23 Nov 2015
It’s easy to be faithful when things are going well. Whether it’s in marriage, or friendship, or
in the parish or in our fidelity to God.
It’s always easier to be faithful when life is going well. Of course, it’s when things are not going well that our faithfulness is
really tested.
That was the case with the Prophet Daniel. Jerusalem had been destroyed. Some of the people scattered north and south,
and many were hauled off to Babylon in exile.
Thing were not going well for the Israelites. But Daniel remained faithful to God,
regardless. He never lost hope in God.
The same can be said for the poor widow who put her last two
coins in the treasury. Her husband had
died, she was poor, with no one to care for her. And yet, with all faith and hope, she put
wagered all she had on God’s fidelity. And
both she and Daniel were well taken care of by God. Daniel found compassion among his captors;
and the widow was praised by Jesus himself.
Even though life was hard, it didn’t mean that God had abandoned them. It just meant that they had to keep their
eyes open—in faith—to see that God was still with them.
And that’s hard to do, for sure. It’s hard to remind ourselves that God has
not abandoned us when life is going badly.
But that’s what a people of faith do—whether the sun is shining or not;
we have faith. And we have it, and we put it into practice,
because it helps us to see that God is still with us.
In every bad situation in life, there is still some good
present—if we have the faith to see it.
Regardless of what life brings, it’s always good to remain faithful to
God. You never know what blessings he’ll
be trying to offer us . . . through our faith.
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