Empty Hands

St. Therese teaches that we must come before God with empty hands.  Sometimes offering things up is bearable, like doing an act of kindness for someone.  But there's also the times where things like an inconvenient illness can be hard to cope with.  

But this beloved saint of mine teaches us not to think of what we merit, but to see everything as a blessing from God- even the hard things!  And then, when it seems unbearable, we can give God the nothing in our giving.

Know that I pray for this nothing that you might have (no pun intended), that you may have the strength to bear it.  Amen.