Be Silent

Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you remember Christ crucified and be silent.
~St. John of the Cross
Lately my life has been nuts. I have school, friends, family, graduation, figuring out college, and probably more...all occurring at once. Last night, it all piled up. I was having computer issues, thinking too much about the future, stressing about school, struggling with my emotions & feelings for a guy, and felt completely overwhelmed. I then proceeded to freak out to my friend, who had messaged asking me how I was. Since I went on a retreat in February, my life was great. I'd made decisions to make changes in my life and that's what I was doing. Everything had been going great, then slowly things piled up and I pushed aside my stresses, knowing that Christ would take care of them, but I also started cutting my time with Christ shorter and shorter each day until it dwindled down to just about nothing yesterday. I had been so distracted in my prayer, and trying to rely on my own strength that I broke down. The noise of my life disrupted my peace, and it often disrupts many of our lives.

Noise in our life has the potential to disrupt our peace. When there is too much noise in our life we become stressed, and we eventually have break downs until we hand over our struggles to Christ. Today, I encourage you to make a point to have silence in your life. As we enter lent season this week, make a point to have more silence in your life. Give God time. Allow God to work in your life. Be silent and allow the Lord to speak to you heart. When the Lord is in your heart, the Holy Spirit is guiding you and all things come together in accordance to God's divine plan.

Be silent, dear children, and allow Christ to pursue your heart so that you may receive the peace and joy you deserve; the grace you need to lead a life of faith, where your hope is in Christ, and your love stems from Him.

May God bless you!
Keep praying!

In the love of Jesus & Mary,
Amber