Monday, May 5, 2014

My Thoughts on My Birthday


Mostly gratitude actually, my thoughts are mostly thankful, but once in awhile I see something I want and something inside me says, “that should be me” or “that should be mine” or “why can’t I.” 

Yet when ever these thoughts come I have found I have the strength to speak back, “That could be me, but why does it matter? I am content with what I have.” I have been given the grace to discern what truly matters, possess what is truly lasting, and to live in unity with my beloved family, and brother and sisters in Christ. 

My prayer for the coming year is that I will be able to serve others with greater unselfishness. That my capacity to give and receive love will grow. And that God will both help me see the meaning and purpose in what I do every day; as well expand my opportunities to experience his purpose by doing his will in big or small ways. 

In the end what you do is not as important and the sprit in which it was done. At the same time I know in the coming year there has been planned in advance good works to be done, times at which I feel truly at one with my God, feel completely in love, experience loss (with its corresponding amount of grace), and a least a few moments of laughter to make sure I don’t take myself to seriously.

And I am looking forward to living it with all of you…

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