Most unusual thing as devotion to God: It's really hard to say. I don't do a lot out of the ordinary nor do I have numerous skills, though what skills I do have I try to put at the disposal of God. The things that have given me the most satisfaction--which I like to think is a divine satisfaction in some way--are little things done for the benefit of others.
I always think back on a social function at my Church in Virginia where I was really struggling to get out of my head, and at the end of an anxious evening of socializing, I helped clean up by mopping the floor. There were people around doing their thing but I just remember at the end of this thing it's just me and the mop and I could put all my energy and focus into it. That's my high water mark. I want to get back to that. For some reason I can't get that same satisfaction mopping my own floor. It has to be someone else's floor.
St. Hildegard is one of my favorites! Someone I wish to emulate. She is often misunderstood and one should be cautious when purchasing books about her. She is often misrepresented and abused by our secular culture. Similar to St. Francis.
Most unusual thing as devotion to God: It's really hard to say. I don't do a lot out of the ordinary nor do I have numerous skills, though what skills I do have I try to put at the disposal of God. The things that have given me the most satisfaction--which I like to think is a divine satisfaction in some way--are little things done for the benefit of others.
I always think back on a social function at my Church in Virginia where I was really struggling to get out of my head, and at the end of an anxious evening of socializing, I helped clean up by mopping the floor. There were people around doing their thing but I just remember at the end of this thing it's just me and the mop and I could put all my energy and focus into it. That's my high water mark. I want to get back to that. For some reason I can't get that same satisfaction mopping my own floor. It has to be someone else's floor.
Recently I've been aware of my moments in the wee hours, rocking my sleepless one-year-old, as moments of devotion, to her and to God.
Thanks, again, for filling me in on a saint I've never heard of! Well, unitl yesterdady on Notes would have been ther first time. But more fully now!
St. Hildegard is one of my favorites! Someone I wish to emulate. She is often misunderstood and one should be cautious when purchasing books about her. She is often misrepresented and abused by our secular culture. Similar to St. Francis.