THIS, of
course, is the best way to end the day. Whatever
the drama during the day, we can afford to smile and be
at peace in
our sleep as long as we reconcile ourselves with Christ.
Yes, that is
what really matters.
We may still
have a lot of unsolved problems and issues,
challenges still to be faced, or have committed sins and
suffered
failures, but as long as we go back to God at the end, we
would just
be fine.
We can manage
to have a smile on our face as we sleep,
because God will take care of everything. What we cannot
do, or worse,
what we have transgressed, will just be taken care of by
God himself.
He is all too willing to complete what he started with
us, to perfect
what we cannot perfect, to make right what we have
wronged, and to
forgive us.
Remember Christ
saying, “If they sin against you seven
times in a day and seven times come back to you saying,
‘I repent,’
you must forgive them.” (Lk 17,4) If he teaches us that,
it is because
he himself does and lives it in the first place.
Thus, a psalm
reassures us that God’s mercy is for always.
“For the Lord is good, his mercy is forever…” (101,1) And
in the
gospel of St. John we also read, “God did not send his
Son into the
world to condemn the world, but to save the world through
him.” (3,17)
Besides, Christ
himself reassured us saying, “In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have
overcome the
world.” (Jn 16,33) And in another occasion, he said,
“Come to me, all
you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke
upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble
in heart, and
you will find rest for your souls.” (Mt 11,28-30)
Of course, we
should not abuse God’s goodness, even if at
the back of our mind we know that one day we will fall
again. We
should just go back to God. In this, we should not
hesitate to do. We
should never be afraid to go back to him. He is our
Father who loves
us to madness and is even willing to suffer for us as
shown in the
life and death of Christ.
It is important
that we manage to end our day with joy and
peace so that we can live our life better and be more
effective in our
work and duties, especially our spiritual and apostolic
responsibilities. To be sure, we can do and accomplish a
lot when we
are happy and serene.
Being happy and
serene helps us greatly in our spiritual
and moral health, and even in our physical health. It
makes us more
open to everyone and to everything, and more able to
properly handle
the different situations in our life. When we are happy
and serene, we
tend to simplify things and to avoid being ensnared by
the many false
allurements and temptations around.
Obviously, we
have to do certain things to achieve this
state of mind. We have to know how to rectify our
intentions, how to
make a good examination of conscience at day’s end which
should be
concluded with an act of contrition and reconciliation
with God. We
also need to develop a spirit of abandonment in the hands
of God,
knowing how to let go of certain things and to move on.
Yes, we have to
learn to pray, putting ourselves always in
the presence of God especially when we are alone and
tired because
that’s when we are most weak and vulnerable to
temptations and when we
tend to see and understand things improperly.
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