It has been a while since I have written one of these, which I find funny because a significant number of my friends and brothers started blogging because I had talked about it. However, since it has been a while I'm going to try to get back into it and instead of doing a summary of everything do small more specific summaries of things that have been going on in my life.
Over the last several months the thing that has changed the most about myself is my maturity in my faith. At the beginning of the Fall 2009 semester Jacqueline talked bout going through some catholic class at St. Joan of Arc. I didn't really know what it was and I'm not sure exactly if she did. It comes to find out it was the RCIA class, which is the Right of Catholic Initiation for Adults. Jacqueline was going to become Catholic. While this may be for many reasons, including the upbringing of our future children, it makes it easier when going to church together, which we do every Sunday and sometimes special days of obligations.
I have always considered myself to be quite religious but kept my faith and beliefs more to myself as I strongly feel for religious freedom. I went to a catholic school and catholic church my whole life. However lately I have come to a deeper relationship with both God and Jesus. I went to RCIA with Jacqueline at first because she wanted me to go with her and make her feel better about it. but after a few classes I realized this is something I really enjoy. I enjoyed the classes that taught me more about the catholic history and faith. While I knew a lot, something I was proud of, there was a lot I was curious about and unfamiliar. Listening to priest and 'religious elders' talk about some of the more complicated and abstract ideas gave me new ways of thinking about these topics. Topics such as the trinity and history not recorded in the bible (dinosaurs and history).
Another calling that has helped has been Garret. I get compliments on my patience and ability to handle the situation often but I still do not think its anything special. I mean I do understand how it can test your patience or nerves but never have I been 'to busy' to help someone that actually needs it. I remember hearing in church during this past Sunday's sermon that if you truly want to know Jesus you must be someones Jesus. I understand that to get into a deeper relationship with him that you must understand what he had to go through, put yourself in Jesus' sandals per say. I think he has really helped me mature, whether he understands this or not, he has helped me as much as I have helped him and it took me a little while to understand this.
It has just been refreshing to come closer to God and understand greater the gifts I've been given.
Over the last several months the thing that has changed the most about myself is my maturity in my faith. At the beginning of the Fall 2009 semester Jacqueline talked bout going through some catholic class at St. Joan of Arc. I didn't really know what it was and I'm not sure exactly if she did. It comes to find out it was the RCIA class, which is the Right of Catholic Initiation for Adults. Jacqueline was going to become Catholic. While this may be for many reasons, including the upbringing of our future children, it makes it easier when going to church together, which we do every Sunday and sometimes special days of obligations.
I have always considered myself to be quite religious but kept my faith and beliefs more to myself as I strongly feel for religious freedom. I went to a catholic school and catholic church my whole life. However lately I have come to a deeper relationship with both God and Jesus. I went to RCIA with Jacqueline at first because she wanted me to go with her and make her feel better about it. but after a few classes I realized this is something I really enjoy. I enjoyed the classes that taught me more about the catholic history and faith. While I knew a lot, something I was proud of, there was a lot I was curious about and unfamiliar. Listening to priest and 'religious elders' talk about some of the more complicated and abstract ideas gave me new ways of thinking about these topics. Topics such as the trinity and history not recorded in the bible (dinosaurs and history).
Another calling that has helped has been Garret. I get compliments on my patience and ability to handle the situation often but I still do not think its anything special. I mean I do understand how it can test your patience or nerves but never have I been 'to busy' to help someone that actually needs it. I remember hearing in church during this past Sunday's sermon that if you truly want to know Jesus you must be someones Jesus. I understand that to get into a deeper relationship with him that you must understand what he had to go through, put yourself in Jesus' sandals per say. I think he has really helped me mature, whether he understands this or not, he has helped me as much as I have helped him and it took me a little while to understand this.
It has just been refreshing to come closer to God and understand greater the gifts I've been given.
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