Ahh, peace and quiet

Finally! A chance to relax in peace and quiet, you've drawn yourself a hot bubble bath and are soaking into with your hot cup of tea to relax in peace and quiet after a long day.

Then, suddenly, you remember - I have a final on Wednesday, O I need to study for this quiz, shoot I need to take the dog out, man I have dishes duty tonight, gosh! I have so much to do and never enough time to do it...and when am I ever going to squeeze in time for prayer!? I suppose right before bed will work, hopefully I don't fall asleep.

Rest in our lives is very important, and by rest, I don't mean sleep, I mean resting in the goodness of God. I have learned recently, when we do not rest everything goes off balance and gets messed up. We begin to feel overwhelmed, stressed out, and my favorite - like we barely have time to breathe. Often times, we let our busy lives of  this world consume everything, sometimes we put too much on our plate and can't get all done and repeatedly become overwhelmed and feel like this life is too hard to handle! At least, this is true for me.

However, I have discovered that when we make time for silence in our lives, it's so much better. When we make a point to sit down each day in complete silence and rest with the Lord, He is able to sustain us! He is able to give us the strength we need to press on in this life. The Lord needs to be our source of strength. To him, is the one place we need to run each day.  I want to encourage you, I want to challenge you today and everyday from now on to make time for silence in your day. Be it in the car, in your room, in a chapel - find silence somewhere!

I want to challenge you to go to adoration! Find a church, talk to your priest - see when there will be an opportunity for adoration, and if there is not one, see if you can start one! I have experienced the beauty of adoration, I have been so filled with joy I have wanted to cry tears of joy, and so I encourage you today to make time for silence in your life and rest in the goodness of God!

You are a daughter (or son) of God. You are sacred. Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.

If you are looking for something to pray with, to meditate over, try these words above - they are powerful, if you let them change you!

God bless!
Keep praying!

In Jesus&Mary,
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