THE SECRET TO DOING
THE IMPOSSIBLE
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. – Luke 6:12
Choosing the twelve disciples. Walking on water. Healing those who
touched Him. The transfiguration. The crucifixion. What took place
before these powerful events? Jesus spent the whole night on the
mountain to pray.
Sometimes when I get so busy, my prayer time is the one that
suffers. My priorities get mixed up and I end up forgetting to do the
very thing that will give me the ability to do the impossible. Then I
remember that Jesus always made time for prayer. The harder the task He
had to do, the more time He spent in prayer. Even if He is the Son of
God, He always made time to pray to draw strength and power, not from
Himself, but from His Father.
When my daughter was about to take her college entrance exams, she
studied well for it. When she was saturated with studying, she prayed
and went to Mass every day, trusting in God’s mercy to help her. When
the results of the Ateneo exams came out, she was in the top 40 out of
the 19,000 applicants, which qualified her for a full scholarship in any
course she wanted!
You may not be able to walk on the water as Jesus did, but you can do
what seems impossible if only you spend more time on your knees praying.
Ronna Singson-Ledesma (ronna_ledesma@yahoo.com.ph)
Reflection:
“A man is powerful on his knees.” (Corrie ten Boom) Abba Father,
forgive me for those times I was too busy to even get down on my
knees...
Blessed Claudio Granzotto, pray for us.
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