What to Do if You Don't Trust God

What if all this stuff sounds great, but when it comes down to it, you’re too scared to let God in?

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Days 1-4, Days 5-7, Days 8-10, Days 11-14 and Days 15-17

We’ve been talking about trust.

This week’s theme is surrender, and in this week’s podcast we reflected on passages from the Surrender Novena. Last week we focused on Divine Mercy and before that, the Sacred Heart of Jesus. All along, we have been looking at the ways Jesus invites us trust in him. Not just with little things, but with big things, with everything.

And that’s hard to do.

What if you struggle to trust in God? What if all this stuff sounds great, but when it comes down to it, you’re too scared to let God in? That’s where many of us find ourselves, but the good news is that Jesus can work with that. He knows all about human frailty. He knows we’re fickle and weak. He asks us to show up and keep trying.

One beautiful way to do that is to pray. If you struggle to trust, turn that struggle into a prayer asking Jesus to teach you to trust him. One of my favorite prayers for doing exactly that is the Litany of Trust from the Sisters of Life. Do you know this prayer?

So, here’s your simple assignment.

Take a few minutes to pray the Litany of Trust with me. Find a quiet spot, take a deep breath, close your eyes, and hit play.

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Daily Challenges

Here’s the final batch of daily content for you. Can you believe we made it this far? Today, we’re sharing the content for days 18-21 of this challenge.

Here’s what’s included for each day below:

☑️ Theme: a focus point for our meditation

☑️ Lectio Divina: audio file of a 5-minute guided meditation, praying with Scripture, focused on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

☑️ Question: for journaling on your own or discussing right here in the comments

☑️ Action: a simple prompt to put our daily theme into action in your everyday life.

☑️ BONUS Live Video: At the end of the 21 days, we’ll have a live Zoom call discussion on Wednesday, August 28! (see registration details below)

Are you ready to wrap up this challenge? Let’s go!