Mar 18 Tue
Is there a logic in the plans of God?
Our ordinary life is full of occasions and decisions that mark a certain course, some of them have a transcendental importance for our future. We usually need to ponder things in the presence of God, more so in these special situations. "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife" (Mt 1:21), said the angel. In his prayer, Joseph pondered what was happening, to see how to act. And God helped him in his choice by enlightening his judgment.
Our mother Mary conceived Christ by faith, for she accepted the Lord's plans, believing that the words spoken by the angel would be fulfilled. We can apply the same reasoning to St. Joseph, who also accepted what was communicated to him by God. Joseph trusted those words and became personally involved in what was announced to him.
Joseph made God's plan his own, confident that it was something good, not only for humanity but also for himself. He saw himself happy in that adventure; it had become the plan he wanted to carry out.
In common parlance, we say that a work of art is "faithful reproduction" when it reflects the original project of the artist. God, the Artist, talks to us, free creatures. Will we learn to accept His plans as good for us and those around us? Is my life a faithful reproduction of God's plans for me?
St. Joseph lives in normal situations: at work, in the family, in ordinary life... and it is there that he learns to accept and make God's gift part of his life. We need to have this attitude. Let us ask him to renew our gaze and our hearts to have the freshness to open ourselves completely to God's gifts and plans.
In our journey to carry out the mission that God has entrusted to us, we will have both advances and setbacks. But also, in the moments that may seem bad, we can discover the voice of God that consoles us, instructs us, and enlightens us.
The life of each one of us can miraculously begin again if we find the courage to live it according to what the Lord tells us. And it doesn't matter if sometimes everything seems to have taken a wrong turn, or if some regretful issues look irreversible. God can make flowers bloom among the rocks.
We must abandon ourselves to God's security rather than our own, to accept reality and other people as the holy patriarch did. Thus, we will learn from everyone and everything, even from our mistakes, because behind them we will always discover a divine low voice.
St. Joseph did not ignore the angel's announcement and went out for what seemed to him to be the best place for Jesus. Little by little he learned that supernatural plans have a divine coherence, which is sometimes in contradiction with our human plans. For this reason, we need to ask for Joseph’s wisdom to understand this divine logic; thus, we will welcome, as coming from God, the people and events that surround us.
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