“I
am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “Let it be to me as you
have said.” (Luke 1:38)
In
the little we are told about Mary in the Gospels, we meet a woman of
resilient, humble faith; a model for us in our response of love
to God.
Committing
to the work of nourishing our faith will direct us to lean on God’s
steadfast love for the resilience and wisdom we need in meeting daily
challenges. Receiving the gift of faith encourages our response
of “let it be to me” for Life and Love in Jesus Christ.
Faith opens eyes to God’s presence; faith opens hearts to
generosity and gratitude. Faith grows resilience.
Importantly this virtue of hopeful determination can be the embers
burning strength into a faith that is struggling. We can help
each other here. Receiving and offering prayer, support and
encouragement, sharing wisdom and experiences can shore up
discouraged, tired hearts.
What
will nourish your faith in the days to come? And how might we
encourage others? To consider again how our practices of
prayer, meditation and spiritual reading nurture our lives of
faith is worthwhile.
We
approach the coming Christmastide both merrily rejoicing and like
Mary, pondering the mystery of it all in a deep and quiet trust.
-- Dorothy Dahli
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