It’s the fourth Sunday of 2022 and I can see the light. It’s dim, but I see it shining. That is better than this time last year, and for that I am grateful. I have gained much more perspective over the last year, and since then, the last month, that I can’t do anything less than praise God. I am a living testimony of His grace and mercy. Mass today was definitely confirmation that I should never be ashamed about my story. Whatever any of us goes through, and LIVES THROUGH, is our testimony of God’s story for our life. We owe it to God to be witnesses of his favor. I boldly walk in my truth, never doubting that He will see me through; encouraging others that God is real, and to walk boldly in their truth.
From children, we are instilled with certain morals and values that form whom we become. We begin to envision how we want our life to be. When things turn out differently than what we expect or what we think we deserve, we see it as unfair. Oftentimes, based upon the thought process of an individual, jealousy may set it. This too, is usually when feelings of failure and the need to compete with others can become a problem. Many people look at material things and money as being blessed. Getting through life’s storms in one piece for me is a blessing.
Not being able to forgive myself for failing my children and not being able to keep my family together was preventing me from letting my faith shine. I was allowing my feelings of failure to outshine my feeling of faith. It wasn’t until a church member said “sometimes God’s plan for our life is not the same as the plan that we have for our life” that I realized maybe this was God’s plan. For this realization I am grateful. I am proud to witness that He has been my comforter and protector through good times and bad. Even through depression and anxiety I seek to proudly witness to others suffering from mental illness, that they too, can speak proudly about their God given story. I encourage all of God’s people… Be proud to be you in 2022!
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
Dying to be Perfect 