Who Am I?

By -

 

 


I find myself waiting on God--alot.

I wait for him to show me the direction in which he wants me to go.  

I wait on him for a clear sign.

If you find yourself in a holding pattern, I would suggest you make the most of it.  Perhaps God is pruning your patience.  Maybe he is trying to get you to listen more closely.  Maybe he is trying to tell you that you are right where you need to be.

Reading the tea leaves can be hard, but rather than trying to read them, it is more helpful to listen.  That can be the most important activity you need to be doing sometimes.

If God wants us to move, he will let us know.  More often than not, we get in too much of a hurry, looking for the next thing, or what's around the corner.

I had a Religious Ed. Director make an observation about me that I have found useful over the years.  We were doing a program that I thought needed to be changed.  She said, "Janet, every time we offer this, it is to new people.  I think you get bored and that's why you want to change it.  It's still good."

I heard an interview the other day that had the same sort of clarifying, self-awareness for me.  The guest said he likes to create and build things, and then move on.

I could see myself in that.  I think most people who have multiple ideas floating around, who like to create new things, understand that.  I always say that it can be hard to choose between all of the good things God gives us.

Am I a writer?  A podcaster? A teacher? Employee? Leader? Retiree? Disciple?

The list is endless, especially when you factor in questions related to family, personal talents and volunteerism.

Make your list and then see how things unfold.  God doesn't give gifts just to leave us guessing.  Whatever you are struggling with today, be at peace where you are and let God lead the way.

I hope you are having a blessed Lent.

Janet Cassidy 
janetcassidy.com
Follow my Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/
Check out my YouTube Channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SAINT ELIZABETH, MOTHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST- Feast: November 5

By -
Image
Elizabeth appears in the Gospel of Luke, where she is described as “righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly,”.  I imagine that she was warm, loving and obviously a safe harbour for young Mary, who was not married when she conceived.  When Mary came to visit her, Elizabeth was pregnant with St. John the Baptist and in her sixth month: “Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And how have I deserved that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, the moment that the sound of thy greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leapt for joy. And blessed is she who has believed, because the things promised her by the Lord shall be accomplished.” 
Read more

The Memorare

By Helen Gonsalves -
Image
This popular prayer, a favorite of many Catholics, dates back to the 15th century and takes its name from the first Latin word of the prayer, "memorare," which means "remember." The Memorare is of unknown authorship, although it has been attributed to St. Augustine (354-430), St. John Chrysostom (c. 347-407) and, with more reason, to St. Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090-1153). St. Bernard's sermons on Mary were famous, and it was his Cistercian monks in the monastery of Citeaux in the 12th century who popularized the name "Our Lady" for Mary. The Memorare has also been attributed to the French cleric Claude Bernard (1588-1641), known as the "poor priest" of Paris, whose homilies contain passages that echo its words. No matter who wrote this prayer, it was Father Bernard who did much to popularize it, teaching it in hospitals and prisons, where Mary's intercession was effective in working miracles of grace. The first manuscript of the Mem...
Read more

'Greater Love: Richie Fernando SJ', a joy-filled Filipino missionary

By -
Image
 I haven't been able to post for more than a week as I was giving an eight-day directed retreat to eight sisters of the Missionaries of Charity near Manila. While I had some access to the internet it was rather slow. I had intended to make a post here on the murder of Fr Fausto Tentorio PIME , a 59-year-old Italian priest, in the Diocese of Kidapawan, Mindanao, on Monday 17 October. I will save that post for a later date. As I was looking for a video about Father Fausto I came across one about Brother Richard Michael 'Richie' Fernando SJ, a Filipino Jesuit scholastic who died while trying to prevent a troubled and disabled young man in Cambodia from throwing a grenade. That was in 1996 - on 17 October. Father Fausto gave his life exactly 15 years later. I remember the mixture of sorrow and pride I felt when I read of the death of Brother Richie, pride as a missionary in the Philippines that a young Filipino seminarian had given his life so spontaneously in order to sav...
Read more