25/08/2026
DIARY 464: During a meditation on humility, an old doubt returned: that a soul as miserable as mine could not carry out the task which the Lord was
demanding [of me]. Just as I was analyzing this doubt, the priest who was
conducting the retreat interrupted his train of thought and spoke about the very thing I was having doubts about; namely, that 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨; that we can see that this is an undeniable truth when we look at the men He chose to be His apostles; or again, when we look at the history of the Church and see what great works were done by souls that were the least capable of accomplishing them; for it is just in this way that God’s works are revealed for what they are, the works of God. When my doubt had completely disappeared, the priest resumed his conference on humility.
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁: 👀🌟
𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨.. (𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟒𝟔𝟒)
𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
There is a quiet logic in how God chooses to work. He does not reach first for the talented, the powerful, or the self-sufficient — He reaches for the weak, the simple, the humble and meek, the ones who could never claim the credit for what follows. The apostles were fishermen, tax collectors, ordinary men with no standing to change the world — and yet they did, because it was never their strength doing the work.
This is not God settling for less. The weakness of the instrument becomes the proof that the hand at work is God's own.
Faustina understood this in her own life — an unschooled young nun with no influence, chosen to carry a message to the whole world. If she had been brilliant or powerful, the mission might have looked like her own doing. Instead, her smallness became the very evidence that it was all grace.
This entry is an invitation to stop measuring ourselves by capability, and to offer God our weakness and misery instead — because it may be exactly what He is looking for.
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿:
Lord,
Thank You for the gifts that's freely given
You do not need my strength — only my surrender.
It's never been about deserving or earning.
It's never been about performance,
Perfection or striving for acceptance.
Your grace is more than enough.
Take what is weak and small in me,
and let it become the space
where Your power is revealed.
Use me, not because I am capable,
but because You are.
Amen.
