Asking for Light

Over the years, I've suffered from anxiety and I've been told many times to practice meditation.

The New Age practices of meditation ask you to empty your mind, which to me seems like an impossible feat. Christian meditation asks you to invite Christ into your mind and to let Him fill your mind with His Light and goodness. 

A few years ago, a good friend and doctor taught me that Christian meditation can be as simple as asking Jesus to take care of everything. 

The Surrender Novena has beautiful reflections you can meditate on, but if your anxiety is severe, meditation might feel impossible. In these moments, I've found it helpful to repeat only the words, "Jesus, I surrender myself to You. Take care of everything!" 

The challenge is to believe these words, to let them hold value. The challenge is to lay down your burdens at the foot of the cross and to accept that the only way forward is to trust that God has good plans for your future. 

At every turn, through every crisis, we can call upon Christ to take care of everything.

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