1. I started joining the other daily mass goers for coffee, tea, and cookies after mass each morning this week. And they make it seem completely acceptable to have cookies for breakfast. Maybe it's only something you can get away with when you're retired?
2. There was only one other girl at Bible study this week so we decided to make cards and paint our nails instead of do a full-on study. But we did talk about our mission experiences so that still counts...right? haha
3. I was cleaning out a box under my bed that contains ever card or letter anyone's ever given to me. I came across the diary I kept very sporadically as a 6th grader. It was hilarious reading some of the stuff I'd written. If you want a good laugh, give it a looksie.
4. I've been reading I Believe in Love the past couple of weeks, and it just keeps getting better. One of the passages that stood out to me last night was about suffering.
"Accept the unexpected crosses—they are the most painful: the sickness which immobilizes you, the feeling of being useless and a burden to others, of knowing that while you are needed you are being prevented from doing what you ought to do; the humiliations, contradictions, slanders, calumnies, ingratitude, bad will, criticism, good intentions misunderstood, and reverses of fortune. Put up with yourself, with your thousand physical, intellectual, and moral miseries. Accept without complaint the anguish willed by God, as did the CurĂ© of Ars. How many sufferings there are throughout our lives!"And then:
"Jesus will never let the Cross crush you; on the contrary, it will lift you up toward Heaven. It is no longer you who will carry it; it is the Cross which will carry you. Jesus took it upon Himself the bitterest Cross, and He will add a balm to it before giving it to you—that is certain."It's so easy for me to forget that God brings good out of suffering, so I need constant reminders like this one.
5. I went and saw Argo Tuesday night. You should see it, too.
6. I've decided that I don't care for daylight savings time, and that's putting it lightly. I walked out of CCD on Wednesday night and decided I wanted to stop and get a McFlurry. It was so dark out after class that I thought to myself "I hope they're still serving ice cream!" It was 6 o'clock... I do not appreciate all the darkness.
7. There's a man on a riding lawn mower who's been riding up and down my street for the past 15 minutes...I haven't seen him actually mowing any grass so I can't figure out what he's doing. How odd.
Happy Friday to all! Head on over to Jen's for even more fun :)
2 comments:
#4...I have that book and have tried to read it many times, but it has not been the right book at the right time. I may have to try again.
I know what you mean. It took me almost 3 months to read all of it because I'd read a little, put it down for weeks, pick it back up, and repeat. I really enjoyed "The Cross" chapter, though.
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