Stagnation & Grandeur

 

Erwin M. Soukup compiled "The Seven Steps to Stagnation":

1. We've never done it that way before.

2. We're not ready for that.

3. We are doing all right without trying that.

4. We tried it once before.

5. We don't have money for that.

6. That's not our job.

7. Something like that can't work.

[Sermons.com - Martin E. Marty, "Context," April 15, 1985, p. 5.]

 

Experiencing the COVID Pandemic may has subtly caused many of us to drift into Stagnation Thinking.  A way beyond that limited [stagnate] view that the world as we know it is what we are stuck with is - this vision “The heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” [Psalm 19:2]

 

We proclaim God’s glory here on earth by strengthening our relationships and the most important relationship is the one we have with Jesus.  We do that through PRAYER and TRUST in God’s plan for us. 

St. Francis de Sales said, “Let us be who we are and be it well, in order to bring honor to the Master craftsman whose handiwork we are.”  [Oeurves, XII. Letter 289 10 June 1607]

You and are children of God, and our lives should reflect God’s grandeur to the world.

St. Joseph, pray for us. 

St. Francis de Sales, pray for us. 

May God Be Praised.