I went for a walk in the park the other day. It was spring like for the middle of February. As I was returning I passed a baseball diamond full of little boys. I heard the crack of a bat and then a coach calling to one of his players, “to you and thru you”! He was obviously chiding the child a bit about not grabbing the ball. But somehow I knew those words were important to me; but at the time I didn’t know why.
Later I was watching an episode of Joyce Meyer. For those of you who don’t know her she is a wonderful preacher that you can find on television or the internet. Joyce began speaking about people who are “spiritually fat” because they are full of the Word of Christ but they haven’t given it away. Then she admonished that the Lord’s Word should go “to you and thru you”. “To you and thru you” she kept repeating. Obviously the Lord was trying to tell me something.
So I started thinking about my behavior. And although I have volunteered for pretty much everything under the sun, maybe the Lord wants me to bring all of this much closer to home. Instead of traveling to a mission in Mexico or some other exotic adventure, maybe he just wants me to concentrate on spreading His Love to the people already around me.
A few days later I was at my new job and I was helping a co-worker who needed almost constant attention throughout the day. And although it was inconvenient, it came to my mind that as Christians the strong are called upon to help the weak. It was a small sacrifice, but in the past it was one I would have resented. So I am blessed to have heard and understood and given a little away. And to know that these are the types of things I should be on the lookout for, little things throughout the day, to give away some of the great love the Lord has shown to me.
Wow, what a GREAT post! I found you through St. Blog's Parish and I'm so glad I did. Little gems—like the post above—are aften overlooked in our busy lives. Thanks for sharing your experience. :-D
ReplyDeleteHi Jill,
ReplyDeleteI was researching on New Age as I will be doing a program on Radio Maria in Malta about this subject. I really was intrigued by your experience and would like to know more about it. New age interests me a lot as I believe it is a danger slowly spreading its tentacles across the world. I would be interested to know what exactly New age led you to do and maybe even if you would like to post a message I could read on Radio. My email is reggie.aquilina@gmail.com. God bless!
Hi Reggie,
DeleteI'm so sorry I haven't checked this blog in a while and I just today got your message. To answer your question, finally, I was VERY into astrology to the point I was in a group that would put an anonymous astrological chart on the wall (of someone famous, but unknown to us) and we would have to figure out who it was just by reading the chart. As you can imagine that takes a good deal of skill. I don't know if you read the poem I wrote but I've copied it below and it sums up what happened next:
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Occultism, A Poem
Fascination held me fast
Astonished at what had past
The humdrum beat was not all there was
A world beyond yet within my grasp
Entering in
I was adept at the craft
It was plainly true
I could tell
the future and all its travails
Deeper and deeper I journeyed in
Awareness of a greater mind
this was divine and sublime
no sense of shame crossed my mind
But out of nowhere
the darkness came
leering demons
At Me!
like a shot
The battlefield arose, surrounding me
COLOSSAL
and
GARGANTUAN
the power marshaled against me
Delphi at my side
whispering promises
But the Ancient One
He walked the sky
Peace eternal, peace profound
peace so gentle
I was found
take me back there
My shame laid bare
My choice was clear
THE greater mind
saved me
from the lie
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