Even as persons who strive to live a prayerful life many of us are still unworthy to be exemplified true Christians. We oftentimes forget the fact that we have always been virtuously imperfect since birth. That’s why, in our day to day struggle to live a righteous life we always end up frustrated with our own perceived failed efforts to be pleasing in the eyes of God.
Such frustration could get us discouraged and make us become perceptibly helpless from our own sinfulness. As a result, we tend to stop trying instead of continuously pursuing to seek God’s grace. But the truth is that this chain of events actually stem from of our lack of faith in God’s goodness.
Let us base our random human ability to show mercy and compare with that of God’s. In other words, if we can show mercy towards anybody how much more can God? Because He is the Creator He is understandably the source of everything that is good in us starting from our infant virtues. Therefore, If He is the source He has the abundance and flawless goodness in Him, and that includes His infinite mercy towards His most valued creation - us.
We will have a hard time receiving that grace unless we take the effort to heed his call and invitation. We cannot initiate action unless we truly believe that God is very much capable of that grand generosity. We need to overcome that obstacle of unbelief.
This realization should draw us closer to Him knowing that He is constantly inviting us all to come back to the fold of His loving arms. For us Catholics we are all called to answer to His call of repentance and reconciliation through the blessed sacraments solemnly carried out by the ministers of His church. It all starts from trusting in His infinite goodness as a whole.
