Tuesday Reflection: September 4, 2007

St. Paul's words in today's first reading reflect a truly caring spiritual leader. Paul is to the point: you cannot determine how God is going to act in your life. What he is encouraging is what we hear in today's world: "let go, let God."

For us I think Paul's words are a challenge because almost all of us to some extent have become "controllers." Our society and the needs we have just in keeping up with the spinning times necessitates that we have things in order, that we have thing under control!

Sometimes we become the "I'll do this God and I expect this to be the results." Paul is saying: "It just does not work that way!"

Paul is calling the Thessalonians to be open ... open the God's way in our lives. Take the time to listen to what God is saying to us.