Inspired after I started a note on facebook (which for the sake of constancy I'll repost here!)
So Enjoy my inspiration, and get ready for more to come!
Excerpt from last week:
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Ever had one of those moments where God just beats you over the head with the message he needs you to hear? It becomes so apparent to you that you just want to tell Him : ALRIGHT I GET IT ALREADY!!!
That happened to me today.
Over the past week I've encountered events that have been hard to deal with. School, friends, family, what have you. Don't get me wrong, Nothing's wrong, I'm great and happy as ever. Just tired. And ready for school to be over haha. But that's not the point. The point is over this past week I've undergone a huge growth of faith thanks to these challenges.
How?
TRUST
That's the message that God is sending me like hogwarts sent owls to Harry (Yes I am that much of a nerd)
Trust that these problems will work themselves out. Trust that life will work itself out. Trust that mistakes can be undone. And trust that friends will turn to Him for help as well.
I noticed these things throughout the week, though only vaguely. Friday night I started to realize it even more. Some of you know I went to teen adoration on friday night, and I brought my journal with me. I was confused and wrote and wrote. And then i wrote this "Listen. Be still and listen. God will give you the words to say. Like the Gospel said today: Let not your heart be troubled. He will tell you what to do. Do not fear. Do not worry. He didn't say it'd be easy. He only said it'd be worth it."
So I sat and listened, and came to the conclusion that I needed to trust Him, on a lot of things. So I did.
Saturday came around and the Bible Study I went to had a reading from Exodus 16. It was all about how the Israelites had to trust God to provide for them in the desert. Desert has many connotations. Faith desert is one we hear often. It's when we have struggles in our faith, and it's harder to feel or see God in our lives than normal. But just like the Israelites in the desert, we too have to trust God in our deserts, and He'll pull is through and make us stronger than ever before. I saw my desert, and saw that God was telling me through that reading again that I just have to trust, and get others to trust, and it'll all be fine. So again God told me to trust.
By now I'd started to get the message. I'd been more trusting than ever. I knew and know that God'll take care of me if I just take the time to pay attention to Him. But He wasn't done yet. Nope. The kicker came today at Mass. I was lucky enough to get to go to Mass twice today. The first was for a wonderful mother-son luncheon with my mom this morning. Honestly I nearly fell asleep. Tonight I got to go again. I needed to, for many reasons. The biggest of which I didn't even know. Like I said, the message wasn't fully clear yet.
Tonight at Mass the priest talked about the people he serves. He talked about the poor and how they are always happy. I was kinda just sitting there thinking "This is nice, but I've heard it all before" and I thought i knew exactly what he would say next. In fact, haha, I was mouthing it to myself. Well God has a funny way of proving us wrong. The priest said the reason the poor are so happy all the time is because they TRUST in God to provide for them.
It hit me like a punching bag.
I was all set to stand up and say "OK I GET IT!" but thankfully i didn't.
THe whole Mass i thought was tailor-made for a friend of mine who needed to hear about the hope that God provides us. Then I realized that it was so much more than that. It was really for me. I may have gone to Mass for that reason, but I ended up there because God neeeded to emphasize to me that I trust Him more.
Now why did I tag YOU in this? Why do I share this? Sure it's a nice story, but it's nothing special.
You see there was more to the message. I knew in that moment that I had to share this message of trust. Why? That's for God to say. But I know that YOU, yes YOU there reading this. You may be shaking your head at me, laughing, or just thinking "Greg, you're crazy". I know I am, haha, but that's beside the point. He wanted YOU to know of His great undying love for you, and HE wants YOU (Yes just like those old uncle sam posters) to trust in Him more. Your life will become so much easier because of it, and He has great changes to make in your life if you simply let Him.
Sorry for babbling, and if this doesn't seem to fit you, then maybe I didn't hear it right. Otherwise, Thanks for listening. Not to me. I haven't been saying this. He has. Like I said in my journal
~Listen, be still and listen~
and most importantly
TRUST
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That's all for now, expect more by next weekend, and enjoy!
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