any encouragement or prayers

[marigold]

Thank you everyone! I have good news to share... God is so good! :D

I was really upset over potentially not making it to Confession tomorrow.. and if I couldn't go tomorrow, then for a certain reason I wouldn't be able to go for two more weeks. I was really upset and then decided today to walk to a parish around here.. they only offer Confession on Saturday but I decided to just go and pray. On the way there, I was thinking how I should really confess and God gave me a stronger intention to go asap. I asked Him that maybe He could send a priest so I'd meet him and ask for Confession. The Mass was already over, they have a 9 AM Mass, and this was around 11:30 - 12. Anyways I walk into the church, and Fr is coming out of the sacristy! Then he came up to me and asked how I'm doing and we chatted for a bit. Then I asked him if he could hear my Confession sometime and he said - what about now? So anyway I went to Confession :D  then after I was praying and God helped me to feel better about the whole thing.. I decided to really try to trust in His goodness more. I'm planning to take some time just thinking of His love and not over analyzing other things. Thanks to everyone to wrote to me I really appreciate it!!

Yay! I love that feeling after confession!

[Feankie]

Something else came to mind after I posted and then didn't sign in for a day or so.

When we think about ourselves, dwell on real or imagined sin, we build ourselves a house and lock ourselves in.  It becomes all about "me".  The door is locked from the inside out.  We lock ourselves into a house whose foundation is built on guilt and/or shame., real or imagined.  We, as flawed humans, have a tendency to inflate them into a sort of King Kong.  Little becomes gigantic in our minds, and no one can convince us otherwise.  

Remember, God said that He is with us until the end of the age and will neither desert or forsake us. Try to not dwell on the sin.  Instead try praising God as that is a concrete demonstration of one's faith.  Faith = praise  just as praise = faith.