I’m awake today. 🙂 It might be possible that God was ‘knocking me down’ to rest in order to GET UP not just SHOW UP and BE INVOLVED. If you’ve been following this blog for the past 334 days then you know that at least for the last 150 days I’ve recognized that I’m headed through a new door, a whole new pathway on this faith journey and it hasn’t been easy to recognize where I fit. That sounds crazy because it is my path and no one else can possibly join me on this particular pathway besides Christ so why wouldn’t I recognize it?
At this point I can’t see ahead except for the very next step and when you don’t find surroundings that are familiar, let alone see more than one step ahead it can be very intimidating. I’d like to say there is no fear but I’d be lying. 😉 It is a healthy fear. Fear of the Lord, if you will. I’m going forward because I trust in God’s plan and yet I’m afraid to turn back around because I know that running back to what is comfortable is no longer His plan and the consequences would only be hurtful and a waste of time.
This morning I began my daily prayer and put a heartfelt request to God for encouragement that I am heading forward and not falling back or standing still. When I checked my email this morning the first email I read was a message from a young cousin of mine that I do not see very often. He said he had felt ‘encouraged’ to read my blog ‘out of nowhere’ while he was working on homework. He said, “it was the holy spirit I guess.” He then went on to say some very thoughtful and encouraging remarks about my blog and how it helped him. I really needed to hear that this morning. 🙂
Better yet, I was recently informed by my good friend, Candice, (I also call her my ‘agent’ because she has put so much time and effort into promoting EXPOSED for me!) that I will be featured on a local morning show that broadcasts to the Mississippi Delta when I go there in January! When she told me she was so excited and I think I was stunned. TV? Wow. First of all, how did she do that? 😉 Second, TV? What if I bomb it? 🙂
Here I go, taking another step…trusting…getting up and getting involved. I set out to try and make a difference and I firmly believe in getting the word out there about the Maria Goretti Network and offering hope and healing for abuse survivors. I am involved…God knows this so why woudn’t He make things happen?
🙂
December 1, 2010
Wednesday of the First Week of Advent
Readings: Is 25:6-10a; Mt 15:29-37
On that day it will be said:
“Behold our God, to whom we looked to save us!
This is the LORD for whom we looked;
let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”
Is 25:9
We should ask ourselves what does “coming of the Lord”
mean? In Greek it is “parousia,” in Latin “adventus,”
“advent,” “coming.” What is this “coming”? Does it involve
us or not?
Homily in Celebration of the First Vespers of the
First Sunday of Advent
November 26, 2005
Blessings
Shannon