He Does It!

One of the bennies of growing older, and especially in growing older in the Lord, is a sense of serenity [read that “peace”] which Jesus promises us, but which eluded me for years. It was only through interiorizing and accepting the extravagant, undeserved love with which He showers me, that I could begin to grasp the fact that He makes things come out right NO
MATTER HOW TERRIBLE THEY SEEMED AT THE TIME. It was only after decades of proof, and an honest effort to review and admit this subtle but uncanny trend in my life, that the light of reason dawned on my thick arrogant German skull. [A corollary: if I gave up my bitterness and resentments—by praying and recreating my gratitude list, among other time-teated techniques—I cleared the way for the grace it took for the Lord to change my white-knuckled anxieties.] Then came the process of
learning from the past, of understanding that He’ll keep doing that IF I keep turning things over to him. “Let go and let God” did not come easily, but what a relief to ditch the stress of micro-managing of all my affairs, and a good portion of yours, too! A paradox: only through surrender can I gain serenity. Wow! As the kids on Teen Encounter used to yell, “Yea, God!“