Be Careful What You Pray For....

[LadyOfSorrows]

It's so hard to know what those signs mean!! I would drive myself crazy....once I was giving a talk on my conversion to a bunch of high schoolers that a Dominican Sister of Mary Mother of the Eucharist was teaching. One asked me if I would ever consider religious life. I laughed and said that I'd do whatever God wants me to do but I wasn't too sure of what it was yet... A students raised his hand and called me "Sister" and everyone laughed and someone said, "Well, there's your sign." Funny thing is, I was really happy afterwards....even though I knew it was nothing.

[laetitia crucis]

Since the early years of my religious life discernment, I feel I have perpetually asked God "for a sign", and for "the Grace of Knowing[sup]TM[/sup]". You know, like Mother Teresa that says, "She [i]knows[/i]."

One day in prayer, which (of course) included my daily pleadings for "a sign" AND "the Grace of Knowing[size="2"][size="2"][sup]TM[/sup][/size][/size]" regarding my discernment, I distinctly "heard" God say, "LC, you keep asking me for 'a sign' and 'The Grace of Knowing[sup]TM[/sup]', but the truth is, I just don't work with [i]you [/i]through your feelings. I [i]won't[/i]. You converted to Roman Catholicism through faith and reason -- [b]not [/b]feelings, not 'Knowing'. Trust in your faith and reason -- then you will know My Will."

That was definitely a "Whoa" moment for me.

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However, one of my good friends is constantly asking God for "signs". He seems to work with her that way. I suffered "sign-envy" for many years. Sometimes I still do. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/sweat.gif[/img]

[LadyOfSorrows]

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One day in prayer, which (of course) included my daily pleadings for "a sign" AND "the Grace of Knowing[size="2"][size="2"][sup]TM[/sup][/size][/size]" regarding my discernment, I distinctly "heard" God say, "LC, you keep asking me for 'a sign' and 'The Grace of Knowing[sup]TM[/sup]', but the truth is, I just don't work with [i]you [/i]through your feelings. I [i]won't[/i]. You converted to Roman Catholicism through faith and reason -- [b]not [/b]feelings, not 'Knowing'. Trust in your faith and reason -- then you will know My Will."

That was definitely a "Whoa" moment for me.
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Wow, that's incredible! He knows each of us more intimately than we know ourselves, and know the way to best bring us to holiness. This is so beautiful. Praise be to God!