Live in the Light

I truly am amazed at all the ways God finds to find me. I was composing a post in my head this morning for a future date when all of a sudden I found myself in the peace and quiet of my house which is usually filled with men. I could have attacked the kitchen…or I could have come up here to my happy place to write to you. Guess what I chose?

So here we are just the two of us. And God makes three. In today’s Loyola Press retreat we are encouraged to not only observe the beauty of God’s nature, but also the beauty in all God’s creatures – most especially the ones that perhaps make us want to pull our hair out on a daily basis! God is in everyone, so we are told. It’s a little hard to believe sometimes. But I do believe it.

The post I was composing was to be called, “Thank God for Women.” I probably have written something similar as I believe in that statement so strongly. Or I could have called it, “Thank God for the Internet.” I know I wrote a post like that over at Mom Writer’s Literary Magazine’s blog in the past year or so.

Well, in the past couple days both posts have collided and made me realize how very grateful I am for my friends across the planet that I may reach by simply typing these little buttons. And those who may reach me.

“How is God’s handiwork revealed to you through people with whom you share your faith?” today’s retreat asks us. To me that is the key – “people with whom you share your faith.” Sometimes I feel as if I am beating my head against the wall trying to break through thick skulls of young men ages 19-24, as well as one equally thick-headed husband.

Maybe my job isn’t to break through. Maybe my job is to break through to you – to women – to moms who are going through what I am going through. Last night if you could only have read the pathetic e-mails I wrote to two friends! I needed a sounding board. They couldn’t do a thing, but listen and offer words of encouragement. The morning brought a new day and two e-mails of “I’m with you, Maureen.”

I think all of us moms fight the same fight every day. And maybe guys fight their same fights every day too. I am a firm believer in a HUGE difference between the two sexes! And I’m not talking physical! Men and women are like night and day at times.

So instead of searching in the dark, I move to the light. I come up to my happy place and write to other moms who understand. I have been communicating via e-mail to one such mom in the past several days. I've never met her. We’ll call her Sally. “How is God’s handiwork revealed to you through people with whom you share your faith?” Sally found goodness in my site and my words and told me so. And that meant the world to me. Sally’s a big reason why I am writing instead of washing dishes right now! Thank you, Sally.

We women have to be there for one another – that’s all there is to it!

~ Maureen :)
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