Glory to Glory Retreat
I received my Valentines a week in
advanced… After thinking that I would be
too tired to serve at the Confirmation retreat this past weekend and spending
all last week stressing about finding the energy to lead a small group of girls
for three days - God just spilled His energy in me! Also the worry that I would have to leave my
dog for a few more days (so recent after my vacation) created a deep guilty conscience,
but he survived… Then on Friday after a
long day of work and sometime getting lost on my way to the retreat location I
continued to worry about how I would manage to wake up for work on Monday after
so little sleep in the coming days…
My Valentines...
My Girls!
The Bible makes multiple
references to “do not worry” probably because we need to be reminded time and
time again to trust in the Lord... The
death of a dream or the beginning of one usually leads me in journeys where I
lose my peace and begin to dump my hope thinking I know best. And of course the recent shattered fantasy
that I created about a romance that never came to pass challenged my peace. While
I attempted to remain firm in my faith- I had a childish moment of “why me?” Thus, the retreat being the weekend following
my vacation was so perfectly timed- God truly is omniscient because during a
weekend of serving others I regained my trust in Him and now I know more than
ever that there’s no one I would rather follow and though at times I will fall
in my distrust or in my hubris, God is it for me! I love Him SO much, I love His philosophy, His
way, His truth… and to be able to share my most valuable possession with the
youth has been such a gift.
Morning Leader Meeting
One of the great things about
being single is that I have a lot of time to focus on activities that perhaps
if married and with a family of my own -I wouldn’t have the time for. It’s also a matter of living in the present
and giving my all right now for
God’s use. I love the “Prayer of Saint
Francis,” (Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace…) in which he yearns for God to
use him. My hope is that God will use me
daily to bring His love to others too.
What I wore to Mass this past weekend, my Jesus sweater & jeans.
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