So challenging not to judge others isn’t it?

headlights in our rearview mirror
We were both parked for 15 minutes waiting for our children to finish Youth Ministry (I put the sun shade on the back window)

 

So challenging not to judge others isn’t it? But that’s the goal, to not judge.

Even when it’s difficult, it doesn’t mean we are failing, it means we are trying harder than we ever have. Take solace in that. And keep winning the battle over judging.

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Prayers are most often answered after we think they won’t be

Private school events calendar
Public school, private school, and then there’s parental teaching

 

Prayers are most often answered after we think they won’t be.

But there’s a catch.

We must never stop praying, and trying, and hoping.

Last night this was validated (again).

PS. The long way is always the best short cut.

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PS. Sorry for the parental obscurity, the details are complicated, the emotion nearly overwhelming. And so it goes.

 

Saving other’s lives is a noble ambition and for some a full time occupation

West Orange County Florida fire station
Saving other’s lives is a noble ambition and for some a full time occupation

 

West Orange County Florida fire station
Almost sunrise early October, 2013 near Walt Disney World’s north side

 

A disciple is called to preach the Gospel of the Lord, and if it becomes necessary, to use words.

Our body is a gift from our Heavenly Creator. To treat it with anything less than the deepest gratitude is to not preach the Gospel.

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A metaphor for everything in life we appreciate but hesitate to express

microphone in large auditorium
Feeding a hungry world is Father Ennis’ lifelong calling

 

I’m still a chicken. Yesterday at Mass I thought, this is the day. This is the day as we exit the Church, I’ll see Father Ennis (as Jesus of course) and get down on my knees and kiss his feet.

But it is still too embarrassing to carry out.

All of us, this is a metaphor for everything in life we appreciate but hesitate to express our gratitude. Some day the opportunity may be gone.

Father Ennis has grown and maintained his extraordinary Passion for over 50 years.

Remarkable.

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Life is beautiful and we won’t be shaken from the $5 table

GameStop store map
The closest GameStop didn’t have what we wanted, so plan B became this store

 

Walking out of GameStop after the teen’s purchase, noticed a Family Christian Store through the trees across the parking lot (rarely shop, and had never seen this area near the Mall).

Had been wanting to get Mandisa’s new CD, Overcomer. Also got Steven Curtis Chapman’s latest and these from the $5 table:

The Afters: Life Is Beautiful, Building 429: We Won’t Be Shaken.

What’s the point of this post? Even the smallest, uneventful of adventures can yield unexpected joy.

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