IF our prayers are heard, or as one friend said just last night, "My prayer is on low, if not on empty." This is very real, and humanly speaking, understandable and unaswerable. It seems, however, that these troughs, these canyons in our prayer life occur as opportunities to force us to search, to listen, and to be ready to see in a new way what we often gloss over in our readings or the prayers we recite rotely. If we are in the habit of reading a bit of Scripture each day, particularly the Psalms, or the readings provided for daily Mass, we will find something that "leaps out" at us as if for the first time, just when we need it, and reminds us of the fundamental truth that "strong is God's love for us." We can then make Mary's Magnificat our own and sing again for joy, as in these words from Psalm 33:

"Ring out your joy to he Lord, O you just;
for praise is fitting for loyal hearts.

For the word of the Lord is faithful
and all his works to be trusted.
The Lord loves justice and right
and fills the earth with his love." Ps 33: 1, 4)

In Isaiah we read: "My soul yearns for you in the night,/ yes, my spirit within me keeps vigil for you." (Is 26: 9). Reverse this and hear God say this to US...! He yearns for us and keeps vigil for us! What can be more consoling?

"Yet the Lord is waiting to show you favor,
and he rises to pity you;
For the Lord is a God of justice:
blessed are all who wait for him!" (Is 30:18).

O God, let your strong love reassure me when my faith grow thin. Amen.
Bro. Rene