My daughter drug me to church tonite. I say again...MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO GO TO CHURCH. Tonight. Which was to celebrate the Immaculate Conception of Baby Jesus to Mother Mary. In the end, she convinced me to go by reminding me of that little favor Mary did for me about 8 years ago. (Heard our prayers and sent us Quinn. If I had footnotes, Id send you THERE...so you could reference that whole event, but dont worry. Im old and tend to repeat myself-so just hang tight and that story will come around the bend eventually). So I went-even tho I was exhaustified and strictly speaking, this was not a REQUIRED attendance. In essence, tonight was EXTRA CREDIT. But, as Kins later smiled smugly about--I told her I was glad I went. I loved this story: One day a man climbed high mountains to visit an old, wise sage. He sought knowledge and wisdom, and spiritual guidance. The Sage talked with him briefly, and then offered the man tea. He graciously accepted, and the wise teacher poured and poured and poured until the tea overflowed the tiny teacup. The man said-oh!! Stop! The cup is too full!! And the master answered, yes. Just like YOU. You are too full of old ideas and your own supposed knowledge that no matter how much I try to tell you or teach you...it wont matter. It will overflow into nothingness just like this tea. Theres no room. Bam. I dont know if you read my earlier post today, about clearing much needed junk out of our lives--but this little story goes along with it SO WELL. We are so good about trying to clear physical clutter from our lives, and yet? We let antiquated old thoughts and ideas; grudges, I KNOW I AM RIGHT-ses hang around and take up all sorts of space in our heads. New stuff is trying to get in All the TIME. But we have to be willing to clear some space so theres room for it. How do we do it? 1. Say, Im willing to think about this differently. 2. Say, I could be wrong. 3. Say, I want to have a more open mind. Please help me God. 4. Say, empty my teacup, God. And then fill me up with YOU. 5. Say, please send me teachers that dont live on mountains. (Ok. Just kidding about that one)😂 I feel like I must be somewhat empty to listen to my kid tonight enough to go to church ON A MONDAY. But I do have more spilling to do. Hey guys! We made it through our Monday! Lets go to bed and dream of a beautiful Tuesday. ⭕️❌⭕️❌⭕️💋
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 04:35:35 +0000
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