When we need hope

When we need hope

            In the past, catechisms we have outlined the ideal where we are heading. We may like this ideal, but on the other hand, it may seem absolutely unattainable. Looking at the reality of your life – haste, stress, failure to do things, we usually only respond to stimuli. It seems that we have no life at all in our hands and not that we can still direct it in the right direction. On the cell we meet, encourage, but the everyday reality …

          Therefore, let us slow down for a while and consider in which situations we particularly need the virtue of hope. I would like to remind you that virtue is not gained by drills, that is, by doing my best, by training, by repeating a certain activity until I learn it. Nor is it autosuggestion – I’m talking about what I want, it’s not about positive thinking. Nor is it purely God’s pouring. There is a cooperation between God and man that cannot be easily expressed. God gives, while respecting the freedom of man. It gives as much as one can accept. Man is accomplished by his desire. God gives us things as much as we hope for him. Therefore, the more we know God, the more we love Him – we are convinced that He wants us good and that is why we turn to Him with desire.

            So in which situations do we most need the virtue of hope? So the inner belief that God is able to help us?

The pursuit of perfection. Good advice says don’t be disgusted by anyone or yourself. The last one is probably the hardest. That is why we particularly need the virtue of hope. I am not a hopeless case, and God can also serve imperfect instruments. In the beginning, of course, everything seems simple and achievable. The first enthusiasm is like a good wind to sails. But then comes the wind, the storm, the storm … And yet we are all called to perfection.
In prayer. Prayer is not an effective amount of words, but trust. From God, we achieve the extent to which we trust Him. We tend to repeat our supplications until we see things moving. I remember my father had an interesting way of handling things. When my mom told him something, he had a thousand arguments how it could not. It was angry with Mother, and she either repeated her request, or she was angry about how dad was impossible – she called him then “trouble” – a problem. But the thing was always on the next day. Though he was grunted and named things as impossible, but he always did. I tried to explain to her that she should not print, she would say once, and she would be reliable, but she was just angry – well, if she did anyway, then why would those comments be impossible? I had another solution. When my mom asked me to do something, I was determined to do it, but I will do it the way I want it and the way I want it. If she had relied on, it would have been done. But by repeating it again, I clenched. My vanity didn’t allow me to do that. Because I can’t admit that she won. Of course, God is not acting so imperfectly, but He also expects trust from us. You already told him your request, so trust him to do it. The last time of prayer is devoted to deepening yourselves with God and changing your life. Of course, this does not mean that we cannot beg multiple times. It’s nice when a daughter snuggles up to her father and asks him something. The father is willing to comply immediately with her request, but she is stretching her daughter, because she knows that she is gaining her.
in situations where we fall into small-mindedness. Hope is compared to an anchor. A tiny ship swept by the waves has the only hope in the anchor that the wind and waves will not shatter it against the rocks. There are situations in our life where our strength lies in hope. I have no way of affecting things, I can just let go of it and rely on God to know what he is doing. God purifies our hope by committing disappointment, failure, a state of emotional hopelessness. This is again necessary to free ourselves from the spirit of business. I am with God just because it is pleasant, gives a blessing, I am sure. With this attitude, Satan blames God as they discuss Job – “Does Job fear God for free?” (Job 1: 9). God, on the other hand, wants to cultivate true selfless love by suffering, but I love only because I want to love.
temptations when we are afraid we will succumb. Experts say that only he has no chance to get rid of bad habit, addiction, who has no hope. Who does not believe that he can avoid sin will not be able to. If he says, I’d love to, but … Certainty is the best tool for a rope maker. If I go into something with the fear of not giving it, that fear will prevent me from giving it. In moral life, the Lord wants to give us the certainty that we can, even if we are to remain well aware of our weaknesses. Therefore, Mons. Gray advises, “stop hearing God