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God is Good

Once again I am amazed and overwhelmed with all the love and support I received from my parish, Christ The King. The parishioners are so great, I wish I could spend more time with them, even if I could just celebrate mass with them more often. They were very generous with donations but were also very much filled with kind words and good wishes. I am so grateful.

Lately I have been blessed in so many ways, some very unexpected. I got poison ivy sometime last week, and that 180 mile bike ride on wednesday left me tired no, exhausted, itchy and sunburn. This may not sound like a blessing but it is probably the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. I sometimes get discouraged with myself and my ability to do anything. School was really tuff this last semester and I wasn’t running well due to my high stress levels. I tried to keep up with my spiritual life but I wasn’t willing to push through the hard times. During the 180 mile bike ride, I pushed myself in a way I am pretty use too, physically, and it reminded me of a lot of things. I am extremely blessed. God blessed me with legs that can bike 180 miles, great friends and an awesome family. The first 170 miles felt fine but all of a sudden everything ached, my back, butt, feet, quads… even my hands. But hitting that wall was the blessing. I experienced something I never experienced before and that new truth was beautiful and encouraging. In life, we hit walls and its hard to see past it, but every struggle we have is an experience and a chance to find God’s love and mercy within it. We gotta push through the pain and keep moving forward. God will sustain us, His Love is really all we need. It’s funny, physical struggles I can take pretty well and the reason why is because I know it is going to end. I have hope in the end and just stay focused on the goodness while pushing though the pain. I realize that I don’t have that same hope in my spiritual life, I loose faith because I loose sight of the finish line. I forget that baby steps are still steps forward. I forget that we can’t rely on our own strength but the strength of God. I realized that in XC this year. I used each race as a way to pray and meditate and let go of myself and let God run. In short, my experience was pretty amazing.

Anyways, we are biking to help give hope to those who do not see it, hope for women who have been hidden the fact that life is good and sacred and the ability to give life is an amazing gift, despite any difficulties that may come along. We must all Hope in the future or we will only get discouraged when the race of life gets a little challenging. We find that Hope in the Goodness and Love God surrounds all with daily. God is Good. Count your blessings everyday.

Much Love,

Stacy