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“It’s Gonna Be Ok!” While I was driving in my car yesterday, I heard these words on the radio. About a week ago, after going to the Sacrament of Reconciliation, I decided to change my radio station from country music to Christian music. I realized that swearing had become commonplace in my life and I wondered if it was because of the music I was listening to. Many of the songs on the radio had small swear words in them and I think my mind went numb to them.
In sticking with my theme of anxiety…I want to explore how trust, or lack there of trust, really affects my anxiety! So, let us begin by looking at the definition of “trust”.
Trust: (noun) reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing.
In my walk of the Christian life, trust has also been something I have struggled with from time to time. In fact, when I was 20, I directed a retreat and I got to choose my own theme for the weekend. In prayer, very quickly, the theme, “No Doubt”, came to me. I choose a song for the weekend by a Christian band called Petra, also called, “No Doubt”. (It is still one of my go to songs today when I am struggling!) My theme revolved around the story of Doubting Thomas and his doubt of the resurrected Jesus. I had a beautiful banner made that had Jesus and Thomas embracing with the words: “My Lord and My God!” I have always thought Thomas got the raw end of the stick. One time he expressed that he needed to see Jesus, and he was given the nickname of Doubting Thomas for the rest of eternity. His words of “My Lord and My God!” have become a beautiful prayer that the Church still prays today. Thomas had great faith in the Lord and in that weak moment of doubt I am sure he learned a lot.
Fear: (noun) a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined.
Anxiety: (noun) distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.
In our mission statement at CatholicMarriagePrep.com we say: “Agape Catholic Marriage Preparation invites couples to a deeper relationship with each other and with Christ, one couple at a time. Online, on-demand instruction rooted in Saint John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, combined with personalized mentoring from a trained married couple, builds a foundation for a strong, healthy, Christ-centered marriage between a man and a woman.” Who does that best serve? From the very inception of CatholicMarriagePrep.com serving military couples has always been on our hearts, even offering a military discount.
Wow!!! Yes, that is the correct word to begin this blog post! I think I am still in shock! On the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus our country just experienced the overturning of an almost 50-year-old law regarding abortion. Roe vs. Wade was overturned!
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