Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
"All the good things I have come from you"
"So I am thankful and glad and I feel completely secure."
"You will show me the path of life and your presence fills me with unending joy."
God is the ultimate giver - all the good things in our lives come from Him. We are given these gifts as well as the wisdom to use them to benefit ourselves and others, and to give honor and glory to God. All the blessings we have received - our families, our friends, our homes, our parish, our work, have come to us because of God's love for us - not because we deserved them. That is the security we experience as children of God.
All of these, although they come from God, are of earthly dimension and, as such, are always subject to change. Nothing in life, regardless of our own desires and needs, will stay the same. People, places and things move about us in constant motion.
The only thing that will never change is God's love for us. It is timeless and unending. The challenge for us as Catholic Christians is to surrender ourselves to God with absolute trust. He holds us tightly through difficult times and rejoices with us in good times.
If we place our lives in God's hands, we will never be alone. We will be rewarded with unending joy promised to us by God in Psalm 16.
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