Happy Feast Day! Today is familiar to all of us as we honor when the Blessed Virgin Mary gave her Fiat to the Lord. She said Yes! to whatever God had in store for her, and because of her yes, we are the adopted children of God, freed from sin and working towards Heaven.
There is so much to contemplate with this. During Daily Mass, I thought about all the times I have yes to God. Some of my yes’s were eager and happily done – marrying Matt comes to mind. Many of my yeses are more half-hearted such as the yes attached to the cooking and cleaning for necessary for my family. A few yeses are very grudgingly given such as to my MS every morning I get out of bed having prayed (again) to be healed.
But one yes I have given has had more surprises than I could never have imagined. It was saying yes to God when I was inspired to write the Little Flowers program over 30 years ago. I had no expectation of what God would do with my little ‘yes’. An avalanche of good friends, wonderful experiences, meeting so many of you and on and on and on just because I said ‘yes’.
In no way does my little yes compare to our Blessed Mother’s fiat or the yes of so many saints before me, but I hope to encourage you to consider saying yes to whatever God is asking of you. No matter how insignificant it may seem, how outlandish, how impossible it may be! If you know it is coming from God and you have the full support of your husband and family saying Yes to His will always come with unexpected blessings.
My pastor, Fr. Rich Jasper, is doing a quick 5 minute reflection on the Gospel for Lent. He is much more eloquent than I am in talking about the power of a Yes! to God. I hope you enjoy this and know I am praying for you and the yeses in your life.
