One of the greatest temptations in life is to get comfortable.
I love being comfortable.
Like today, for example, I can’t wait to go home and put on my fleece
pants and hoody and settle in on the couch.
But getting too comfortable here on earth, I can forget that this
is not forever. It’s for a ridiculously
short period of time.
What areas of my life is God asking me to throw off comfort? How can I deny myself to increase my spiritual growth. This allows my soul to increasingly respond to grace and to choose what is good, true, noble and just in every situation.
Self-denial allows me to see myself for who I really am and to be
the best version of myself that God created me to be. It allows me to see that I am sinful, but also
opens me up to the grace I need in order to overcome my sinfulness.
“If anyone wished to come after me, let him deny himself and take
up his cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24).
Jesus, thank you for all the comforts of this world; help me
discern when they are good for me and when they are not.
Amen.
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