Why?

 

From the 6/9/2024 copy of The Cavalier Chronicle, on Page 7 was a weekly homily entitled, Our Last Resort. I copy it below and will comment on it.

 

Homily: “Why do we wait until our straits are dire before we ask God’s help?”

 

My response: This is a great question that is hard to answer. In part we do not reach out to God because we are naturally lazy and fatalistic. It takes a lot of will, focus and energy to reach out to God when we are not yet in desperate need of help.

 

I wonder too, if subconsciously, because we are born depraved, live altruistically, and run in packs, and these phenomena are closer to the Devil than God, we do not really want to approach God because we regard God as an enemy, someone we really do not want to deal with.

 

Homily: “If we stay connected to the Lord throughout our day, God is our first resort. God seeks a relationship with us. Connect again with God this week in church. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord. Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20.”

 

My response: Once we decide, or if we decide, that having a relationship with God is our first resort, then we work with and depend on God to help us manage good times and bad alike.