WEEK 14 - Finetuning my sensitivity

By Jan Stuyt SJ.

Can I become more aware of in the movements, the inclinations of my soul ?
Can I improve my awareness of what is going on ?
If so,  I can discern better what real joy is, real richness.
I will see superficial pleasures for what they are: superficial -
and I will become more free to choose what will give durable peace.

What I choose and ask: that I may see more clearly what is going on inside myself. That I can choose what helps me forward.

##   Discernment is always about two good things! When there is good and bad, you have to choose the good – easy!
##    God and man ( & woman) are not in competition “God en mens zijn geen concurrent” God desires that I am a happy full filled person

“To see Him more clearly - to love Him more dearly – to follow Him more nearly”

LUKE 12

13      Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
“Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”
 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;
for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” 

16 Then he told them a parable: 
“The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he thought to himself,
‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’  Then he said,
‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones,
and there I will store all my grain and my goods.  And I will say to my soul,
Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 

21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

What brings me joy ;  what brings me lasting joy?
Which joys are really distractions from a greater good?
Is now the right time the time to take decisions?  

Which choices can I make now? Story ‘What do they need’    From:  tales of a Magic Monastery by Theophane Monk,  1981