We all have stuff that we would rather not live through. Puking,pooping kids/dogs, crazy drivers, sick family or friends, death of family or friends, our own ickynotfeely goodness, not nice people in general...the list could continue infinitely.
On several occasions..... I have thought how much more? Not necessarily why me? I do know that I am not THAT special to be spared the crap of life to land on my door step.
But good for you....I know why. I know why we have these moments or eras in life. I love to go to adoration at my church. Adoration is basically is taking time to sit in the presence of God. The peace is amazing. I don't go because I am such perfect example of a Godly person. I go because girlfriend needs to. Anyhoo...your answer, sitting on the edge of your chair...... here it be...
Ponder this..BTW.. I read this....not my own thoughts....
Why did Jesus die so horribly on the cross? Some may say to "repay" God for all of our sins. EH EH wrong. So, hold on to that if there is a " All God" section in Jeopardy. Jesus died his terrible death to show us all how to LIVE. How to LIVE during the crap storms of life. Nothing is perfect in this world. We all have our truly devastating, pull the rug and the hardwood floor from underneath you moments. But, its how we live through those times. We get hurt, we get hurt real bad. How we live is what brings us closer to God. The more crap that happens the closer to God you could become. If you make that a possibility for yourself. I have surrendered to letting God give me peace.
So now, I am off to go get me some.........PEACE that is. Off to adoration.
Try this today.... If you get drive thru food, buy the person's meal behind you. It's likely to be less than $5. A very little gesture but maybe that person needed something that day.
CONFESSION(im Catholic so totally great at confessing)- I did just that at Taco Hell last week. The lady thought I was nuts, it was a big mess because she couldn't get my credit card to work. The dude whose food I was buying, was pissed due to me taking so long. Then I got nervous because I thought he would totally think that I am a displaced fatty van driving mom who needed a fling. So I paid and got the hello out of dodge. I was crazy stressed and was worried that he took down my license plate number on my car. And somehow would track me down and do terrible things to me :)
That is why I am off to adoration. I need heaps of peace. The big G-O to the D sure knows it. Try the drive thru deal. Tell me how it went. Go to Mass. Bless you ;)
