At the Feet of Jesus: Light, Comfort, and Strength
- Beata
- Nov 27, 2025
- 6 min read
Updated: Nov 28, 2025
A Place of Rest, Not Performance
When the autumn gloom comes, and the sun appears only on a few days, even the birdsong seems distant. I turn to the other side, snug under the duvet, and don’t even hear if the village dogs bark. The day itself feels too heavy to carry. Yet eventually, one must leave the warmth of bed!
Feeling the weight of the thick clouds pressing down, I drag myself up—yes, there are days when getting out of bed is a struggle, and I forget to greet Abba as I look out the window: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!”
Instead, I often pray: “Lord, Father, Abba, bless this day with even a tiny ray of sunshine.” And you know, sometimes, when I remember it, I smile in response, because for a brief moment, the sun broke through with a wide smile. And that single ray is enough to change my mood for the rest of the day!
These cloudy days, like suffering, carry hidden blessings. I’m not as tempted to rush, to run errands, clean, or work in the garden that is now closed for winter. I can quietly pick up a book and hide in an armchair to read. Just a few days ago, on such a dark day, I heard a gentle invitation: “Come to Me.” And do you know which book I reached for? Exactly! Today, I’ll share with you a passage from #224.
Saint Faustina writes in her Diary, 224, about wanting to spend every free moment before the Blessed Sacrament:
"At the feet of Jesus, I will seek light, comfort, and strength. I will continually show God my gratitude for the great mercy He has shown me..."
She wrote this in 1933. Less than 100 years ago, yet such a transformation in everything! I asked myself, how do I spend my free moments? And you? Where do I seek light, comfort, and strength?
Faustina reminds me of Marta's sister, Mary, who sat at Jesus’ feet (Luke 10:39), choosing presence over productivity, surrender over striving, with full trust, of course.
Light in the Presence of Christ
When the house was filled with light—(I recently moved to the countryside, a village much smaller than Głogowiec, and from one window I can see an old wooden house. No one lives there, it just stands.
The street has no lamps except one at the end. Houses are surrounded by forest. Days are short, much shorter than in Ontario, and the sun, when it shines, stays lower and shorter in the sky. Did Faustina’s family home have electricity? The convent probably did.
What would I have done in that situation—transported back in time? I don’t know! I don’t know how I would have managed without books, the internet, and electricity! ) -
I realized how little I thank God for these “ordinary, everyday” conveniences. Aren’t the material things we take for granted also a form of mercy? They exist to make life easier, lighter, to give us more time for Him.
Do I use this time to seek light, comfort, and strength at the feet of Jesus?
Do I pause often enough to ask anyone—especially God—for help, understanding of myself, and what is happening within and around me?
How often, though, I hear complaints against God in seasons of uncertainty: Where are You, Lord? Why did this happen?
The answer is not far—it is within us. It is in the light that gently fills the soul when we sit at the feet of Jesus.
Psalm 119:105 says:
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."
In His presence, even if the path ahead remains unclear, our next step is illuminated by His Word. This is not the blinding glare of explanation—it is the gentle glow of trust. God trusts us to fulfill our earthly callings and waits. He waits to be invited into our weakness, so we are not alone in it, so we do not put on the mask of self-sufficiency. He says to Faustina in #50:
"Distrust in souls rends My innermost being..."
Jesus, I want to trust You as Faustina did. Teach me this trust. You taught her through obedience. So often, You and Your Mother remind us of love and God’s Will, which is, after all, obedience! It is the most important task of every human being.
Faustina teaches us that God’s presence, light, and grace are not distant or reserved only for exceptional moments, feast days, or special places. We can experience them in everyday life, in simple, ordinary actions and prayers. We don’t have to climb spiritual heights to feel God’s closeness—true presence and trust are enough.
Hildegard of Bingen described the light of Christ as “living light” that enlivens the soul:
"I saw a blazing light, incomprehensible, full of life. That light lit my soul with understanding."
For her, Christ’s light was not just guidance—it was communion, the fusion of divine vision and inner healing.
And here is the miracle: when we sit in His presence, we don’t just see more clearly—we become clearer. The clutter of fear and striving begins to fall away. The mind softens. The heart steadies. The soul remembers to whom it belongs.
Sitting at the feet of Jesus is stepping into His light—not to be put on display (although He healed in front of crowds to reveal the Father’s Glory), but to be embraced by His mercy.
Comfort in Silence and Stillness
This quiet in the mind and “unproductivity,” the seeming “wasting of time,” is immersion in
“the burning flames of mercy that Jesus wants to pour out on all human souls” (#50).
In moments of silent prayer, as Saint Faustina knelt before Him, she experienced what Scripture promises in 2 Corinthians 1:3–4:
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."
Like Mary resting at His feet, we are welcomed without questions. No proving—just coming.
Strength Through Surrender
True strength is not always action. Sometimes it is staying in place, holding His gaze, and letting Him carry us when we cannot move.
"Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength" (Isaiah 40:31).
Saint Faustina shows that spiritual strength is not the absence of weakness, but the courage to kneel when we want to run.
Perhaps today Jesus invites us - not to do more, but to be more fully in His light. To lay down burdens, questions, noise - and rest where clarity is not demanded, but gifted.
Why?
Because Saint Faustina chose Jesus as her Master, her greatest Teacher, time and time again. In 1917 she entered primary school at the age of 12, and by 1921 she was already working in Aleksandrów Łódzki. In 1933 she declared - Diary #228:
“I will come every day to Your feet for lectures. I will not do even the smallest thing on my own, without first consulting You, my Master.”
At the feet of Jesus there is no productivity. There is only presence. There is childlike trust, the kind so essential for a relationship with Abba — and so often pushed aside by the self-sufficiency of modern life.
Light in the presence of Christ does not always change our circumstances, but it always changes us - our perspective, emotions, and hearts. It reveals His love for us. Do you believe Him? He is within us. Always, in the soul that is in sanctifying grace.
Let us come like Mary of Bethany, who
"sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what He said" (Luke 10:39).
Let us be lit from within - not by our efforts, but by His gaze. Where Christ is, there is always light. And in His presence, we are already home.
Reflection for the Soul
❤️What does it mean for you to sit at the feet of Jesus today?
❤️In what area of your life are you seeking His light, comfort, or strength?
❤️Can you let go of needing to “do” and simply be held?
Come and Rest at the Feet of Jesus🌿
You are not alone in your seeking. Share your reflection or prayer in the comments, and let’s grow together in the stillness of Christ’s presence.
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