Saturday, March 5, 2011
Compared to Calvary
This song has so many beautiful lines and images in it, but one particularly struck me today as I drove into work.
Such a tiny offering compared to Calvary, nevertheless we lay this at Your feet.
The more and more serious I grow in this stage of discernment, the more I recognize what I am giving up. Almost every day I think of something new: the luxury of my own car, the freedom to come and go as I please, spending money, phone calls with friends, facebook, holidays with my family, having my own children, getting married, my computer, my dream to go on a roadtrip cross country. I'll stop there because this list could go on for a very long time. Some are not really a big deal. For example, I've given up Facebook in the past and not missed it very much. Others, such as not having my own family are a bigger deal. I know that I will be happier fulfilling God's will, but that doesn't take this desire away. But if I compare these sacrifices that I will be making to Calvary, they are nothing. I will not be in agony doing God's Will. I will not (most likely) die a painful death because I'm doing God's Will. The hardest burden, the hardest path was the one He gave His own Son. In comparison, my cross and my path are so much easier.
How can I not give these things up joyfully in return?
Pax Christi!
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