“In quiet and in trust your strength lies” (Isaiah 30:15)

As I’ve spent the last couple days getting ready to fly out to Germany, it’s been difficult to suppress my very human reaction of fear. I found myself kneeling in Adoration a couple nights ago, thinking, “Oh, God, what am I getting myself into now?” I found myself questioning my trip, questioning the discernment that I’ve done up to this point, questioning God speaking in my life at all.

And, in His love for me, God has once again showed up to comfort me, despite the fact that I still struggle in the same things. During Lauds this morning, we read Psalm 77:
“Will the Lord reject us for ever?
Will he show us his favor no more?
Has his promise come to an end?
Does God forget his mercy or in anger withhold his compassion?”

No. He does not. His love and his promises endure forever, “to the thousandth generation.” And so...

“I remember the deeds of the Lord,
I remember your wonders of old,
I muse on all your works and ponder your mighty deeds.”

I have a new hopefulness as I start my journey today, and a renewed sense of trust in the Lord. He hasn’t led me astray since. I pray that this trip, although short, will prove this passage from Isaiah true:

“No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher, while from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears: ‘This is the way; walk in it’” (30:20-21).

St. Therese, pray for us!