We are given the gift of joy despite our circumstances and encourage each other with kindness and compassion. We do this through proper discernment and orientation of our motives. In his book Finding God’s Will for You, St Francis De Sales asks us to look at the intentions around how we do what God directs us to do.
Do you keep the commandments in the way sick men take medicine: more from fear of dying in damnation than for joy of living? Or are you a soul who holds things commanded simply because they are commanded? Or does your loving heart love the commandments?
“What are the servants of God if not his minstrels, who must move people’s hearts and lift them up to spiritual joy?”— St. Francis of Assisi
May we live the gift of today with a joy full heart, being smitten with God’s goodness and grace! Amen
Smitten With Goodness 