God lives and works today.
But don't we all fail time and again
to experience his reality in our lives, even
though we may pray often?
What keeps him from revealing his power?
The answer is in today's meditation called Better
Than Gold.
We were sitting on the rubble heap from
our bombed-out city, tired after hours of
searching for unbroken bricks.
We needed whole ones in order to build
our motherhouse and chapel, but they seemed very
scarce.
And we were all tired from the hot
afternoon sun.
Suddenly, we spotted Mother Basilea coming towards us.
Even at a distance, we could see that
she was waving a piece of paper, and
we thought spontaneously, surely someone has given her
a gift of money so that we can
buy the bricks instead of having to scavenge
the rubble heaps.
But when Mother Basilea reached us, we discovered
that she had been waving a Bible word.
It was one she had received from the
Lord in prayer, and to her, that was
better than gold.
She wanted us to join with her in
giving thanks to God for this word of
promise.
By doing so, we would let God know
that we definitely expected his promise to come
true and in good time.
And so we learned to put our faith
into action, not just by asking God for
things, but also by praying, I thank you
that you have already thought up the help
for me.
You have already prepared a solution to all
my difficulties, and Jesus has already won the
victory over all my sins.
Such prayer holds great promise.
It moves God's arm so that all of
our problems melt like wax before his omnipotence.
Take advantage of this opportunity.
By thanking God for his help, you will
grow strong and joyful.
Yes, when your requests to God are embedded
in faith and thanksgiving, you can be certain
that he will answer them.
And that's what happened with our story about
the bricks.
Finally, the city decided to tear down some
old army barracks, and we were given all
the bricks so that we had an overabundance.
O God,
all seer, will bring the might of God
to bear Burst open island portes To pray
with faith gives strength to harm And changes
pain and duties calm To flowers in love's
garden Who prays in faith the wayless much
For God does yearn to answer such Who
cry for grace and mercy So he who
prays with heart and soul To him who
made and ruled his God Will find God
wants to apply it There, there was one
who came to harm Who trusted in the
Father's arm That is his own true promise
He freely gives all things we need From
ancient fears we too are freed For God
loves all his children For
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