Trust in God.

Trust in the school of spirituality of St. Sister Faustína means man’s attitude towards God. In the inscription on the painting that Christ had painted for her are the words: Jesus, I trust you. Trust is man’s first response to the recognition and experience of God’s merciful love. This word has a vibrant content because it indicates not only faith in the existence of God, his omnipotence, and the truths revealed by him but also man’s lifelong attitude towards him, which is manifested by the fulfillment of his will contained in the commandments, status duties or recognized inspirations of the Holy Spirit. Trust in the writings of Sister Faustina is identical to the biblical concept of faith, that is, it refers to the surrender of one’s life to God as the best Father, who desires nothing else for man than his temporal and eternal happiness. As Sister Faustína often said, his will is a mercy for us. Fulfilling God’s will is a measure of trust in God. Lord Jesus said to Sister Faustina: Grace from my mercy can be drawn with a single vessel, and that is trust. The more the soul trusts, the more it receives. Souls who trust me without limits are a great joy for me because I pour all the treasures of my graces into such souls. I am glad they ask for a lot because I desire to give a lot. But it grieves me if souls ask for little, they narrow their hearts (Diary 1578).

The attitude of trust is dynamic, and Sister Faustina’s life was subject to constant growth until she completely turned to God in all dimensions of life. In developing her attitude of trust, Sister Faustína used straightforward and common means available to all, for example, the development of faith, hope, love, humility, and repentance, i.e., the virtues that condition the attitude of surrender, as well as the practice of daily fulfillment of God’s will, even in tiny things. She consistently used them, which often required great strength of spirit, radicalism, and an uncompromising approach to fight against corrupt nature – as she said. Building a relationship of trust required her to constantly transform herself, to transcend herself, not only her weaknesses but also her natural talents, for example, the logic of reason. More than once, the Lord God placed her in situations where she had to deny her reason, suspend the logic of human thinking to trust him, and subsequently accept and fulfill his will. Lord Jesus highly appreciated Sister Faustina’s efforts to develop an attitude of trust. He said: You have a great and incomprehensible right to my heart because you are the daughter of complete trust (Diary 718).