We Are Where We Are Supposed to Be

                                                                                                        by Brother Pio Benedict

We are where we are supposed to be. When things are going great we don't even
think about it, we enjoy the moment. But even in those time when things are dark, rough,
overwhelming, stressful, again we are still where we are suppose to be.

As St. Therese of Lisieux states, "trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be."

It may be we have lessons to learn, wrongs to right, business to finish; we are still
where we are suppose to be. These bad times are in fact temporary. Learn what we are
suppose to learn, be what we are suppose to be, do what we are suppose to do.
It is our journey in life. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 7:17 "And don't be wishing you were
someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God's place for you". 

God has His plan for us, He knows what we need to learn and His plan for us is set, He is
the architect of our life.  Jesus states in John 14, 1-3: "Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling
places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so
that where I am you also may be."

There may be times where the path seems unclear.  It may be that we need to learn
to seek Grace, seek Wisdom, seek Courage to change direction, make good decisions
and extricate ourselves from difficult or dangerous situations.

Jesus tells us to have faith and trust in Him, He knows the way and He will prepare a place
for us and come back and take us. Again we are where we are suppose to be. Trust and
believe and follow His path.

St. Philip Neri reminds us, "All of God’s purposes are to the good, although we may not
always understand this we can trust in it.”

So fear not the path laid before us, take the journey, travel the road with all of its curves,
hills and valleys. Have faith that it is the right route and we will arrive at the correct
destination.

In fact, even when things are bad, even when we are overwhelmed, in the words of
St. Philip Neri, "life is only limited by yourself".