“Remember that your compassion, O LORD, and your kindness are
from of old. In your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, O LORD.” –
Ps. 25:6-7b,c
This past Saturday, I was very
blessed by a gathering of young adults who attended the previous Caritas 34 Retreat.
We came together to reconnect and to remember. Four people shared stories of
their experience on the retreat and how it has impacted their lives since. I was
deeply moved by their honesty and vulnerability. Not only did I recall what
happened but realized with greater depth and meaning God’s goodness to me on
that retreat. God’s aching desire to be with me and to come closer to each of
us became more personal, profound, and magnified.
Remembering goodness does not solve
the challenges that I’m facing or take away the concerns themselves. But it
does shift my perspective and attitude. I can approach these matters with
greater receptivity and hope. We often cajole God and others to remember their promises
to us and to do good to us. Yet, when we allow ourselves to remember their
goodness to us, we are not just recalling the past, but living fully the
present into a future of greater hope. In remembering goodness, we grow in
goodness and live out goodness.
Give yourself a few minutes to remember an experience of deep goodness in your life. Let Audrey Assad’s song, Good to Me, trigger this reconnecting.
Give yourself a few minutes to remember an experience of deep goodness in your life. Let Audrey Assad’s song, Good to Me, trigger this reconnecting.
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