Lord, Your ways are known to me, give me the grace to walk in your footsteps. The prophet Micah [6:8] teaches us, what the Lord expects from us, “to do what is right, to love goodness, & walk humbly with our God.”
How can we clarify the path we should walk? One way is to reflect on the day we are judged by the Lord. On that day He will ask us what we did when we were confronted with human need? Maybe these stories told by Leo Buscaglia can illuminate how Jesus wants us to walk in His footsteps.
An elderly man, who recently lost his wife, lived next door to a 4-year-old boy. When the boy saw the man crying, he went into his yard, climbed up onto his lap and sat! When his mother asked him what he said to the man, he replied, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”
On a cold December day, a 10-year-old boy was standing in front of a shoe store with bare feet, peering through the window and shivering from cold. A lady went up to him and said, “Why are you staring so intently?” “I am asking God for shoes.”
The lady took him by the hand, went into the store and asked the clerk for socks, water and a towel. Then she knelt down, washed and dried his feet; put a pair of new socks and the shoes the shoes on his feet. Then, she purchased the shoes and socks. As she turned to go, the little boy looked up at her with tears in his eyes and asked, “Are you God's wife?”
Spend a few minutes today and reflect on your life, your goals, and your actions, remember Jesus said, “Follow me.”
May God Be Praised.
There are times I don’t know how to follow Jesus because I don’t know where to find Him.
ReplyDeleteYou can always follow Jesus by living the Beatitudes.
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