Do you trust God?
Raymond Arroyo's book, Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles brought me suffering, joy, fear, and confidence. In Mother's life, peppered with trials and joys, I met a woman who trusts Jesus, her Spouse, in all things, and I am ashamed to admit that I lack that level of trust, that level of abandonment to God. I can add, however, that I have been praying to align my will completely with God's, and I find this book filled with inspiration. I am a wife and mother, not a cloistered nun and not Mother Angelica, and so the manner of my faith in the Lord will differ from hers in the details. God asks things of me that he doesn't of her, and vice versa, but underneath all that must be the recognition of the passionate love of Jesus for us and the proper response we must have to Love. This book reminds me to strive to unite my will to Christ's, and to unite my suffering to Christ's. I highly recommend reading it.