Friends . . .

I was thinking about that cheesy song by Michael W. Smith Friends: "Friends are friends forever if the Lord's the Lord of them" That is how I feel about all of you from Bayou. In case you couldn't tell for my talk, I love you all, and you are absolutely invaluable in my life. I am so thankful for this weekend. It gave me some much needed perspective. And I totally love the Crazy Farmer. Fr. Dan was awesome. I am glad he spent the weekend with us.

I was thinking . . . I know, scarry.

Friday night after a very long hard day and week, I went to the Matt Maher, Kelly Pease, Joshua Blakesley concert. It's funny how certain people affect you. Just seeing Fr. Drew made me feel like 50 pounds had been lifted from me, and when the concert started, I emptied myself to allow God to fill me, and He did. A sense of peace I cannot explain overcame me. And the concert was from adore ministries, and I started thinking about Adoration as Paul George read paragraphs 2096 and 2097 from the CCC. I thought how odd we Catholics must look in Adoration to those who aren't Catholic. Seriously, from the way it looks from the outside, we bow down and adore bread, not only that, we stick it in this big gold sun thing. But then I thought, what an awesome witness to what the bread is, especially in the case of one of the Steubenville Conferences, when the charismatic gifts are flowing like you couldn't believe. Then they brought Jesus out, and man that was awesome. As soon as I saw the priest, I think it was Fr. Crooker, with the monstrance, that peace I felt before increased like a million times. I felt like I could get through everything I had to do this week, and the worry and anxiety I felt truly was lifted from me. In short, Our God is an Awesome God.

Stressed.

I have too much on my plate
I have bitten off more than I can chew
I am trying to hold 50 gallons of crap in a 10 gallon bucket.
I am going crazy from all this stress.

East to West

East To West - Casting Crowns

Here I am Lord and I’m drowning, in Your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me, I yearn for peace and rest
I don’t want to end up where You found me
And it echoes in my mind
Keeps me awake tonight
I know you’ve cast my sin as far as the East is from the West
And I stand before You now as though I’ve never sinned
But today I feel like I’m just one mistake away
From You leaving me this way

Chorus:
Jesus can you show me just how far the east is from the west
‘Cause I can’t bear to see the man I’ve been
Rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
‘Cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day, the war begins
Endless reminding of my sin
And time and time again
Your truth is drowned out by the storm I’m in
Today I feel like I’m just one mistake away
from You leaving me this way

I know You’ve washed me white
Turn my darkness into life
I need Your peace to get me through
To get me through this night
I can’t live by what I feel
About the truth Your word reveals
I’m not holding on to You
But You’re holding on to me
You’re holding on to me

I love this song. It seems to really speak to me where I am right now.

Blah, Blah, Blah

I have been totally bored almost this whole weekend, but it isn't like there is something I'd rather be doing. I think it's because I haven't been feeling well all week, and now,