It Makes You Wonder...

Hello friends,
Thank you Heavenly Father for blessing me to work with such a great team at school! Thank you for bringing OA, RJ, PM, BC, NM, and PE into my life! Thank you for helping me with my fifth graders - if it weren't for Your strength - I know I would have gone crazy already. (more than I am, lol) A special prayer for everyone who has asked me to pray for them. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Lately, it's seems I'm around men who are thirty, or younger, and, who are, coincidentally, also attracted to me. Being a woman older than thirty (clears throat), I'm flattered, of course, but not very enthusiastic about this particular, er, 'predicament.' I am pondering dating some of these men - ugh, here come the 'cougar' comments - but I'm hesitant. For many reasons, but to name a few: do they have 'mom issues' they're working on? (more than likely) what's really in it for them, or me? How mature will they be as 'long term' suitors? Are they intelligent, or just amusing? You know, the usual 'relationship' questions one asks. (BTW, I don't have an answer for any of these questions...at the moment (wink).) And, as with most things in my life now, I am taking my time.
These questions remind me of a couple who go to my church and have recently become engaged; I think she is older than him.
Now, I don't know the woman very well, but there was a very short period of time where I had a crush on the guy. When I saw him in mass, during the week no less, just like me, I thought, "That is the kind of man I'd like to meet..." Nothing ever transpired between this young guy and me - though I knew he noticed me - if only bc I was one of the 'younger' people attending daily mass, not that my ego didn't want to imagine him noticing me - but I was only given a 'cursory' nod of recognition from him. Please note: since he and I were feasibly on the same page spiritually, this would have trumped any age issue between us.
As for the woman he's engaged to...I was perplexed by what I'll call her 'spiritually lacking nature.' I'd seen her a couple times in mass, with him, indubitably, but only on the weekends, not during the week, which made me wonder if she had the same 'imateriality,' that he and I possess - ostensibly assuming that one can 'sense' a devotion to God - and,- that I possess the capacity to judge such faculties. Not.
Whenever something bothers me emotionally, I'm cognizant God is giving me a lesson.
I prayed, "Show me what I'm supposed to learn, Lord."
The Holy Spirit gave me this insight: despite age and any other 'dissimilarity' I think this couple has, what is important is their developing bond, together, to Jesus. And so it is for me, My connection to God will lead me to the person I'm supposed to be with, if I'm supposed to be with anyone, but what is most important, is my link to Christ.
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa

Thankful

Hello friends,
Heavenly Father, thank you for everything in our lives, most especially the difficult moments, where we have much to learn. Special intentions for: MN, KG, and my good friend 'N' and her family. May peace, love and harmony reign. In Jeus' Name. Amen.
Just a quick class update:
My panda bear, Scorpian, has progressed nicely. He has fallen asleep in my class, but way less than in previous years, AND he is working for me. PTL! Miracles happen everyday, believe it!
I could vent about some 'friendship issues' I'm having, but I figure there's enough negativity in the world without me adding to it! :P
I came across this meditation in my "Give us this Day," from a daily prayer for today's Catholic mag, and I think it fits my sentiments perfectly about the above 'friendship issues.' See if you agree...
The Kingdom of God is at Hand for you
We need Christians who will live their faith and be witnesses in truth. Our mission is to make holy our everyday actions, whether at home, or at work. This is not often really appreciated. We forget too easily that genuine holiness lies in carrying out God's will wherever we are, whatever we do, at home or at work. That is how we give witness to Gospel values - by the manner of our living and working.
      We are called to build the kingdom of God within the kingdom of man. This causes us to wrestle with some of most intractable problems and menacing dangers of our time. The struggle for the kingdom is not an abstract conflict. It has to be fought here and now, in conditions dictated by history and contemporary needs. And so we have to contend with the problems of our age, while we try, as best we can, to empty ourselves of the will to dominate, and rely instead on the invincible power of divine love. We must be ready to dialogue and be flexible. We must never lose patience or hope. We must be ready to initiate and be positive, not simply to react defensively and belatedly.
Cardinal Basil Hume, A Turning to God
Cardinal George Basil Hume (1923-1999), Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey in Great Britain from 1963 until his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster in 1976 was one of the best-known and beloved relgious figures in the United Kingdom.
God bless you friends! Today, always, and forever may you feel God's presence near you.
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa

Holy Water

Hello friends,
     Thank you Heavenly Father for the lovely, abundant rain that is falling in Texas at this very moment. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa