Pray Unceasingly

When I was a little girl, my mother taught me to pray for everything. Whenever I was sad, scared, happy, anxious, thankful, etc., I asked the Lord for His blessings and guidance. From little things like test scores, to major life events , such as job transfers and world peace, I had built up this reliance on prayer, but at the same time, I also knew that I had to do my part to show God that I could help Him to help me.

After I moved from Detroit, I felt so relieved to be finally finished with my training there. I decided ,at that point, that I had already asked God for so much. I could not possibly ask for anything more for myself. I felt that God had a "quota" per day, so to speak, of intentions to answer. As a result, I stopped praying for EVERYTHING. I continued to pray for others, but no longer for myself. I wanted to show God that I could do things on my own, so that He can focus on the intentions of others.

My life afterwards was far less than perfect. I became extremely sad, frustrated and angry. I realized that I could not live life on my own . I needed God's guidance to help me.

God's help came to me by presenting opportunities for me to immerse myself in our parish and my sons' school. Since then, I have become more involved. I became a lector, PTU mom/sons event coordinator, preschool social coordinator, Catholics Welcome Home committee member, operation baking gals ( bakes cookies for our troops overseas), and MOMS group co-coordinator. I feel happiest when I'm serving others in God's name. It brings me such joy to do God's work on earth. It keeps my mind focused on what's most important to me: love of God and love of others.

Now, I continue to pray unceasingly and for everything. I have learned that everything I have and all that I am, I owe to the Lord. God does not keep score of how many prayers we request of Him. His heart is open freely to give all that He has for us.