Doing the next right thing

Reading 1 Wis 18:6-9
Reading 2 Heb 11:1-2, 8-19
Gospel Lk 12:32-48

The belief that what we do today will effect tomorrow drives our behavior every moment.  The belief that we cannot effect the future can be both liberating and defeating. 

For example,  understanding that we cannot change the world can free us from the anxieties of a the bombings,  wars, killings etcetera.  This understanding can also free us to focus on what we can effect: our spouses,  our children,  our friends,  our work and our own holiness. 

Mother Teresa said we are not called to be successful,  but obedient. 

Abraham acted in obedience because of his faith and was blessed.

What is one thing we can do today to be obedient to to our faith? 

Ask forgiveness of someone? 

Call someone to let them know you're thinking of them? 

Hug your spouse and reaffirm your live to them? 

Do the next right thing! 

For me,  I will
1) commit to my sobriety by calling two fellow men

and

2) physically touch my wife's face tenderly and tell her I love her.