Monday | April 29, 2024
Acts 14:11
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they cried out in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in human form.”
St. Catherine of Siena
The Center of My Life
When my husband died suddenly in 2009, leaving two sons ages 4 and 7 behind, I had a choice to make.
How were we going to go on in a healthy way? Did I want the loss to be the focus of my sons' lives for the rest of their lives? Of course not. And their father certainly wouldn’t have wanted it either. To center our lives around this, admittedly, sad event, this loss, would not only be unhealthy and limiting—it would be making an idol of it, maybe even of him.
Those who saw Paul heal a crippled man wanted to call him a god. Idols, though, come in many forms. The temptation is often great to put a person, an event, an interest, a goal at the center of my life—where God should be instead.
Lord, you alone can give lasting peace and joy.
- Amy Welborn
Acts 14:5-18 • Psalm 115:1-4, 15-16 • John 14:21-26
