Go...Go...Go....Be Still!

My day:

• Speeding (slightly) to school so that I could get chemistry help


• Power-walking to my car after school to get to my chiropractic appointment


• Flying through a rosary on my way to Winfield for adoration


• Speeding home from Winfield ( I promise I don't speed that often!) to avoid questions about where I've been


• Sitting here trying to rush through homework before 4-H, hearing one sister yell "Mom!" all over the house, and the other one hitting the computer because it's not fast enough to suit her needs


• Speed-typing this blog post before my brain explodes!

Hmm.....I may be over-exaggerating a tad, but I'm not being that dramatic. For crying out loud, be productive when you need to be and BE STILL when you don't! Stop letting your brain (or your bodies too, if you're like me) go, go, go, and go some more. Sit. Breathe. Thank God for His work in your life. Even if that only takes you two seconds. I deem that two seconds well spent.

"Be still, and know that I am God!..." ~Psalm 46:11

Spend a useful two seconds every once in a while, and find joy in His Love. Peace!

Endless Hope

You know those days where you feel like God's giving you a gigantic bear-hug? Today has definitely been one of those days! Spiritual victory, no matter the size, feels wonderful.

Throughout the day there has been one phrase that I just can't seem to get out of my head:

Endless Hope.

God has an endless capacity of hope for us. Endless....as in never ending. Ever. Ever. Ever. It feels good to think about, huh?

It's so easy for us to lose faith in ourselves and others. One bad day, and we feel like our world is ending. One hurtful secret that slipped out of a friend's mouth, and we no longer trust them. It's hard to have hope in those peers who seem to see the negative side of every situation, and it's hard to make ourselves see the positive side. But there always is; with a God who willingly sacrificed himself for us, how can there not be? Christ wasn't sent to die on a cross so that the world could remain dark. He came to bring light :)

Regardless of what we have done, are doing, and most likely will do in the future, God hopes. In fact, he has an endless capacity of it just for you. When you can't seem to resist the temptation dragging you down, God forgives. When you are running on empty, God provides. When you are singing joyfully, God listens in wonder. In all situations, God hopes.

And with that, I leave you with a verse very dear to my heart:

"Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us." ~Romans 5:3-5

May you find comfort in God's endless hope, today and always. Peace!

Plainly and Simply

So I've been reading quite a bit about the apparitions of Mary lately, and I absolutely love Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Ah....beauty :) I just found this beautiful reflection, and thought I'd share. Enjoy!

"Whenever I go to the chapel, I put myself in the presence of our good Lord, and I say to him, 'Lord I am here. Tell me what you would have me do.' If he gives me some task, I am content and I thank him. If he gives me nothing, I still thank him since I do not deserve to receive anything more than that. And then, I tell God everything that is in my heart. I tell him about my pains and my joys, and then I listen. If you listen, God will also speak to you, for with the good Lord, you have to both speak and listen. God always speaks to you when you approach him plainly and simply." ~St. Catherine Laboure

May we strive to approach Love with everything that we are...plainly and simply.