Who is the centre of my life?

                                          Who is the centre of my life?

As a student, have you ever experienced moments of boredom, restlessness, disturbance and loneliness? In these situations one may wonder, ‘what is happening to me?’ Some people may try to venture out many things to attain inner joy. Just to focus in one aspect namely: spiritual life. Here, one might be trying hard to experience peace and meaning in life, but all the efforts may go in vain, why? What is actually the problem here? Experiences of decline and negativity make one to focus on self. So, self centeredness is the reason why one is not able to enjoy peace and serenity in prayer. 

     One has to take a U-Turn in relating with God, which means God becomes the centre of my life. Some good resolutions like: I have to pray regularly, I have to meditate, I have to say many prayers, and I have to read Holy Scriptures etc. I I I I I and only I sentences. And when one fails to carry them out one becomes more miserable than before. The U-Turn attitude of spiritual life helps us to see that God loves us first and all that we do is to respond to that love. We find in the scripture where we find God taking the first step in reaching out to us with love: Jn. 15

·         I abide in you

·         I have loved you

·         I have called you friends

·         I chose you

·         I appointed you……..

     In all these phrases, we see the first approach of God, so we can be assured of God’s love. We don’t need to do anything to receive God’s love; it is already there with us. Convinced of the love of God, we respond to His love day by day in loving one another.

You are God’s love

Just respond to that love and all sadness and loneliness will disappear gradually.