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$\"Gravatar\"$ I know where you are. I have been in a similar place. I thought I knew what God wanted of me and was willing to tell Him. What He granted me was an illness that slowed me down to a crawl and made me dependent, so that I had lots of time and not much to do but contemplate, read and allow myself the time to think that maybe, just maybe I wasn't the one in control.

What a concept, someone else was in control of my life! When I finally realized that I began to get a handle on how I could pray for what I wanted without demanding that God do my will instead of letting God know that I was willing to do His will even if it wasn't what I expected.

One of the benefits of my \"confinement\" was that I actually learned how to loaf a little. Now I can relax some. I have reclaimed Sabbath rest and we do nothing more taxing on Sunday than watch movies or read books. It is so nice.
Maggie | Homepage | 02.23.06 - 8:09 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Found your blog via Julie D. at Happy Catholic.

I've had the same experience you have--I call it \"God's clue-by-four.\" As in, He has to hit me with it before I understand.

I felt that God would call me to do something great. Just recently, I realized He did: He called me to be a wife and a mother. How long did it take me to realize that? Oh, about 26 years... $\"\"$
March Hare | Homepage | 02.24.06 - 3:50 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ I reallllllllllly needed to read this today. I too have been pretty much confined to my home for health reasons since October 18th. It has given me a lot of time for soul searching. Like Maggie who posted above, I have come to realize that God really is in control...and it's not for me to understand the \"why\" of all his decisions. I need only sit back and \"Let God be God\". Easier said than done. But I am a work in progress, as we all are, and He is the artist of our lives, creating what He wants us to be.
Kim (Faustina) | 02.24.06 - 8:06 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ i've been down for the count with the flu for the last three days, which is nothing like early labor pains, my dear, but i can understand how God does what He can to get our attention and if we don't slow down when He tells us, He allows things to happen to us that show us we have no choice but to slow down.

stay off your feet. drink water. read good spiritual stuff. watch good movies. pamper yourself before you have to pamper (no pun intended) a little one...
~m2~ | Homepage | 02.26.06 - 5:26 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Awesome. Well done.
Jennifer | Homepage | 02.28.06 - 10:43 am | #

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