Every Moment

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the “Happy God” post I wrote a few weeks ago. I think it started when I could not sleep one night. I turned on EWTN very low. I have a TV in my bedroom. My intent was to fall asleep listening to truth and some of it would get into my subconscious.

In my morning prayers, I had been asking God to show me ways to make Him smile during the day. It was working…sort of. I would think of a situation that was about to happen and visualize the most pleasing actions, to God, that I could do.

This priest on TV was talking about making God happy at every moment in your life. He was saying that when times are tough, we naturally pray. Do we pray all the time 24/7? He said that every moment can be united to Jesus because the Holy Spirit lives in us. At that point I slept for a bit.

I woke up to hear another priest talking about St Ignatius’ teaching about praying for the upcoming down turns in your life when things are going good in your life.  

So the next morning I woke up thinking that every moment was an opportunity to unite myself with God. I resolved to practice and asked my guardian angel to help me. It will take some time but I can already see the results. I am accepting my crosses better by giving them as a prayer and not whining or praying for a better result. I just tell God: “This is for you.” It’s nice. It’s peaceful. My burdens are not so heavy. I am happy in traffic. When I get stressed, I start laughing and thank God for the opportunity to pray and for what ever He is teaching me by letting go through this. (He lets me know the lesson later.)

It is working for the good times as well. When I am happy, I start praising and thanking God. I also ask Him for help when I will be down.

I am starting to visualize God seeing the whole picture of life, with all of time. At every moment He knows how that moment fits into the whole creation for all time. How can I not trust Him all the time?  Every moment should be a surrender to His will and a prayer.

This will take practice, but I have had a taste of what it feels like to do it. I can’t get enough.