Here I am, Lord. Everything for You!
Robertus Kardi sx
Live Life Fully! - Plan for me
If I look into the depths of my past memories, I realize there was a time when the world existed without me; if I gaze at the horizon, thinking of a far-away future, I know there comes a time when I will not be here. But deep within I know: for ever and ever I live in You, o Lord, for You have a plan for me!
I thank you, Lord! - The beauty of knowing You
I thank you for my parents who gave me life. I thank you for setting me free. I never walked alone with You. Slowly, You revealed Your Will to me, and now I feel your presence in the depths of my heart. I thank you for the beauty of the call to mission life.
My plans were not Your Plans! - Could this be my journey?
In my childhood years, I met the Divine World missionaries, and I thought "I want to be like them." But the timing was wrong. The negative response of my parents made me think of my journey. As any young man, I started dreaming about my future: I sought everything to be happy. But for You, my Lord, happiness is to give it all up, even giving oneself.
Everything for You! - A meeting that changes your Life
For this reason, Lord, you helped me meet the Xaverian Missionaries: their life example, their mission gift, and the spirit of their Founder, St. Guido Maria Conforti, have pressed me to give all my life to You for the proclamation of the Gospel to those who still do not know it. My mother’s words backed up You call: "If God calls you this way, son, respond fully and without regrets: be happy, my son!"
O Lord, you do not ask me something, you ask everything! - I'm yours forever!
Here I am, Lord, I come to do your will! With the perpetual vows I said my "YES" to You, o Lord, and I am Yours forever! You do not ask me something, you ask everything of me, all of me. I'm not starting a journey to bring something, but Someone; and this Someone is You.
And if the Lord would ask you to give it all?
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