tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post3632438148562730843..comments2023-10-02T06:17:13.341-04:00Comments on Postabortion journey, walk with me...: I'm good! How are you?InfiniteGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-28795388307858419232013-04-16T17:18:20.696-04:002013-04-16T17:18:20.696-04:00Thank you so much for your kind words. Sometimes I...Thank you so much for your kind words. Sometimes I think that had I not gone though all I did - i wouldn't be where I am now at all. I'd probably be superficial at best thinking I didn't need Him in my life at all. InfiniteGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-13673385104163164892013-04-16T17:16:19.167-04:002013-04-16T17:16:19.167-04:00Today I sat at a train crossing and those thoughts...Today I sat at a train crossing and those thoughts pop into my mind - what if... Then the cross arms raise and I drive on. InfiniteGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-52993789684599930892013-04-16T17:14:38.147-04:002013-04-16T17:14:38.147-04:00Thank you. I do have one or two people to talk to ...Thank you. I do have one or two people to talk to - the hardest part is starting the conversation. InfiniteGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-66600513087172332932013-04-16T00:56:19.774-04:002013-04-16T00:56:19.774-04:00When people ask how I'm doing (and I don't...When people ask how I'm doing (and I don't want to lie), I say: "Trying to be good!" Because, isn't that all we can do, really? Keep trying?<br /><br />God bless you. And keep trying!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-35406368336462661892013-04-15T23:13:25.583-04:002013-04-15T23:13:25.583-04:00I went through several years of depression. One s...I went through several years of depression. One small realization and practice that I think helped me develop new habits of thinking was recognizing that not only were the light and happy moments as real as the dark, they were in fact more real, a reflection of what I was made for, and that it was the enemy seeking in with that "why bother?" sentiment to steal it. So whenever even a small sliver of light or joy came my way, I would rebuke that doubt/lie and say, sometimes out loud, but firmly, "No, this does not belong to you. It is for me. This is real. And I am grateful for it." Keep affirming your identity as a child of God whenever these times come. Say it in spite of how you feel. Oh, and listen to Gospel music. I always find that an amazing spiritual weapon.Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803069677860028673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-22326974149325936212013-04-15T12:21:02.031-04:002013-04-15T12:21:02.031-04:00It is Evil one that argues that sin "not so b...It is Evil one that argues that sin "not so bad" before it is committed and then traps you by never lets you forget how bad it really was. He does not want you to FEEL good. Your light is that you KNOW you are forgiven.St Terese, the Little Flower, gave thanks for the realization of her sin so that it reminded her that she is creature not Creator. Defeat the Evil one and delight in the God that is madly in love with you so as to forgive you of anything.In this week when we are reminded of Peter to failed his Lord and yet was greeted with not one word of recrimination but instead with words of love and Peace, shed your feelings of unworthiness and put on your armour.You are loved beyong measure.Be merciful with others beyond measure and be merciful with yourself.May God Bless you! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-19787760070207784542013-04-15T07:10:51.063-04:002013-04-15T07:10:51.063-04:00"You are a daughter of Kings..." Rememb..."You are a daughter of Kings..." Remember it is she who will defeat the Nazgul - she with her woman's pain, her woman's integrity. BECAUSE she is a woman, and no man could defeat him! Don't lose hope - our wounds are the very things that give us our particular mission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-17867141283535048572013-04-14T08:48:09.379-04:002013-04-14T08:48:09.379-04:00Oh how I want to believe that there are "grac...Oh how I want to believe that there are "graces in being here"...The more I think that I am alone ( and unique)in my suffering, the more I hear stories like this one from InfiniteGrace that show that we all are so very much the same...we try. We can't come to understand this all..how can we possibly see into the Mind of God? That is what faith is about isn't it? So we do the next right thing...we don't kill ourselves...we finish the race..we stay faithful. We will understand it all soon enough I suspect. God Bless :)Tracey Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-45348261131049332772013-04-13T08:13:31.968-04:002013-04-13T08:13:31.968-04:00This is my first time reading your blog, dear. I ...This is my first time reading your blog, dear. I know your dark night in many ways (as do many others I suspect). Some days we all just feel like big fakes because our brokenness is almost too much to bear. I have a friend at church who often says to me when we run into each other in the bathroom at weekday Mass, each of us in there with an assortment of our crazy younger children, "It's not about our feelings. I know there are graces in being here." Rest in the graces as best you can. Jesus' arms are around you (and me). We just need to NOT push them away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-19228552375359813852013-04-10T08:21:39.649-04:002013-04-10T08:21:39.649-04:00Utterly overwhelmed by your words and completely u...Utterly overwhelmed by your words and completely unworthy, but thank you. Speechless. InfiniteGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-69357640118085556212013-04-10T08:17:58.232-04:002013-04-10T08:17:58.232-04:00Someone else sent this to me also. Thank you so mu...Someone else sent this to me also. Thank you so much. InfiniteGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-19788697893896801542013-04-08T14:45:25.528-04:002013-04-08T14:45:25.528-04:00Today I declare and announce that a fellow blogger...Today I declare and announce that a fellow blogger shall be known henceforth as the “Beloved Blogger”. After reading her recent painfully honest journal description of her dark night, I had a vision of there being a fourth woman at the cross on Calvary that day. <br /><br />There was Mary, His mother, Mary His aunt, Mary his friend and a beloved blogger. I know that He asked his male friend to care for His mother but in my vision he also ask his mother to embrace the blogger who is also a mother. I read that he told the good thief that he would be with him in paradise but now I hear him saying to the blogger, "your daughter is already with me in paradise.”Deacon Joe Hilberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09341431391476272612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-24159280740306049492013-04-04T19:33:30.312-04:002013-04-04T19:33:30.312-04:00That's not the freedom from sin God wants you ...That's not the freedom from sin God wants you to enjoy - while you constantly beat yourself up about every little thing, you miss out on all the good stuff, which is part of what He wants you to participate in - that's part of the wonder of His forgiveness - that your burdens can be cut away, permanently. <br /><br />The devil and his hoardes (of course) would like to prevent you from enjoying God's gifts to you and keep you focussing on the negatives and it seems they've managed to find a chink in that armour and gotten under your skin. Can I recommend Ephesians 6: 10-14.<br /><br />And remember, your worthiness of God's gifts and goodness (forgiveness included) is not about your abilities, your personal merit or the magnitude of your (or anyone's) sins or good deeds, but about God's character and His utter pleasure in making clear the path for you to come to Him boldly, confidently and joyfully.<br /><br />I pray you begin to see the silver linings. Keep fighting the good fight and God bless you.Lizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480448062269641320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-54140000753793455742013-04-04T17:42:12.658-04:002013-04-04T17:42:12.658-04:00I'm sorry it's a tough day, fellow Pittsbu...I'm sorry it's a tough day, fellow Pittsburgher. BTDT. I hope there is another place, a person that that you can say, "So not ok today," and talk for a while. And remember that saying, how maybe things are not ok today, but they will be, eventually.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-85161631382448153812013-04-04T16:48:46.190-04:002013-04-04T16:48:46.190-04:00Perhaps this is for you: http://www.catholicsun.or...Perhaps this is for you: http://www.catholicsun.org/2013/04/03/constant-complaining-keeps-one-from-noticing-jesus-presence-pope-says/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com