Ahuv Sheli

I needed more light before I could understand how God works in my life. I've shared several faith stories in my blog, but 'conversion' is a process I have to undergo each day... every moment of my life... The Road to Freedom I remember talking about my ' soft addictions ...' ~ my little cravings, want of attention...they were minute but noticeable just the same because once they accumulate they become a hunger ~ disordinate and insatiable esurience that corrupted my soul and my being. My confessor counseled that I 'choose' my thoughts... It has to be deliberate and freely made... and I followed this 'difficult' road because my natural tendencies were always in the way.  "I don't have the strength to stay away from you..." -Edward Cullen, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight That was a close excuse from taking control of myself. But that exact same time, the Lord gave me a person I could journey with through

I received waves of gladness from friends who saw me online since last week.  Ben tornata! Icon of Friendship Apart from the endless celebrations we had last March,  my sister's visit... my niece's graduation... convention... The priest tells of the Icon of Friendship ...the most memorable, perhaps was the half day retreat my mom and I had at the  De Meester 's... I haven't prepared myself much during Lent and the few hours I spent listening and reflecting with the priest were all I had left.  Come Good Friday, I slept less and awoke early for self-examination before confession. My confessor spoke the same words that struck me a week before during the retreat... What gets most affected when 'something' occurs? And I spoke spontaneously of ' relationships .' As I told friends earlier, I was not hiding but recreating myself ( Recreating the Soul ). I have lost patients in the ward but never a friend, throu