Throwing It All Out There

[MarysLittleFlower]

I completely agree with you! I've made this mistake and focused so much on discerning that I 'forgot' to try and live fully for God now and do my current duties for Him. Good thread!

[i<3franciscans]

I know where you are coming from. Last year all I could do was look ahead. This summer a lot changed and I realized how much I must have missed out on living in the present moment. I have come to realized how true the statement, "Everyday is a gift really is." I missed so many of them. Now I am so happy to live in the present moment, love [i]every[/i] moment, and patiently await the moment when I finally enter religious life.

[i<3LSOP]

[quote name='faithcecelia' timestamp='1321308935' post='2336298']


Yes I agree with most of this. In my case I was a convert dating a converting and I wanted nothing more than to marry him and raise a family of good Catholic children. God had other plans which, with His perfect timing, He revealed to me just as was about to get engaged. I was absolutely, 100% sure that marriage and children were my vocation. I was wrong but I think it was [i]because[/i] I has seriously discerned both single life and lay consecrated life that I was able to be completely sure I was called to religious life. You cannot know what you are giving up until you have experienced it. This is why I worry when I heat 12yr olds claiming to be sure of their vocation - I would hate to see them turn away the man who could make them happy just because they are dead set on religious life.
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I'm 12 y.o. and have a feeling God wants me to be a Sister, but I am always open. I have a few guy friends, and when I'm older there is no way that because I think God's will for me is to be a Sister that I'm not going out on a date. No way. Honestly, I want to have a good husband and a lot of children, but if God doesn't want that, then I won't do it. I want to be as much in union with our Lord on earth as I can, and if that is how, then I will happily do it. Also, I'm not dead positive that that is God's will for my life, so I pray every day for a while and I listen to hear what God want's me to do. I think and pray about it, but I feel it is unhealthy and I'm a little to busy to spend all of my time and miss happy years of my life sitting there just thinking about it.

Edited November 17, 2011 by i<3LSOP

[marigold]

[quote name='i<3LSOP' timestamp='1321547187' post='2337440']


I'm 12 y.o. and have a feeling God wants me to be a Sister, but I am always open. I have a few guy friends, and when I'm older there is no way that because I think God's will for me is to be a Sister that I'm not going out on a date. No way. Honestly, I want to have a good husband and a lot of children, but if God doesn't want that, then I won't do it. I want to be as much in union with our Lord on earth as I can, and if that is how, then I will happily do it. Also, I'm not dead positive that that is God's will for my life, so I pray every day for a while and I listen to hear what God want's me to do. I think and pray about it, but I feel it is unhealthy and I'm a little to busy to spend all of my time and miss happy years of my life sitting there just thinking about it.
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Sounds like you've got it sorted, i<3. Wish I had some of your balance

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

[quote name='i<3LSOP' timestamp='1321547187' post='2337440']


I'm 12 y.o. and have a feeling God wants me to be a Sister, but I am always open. I have a few guy friends, and when I'm older there is no way that because I think God's will for me is to be a Sister that I'm not going out on a date. No way. Honestly, I want to have a good husband and a lot of children, but if God doesn't want that, then I won't do it. I want to be as much in union with our Lord on earth as I can, and if that is how, then I will happily do it. Also, I'm not dead positive that that is God's will for my life, so I pray every day for a while and I listen to hear what God want's me to do. I think and pray about it, but I feel it is unhealthy and I'm a little to busy to spend all of my time and miss happy years of my life sitting there just thinking about it.
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I agree so much with this.