Take a moment and imagine God, the Creator of the Universe, arranging this moment like a garden. Think of your own life and everything that has led up to now. Think of the people around you. God placed them all there. One by one, He put them in time and in space, in this moment.
At some point in creating and arranging, He looked at everything He had, and He realized that there was a gap. There was a space for one more thing, and that thing was you.
Maybe in the garden there were some weaker plants that needed protection from the wind, so our Lord needed one more plant to help be a shield. Maybe there were some plants that couldn’t have too much sun, so He needed one more that could help take the brunt. Maybe He realized that over time the soil would be depleted, so He added one more that could enrich it.
God planted you exactly where you are, exactly when you are, because He wanted your help.
And now, there are people around you, people whose lives you touch, who depend on you. They depend on you to correspond with God’s grace. That means different things for each of us, but at the end of the day, it’s that: there are people who are depending on you to correspond to God’s grace.
Let us pray. Heavenly Father, You are all good and the creator of all good things. Grant us the grace to turn to You, to serve You, to love You and those around us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
