Obedience is a very part of our walk with the Lord. I always was an arguer who tried to get out of doing what I was told to do so I could get out of doing it. And I didn't want to disobey those in authority-such as my parents or supervisors at work.
I sat in on a Confirmation class that Father taught last year. He talked about a priest he had to work for who was difficult to live with. Father didn't "talk" back to the older priest but was very loving toward him. Father was very obedient to him until he was transferred back to the parish he was at before.
O, I wish I were more like that with my parents and everyone else. I even got in trouble at the place I live at during on Holy Wednesday ("long story"-rather not get into at this time) with this arguing and disobedience and didn't make it to Mass for Holy Thursday or Good Friday. I did get to go to Mass Easter Sunday.
I was trying to "strongarm" someone into changing her mind-not obeying her. Even if this person changed her mind and told me to do whatever I wanted her to do to get me out of her face-I still am being disobedient. And if I did do exactly what I was told and grumbled about it-I'm still being disobedient.
Obedience
"The mind [must be] ever on the alert to discover the indications of Providence, and the will prepared to carry them out."
St. Vincent de Paul
For Reflection:
To what extent do I go through my day "alert to discover the indications of Providence?" In other words, do I actively seek for the will of God in and through the events of my daily life? Can I think of one strategy that would help me to do so?
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