Suffering With Joy

Sabbath Moments

October 29, 2011

Awareness of God

Welcome to our Saturday meme hosted by Colleen at Thoughts on Grace. Visit her to read other Catholic blogger’s moments of resting in the Lord or finding Him in the ordinary.

This week was busy.  Due to problems with a neighbor, we had to get a privacy fence installed along one side of our property.  Fortunately, it only took 3 days.  One to set the posts, one to let the concrete harden, and one to nail the boards. It looks lovely.  Between now and next spring I’ll have time to consider what to plant near it.  For sure it looks like this will be a great opportunity to start kiwi vines in a sunny section.  No problem presents itself without a corresponding opportunity. Meanwhile, I am praying for the neighbor when I otherwise wouldn’t have.  Sometimes God sticks stuff  right under our noses so we can’t miss those He wants us to pray for.

Sunlight through the red, orange, and yellow leaves casts a warm glow over morning and evening.  Just looking out the window at this intangible beauty is calming and peaceful.  Physical light is important and healthy for the body as the light of Christ is important and healthy for the soul. I’ve found that part of my wellness program is getting enough sunlight. On sunny days fibromyalgia pain is much lower than on overcast and rainy days.  Meditation and prayer brings the light of Christ into my soul which starts to wither away without it.  It’s like what Colleen wrote about last week: put God first.  I’ll add, or you’ll get lost in the dark and be in a world of hurt.

We are getting a kick out of the neighbor boy who is around 9-10 years old.  He is an outgoing, enterprising young man.  When we cleared the honeysuckle from the back fence, it exposed a lot of rocks – the Ozarks gifts of the ground.  He asked if he could have some and we said yes.  The next day he was knocking on our front door offering to sell us some beautiful rocks – the ones we gave him permission to take!  I thought it was hilarious.  He is a polite boy and very intelligent with an outgoing nature.  It’s always a Sabbath moment to see today’s children growing into decent people – a good antidote to the selfish and self-centered youth that dominate the news.  The Lord is raising wheat among the weeds.  We must all pray for the wheat to stay strong and not be choked out by the weeds.

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V. Praised be Jesus Christ!

R. Now and forever. Amen.

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Tags: fibromyalgia, health, wellness

4 Comments to Sabbath Moments

1. 

   I love your list! That little boy is quite enterprising isnt he?
   I love what you wrote about light. The physical and the Christ light. Awesome.
   Also, the opportunity you took to pray for your neighbor. I had a similar opportunity this week. What I love is that the Holy Spirit makes us aware of this need to pray for a person when otherwise we might just get grumpy about the situation!
   Thanks Barb!
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Colleen on October 29th, 2011
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   He was selling rocks?! Your own rocks to boot?! Oh that’s funny!! Leave it to a child to think of such a thing! Sooooo, did you buy any? Lol!

   I liked your thoughts on the sun and the Son, Barb
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Mary on October 29th, 2011
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   No, Mary. We politely declined. This afternoon we had a chance to tell his grandparents what a fine boy we thought he was and how he gave us such a chuckle. Turns out the boy and his friends wanted to start a rock selling business out of grandpa’s garage, but grandpa said no.
barb on October 29th, 2011
4. 

   That boy is too much! LOL!

   I will pray for your neighbor, too, Barb. Good for you for using that problem into a praying opportunity!
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Carol@simple_catholic on October 30th, 2011