78. Abandonment to Jesus

07/26/22 • 42 min

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Today we continue with conference 4, or chapter 4, of I Believe in Love on Abandonment in Jesus.
Webster Dictionary defines abandonment as “an unrestraint, or being uninhibited.” This is precisely how Jesus desires that we come to him; with a radical, unrestrained, and uninhibited reckless trust and love. But practically speaking what does this look like?
Father Jean says “Practically speaking, it consists of seeing the will of God in all that creatures and events present to you” and as St. Francis de Sales says it is to ‘ask nothing and refuse nothing’
Discussion Questions:
1. “If he destroys my little plans, I kiss His adorable hand. It is because He wants to realize His own, which are more beautiful anyway than those which I could have made myself.” Have you ever thought of God‘s plan for you as “beautiful”?
2. God refused the prayer of St. Monica for her son St. Augustine, in order to answer her greater prayer (see pages 101-102). Have you seen similar circumstances in your life (failures or victories)? Has this increased your trust and abandonment in God?
3. “It is said that the Devil makes the gravity of the sin appear to be less during the temptation and greater after the fall.” How do you think knowing this truth can help you avoid sin?

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77. Unshakeable Confidence

How easy and often we can become discouraged at our continued sinful nature. When we run to Christ with the same tears of sorrow and regret we can be tempted to think, “Aren’t you tired of me God?” But the short answer is NOT EVEN CLOSE! When we distrust his forgiving heart we subconsciously limit his mercy.
Yes, we must know and acknowledge our weakness and limitations, BUT with unshakable confidence of knowing we are loved through the merciful lense of God’s perfect heart.
St. John Vianney said “The good Lord is more eager to pardon a repentance sinner than a mother to rescue her child from the fire“🔥
Discussion Questions:
1. St. John Vianney said, “ The good Lord is more eager to pardon a repentant sinner than a mother to rescue her child from the fire.” This describes God‘s urgency to forgive us. Do you feel a sense of urgency to forgive and to be forgiven? How can your own love for your child open you up to receive the grace of God?
2. “Let us love our littleness!” What are some ways we can make ourselves little?
3. “ Pure love is realized and pure faith and pure faith is realized and darkness in the same way as ‘strength is perfected in weakness.’” Was there a time when you experience darkness or weakness? When this time lifted did you feel stronger and more grounded in your faith?

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79. Great Desire, Humility, & Peace

“Routine, terrible routine is the daughter of apathy. In order to rise out of mediocrity and lukewarmness, RENEW YOUR DESIRES”
This week, Sara and I dive head first into Chapter 5 of I Believe in Love , and we discuss the hidden importance of having a thirst and desire for Christ. This can seem intimidating, especially when we can become so aware of our broken and sinful ways. Yet, it is often precisely through an acknowledgment of our own littleness, as St. Therese so beautifully lived out, that sets our hearts in the direction of a fiery desire for communion with God.
Discussion Questions:
1. “ How many souls I have that you have experienced these beautiful enthusiasms, yet, in admitting their weakness, their apparent mediocrity, their lack of progress, have let themselves little by little be overrun by discouragement.” Has this happened to you? Is there a desire you have about which you feel discouraged?
2.” A ravishing form of humility is simplicity. It is the charm of those who know how to put themselves in their proper place and are not puffed up in their own eyes.” Can you think of someone in your own life who can be described this way? In what way can you imitate them?
3. “ It is a duty for you to spread this sweet and joyful peace around you... Not like judges of peace but like angels of peace.” How can you be an angel of peace in your home, at work, at school, toward a stranger?

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