“My Grace Is Sufficient” by Melanie Rigney

“My Grace Is Sufficient” by Melanie Rigney 

Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

(B)ut he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. (2 Corinthians 12:9) 

Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. (Psalms 34:9a)

“Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?” (Matthew 6:28-30) 

Piety

Jesus, take the wheel.

Study

There’s a lot to worry about in this world. 

• What will the tests show about my loved one’s fatigue?
• Will I get that job I so desperately, desperately need?
• Will I have enough money to retire?
• Will my grandchildren get into the colleges they so desire?
• Will traffic be bad again today?
• Will dinner turn out all right if I use sweet Italian sausage instead of hot
• Will I ever be able to expand Farm 24 in Farm Town?

Laugh if you will, but don’t your worries range from the serious to the ridiculous? To me, that’s one of the benefits of all those rosary beads—plenty of opportunities to offer up those worries in prayer. 

It’s human nature to worry. We like to have control. Or rather, we want to think we have control. But we focus on the wrong things. We don’t have control over that loved one’s medical test results. We do have some control over our reaction—and the compassion we show in offering to help set the treatment plan. We don’t have control over colleges accepting the grandkids. We do have control over showing delight if they are successful—and helping them learn resilience if they are not.

If we exercise the control, we do have and show confidence in God for the rest, and we can be made great where we are weak. We can show others what the power of Christ looks like when we get out of the way. 

No worries.

Action

Offer up your worries, one by one, as you pray the rosary or Divine Mercy Chaplet. Then let them go for the day.[i]

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[i] Photo credit is Malgorzata Tomczak via Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/photos/depression-sadness-man-2912424/