This is Your Sign

May 11, 2021

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This weekend I was wrestling in prayer. I was asking questions of God, begging Him for peace in a particularly painful struggle. For an hour, I dove into scripture, sat silently in expectation, and pleaded for greater peace and trust. Exhausted and honestly disappointed, I closed my bible and headed out into the day.

But a couple hours later, before mass, our priest said to me (unprompted), “You know, sometimes the answers don’t come in prayer. It could hit you when you walk into Safeway, all of the sudden the answer is revealed. So pray, yes, but stay open because God is answering everywhere and in all ways.”

Oof. Right in the heart.

The peace and the consolation of Jesus meeting us in prayer is sweet and beautiful. But sometimes we have to wait. And we have to stay faithful, showing up to prayer even when it’s hard and we don’t see the fruit.

So if this is you, and you’ve been waiting for a sign that God loves you, knows, chose, hears, and holds you, here it is.

Stay faithful. Stay open. He’ll meet you where you are (even in your inbox).

If you’re looking for a sign that...

God loves you

God chose you

God hears you

God knows you

God holds you

God calls you

God rejoices in you

...here it is.

In Christ,

Jane

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Thunder boomed outside, the dark clouds colliding overhead. Mary smiled and counted to three. As if on cue, she heard small footsteps before she saw Him. Jesus ran from the other room into his mother’s waiting arms, the safety of her embrace overpowering the storm outside. Tucking him in gently against her side, Mary fell into a deep sleep.

The following morning, she woke in a panic. The sun normally roused her, but today’s overcast skies had let her sleep in. Well, the skies and her husband, it seemed. Mary walked into the kitchen, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. To her surprise, a small step stool sat on the kitchen table with a red bow tied around it. Under one of the wobbly, misshapen legs lay a note: “Happy Mother’s Day, Mama! Love, Joseph and Jesus. P.S. We made it together.” She laughed. It just might have been her favorite present ever.

Words of the Week

"Look for Christ, and you will find Him. And with Him, everything else."

// C.S. Lewis

Intentions for This Week

For Erica's birthday! For all of the mothers in our lives, physical and spiritual. For those seeking a deeper sense of peace. For anyone searching for truth.

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