I realized tonight that it’s been one month since I wrote about my journey to Catholicism, and a lot has happened in that month.
Since my last article, we’ve moved into a new home, my wife and I have started attending RCIA classes, our kids go to Sunday School every week, and I am enjoying participating in a Faith Formation class as well.
It took twenty-four days but we got everything moved just in time. The mortgage company will be selling our old house on the courthouse steps this coming Tuesday. As the day of the auction approaches I thought I would be more upset than I am, but I know I have done the best I could and I have nothing to be upset about.
Yes, the bank took our home even though we didn’t miss any payments prior to being informed they were ‘calling the note’, but no matter the legalities involved, this move has been nothing but a blessing from God.
I was well on my journey back to God before this whole ordeal started, and the ordeal itself brought me even closer to Him. In the past two months I have learned (or been reminded of) a couple important facts.
- God is always there to guide you, help you, love you
- Material items, such as houses and other things, just don’t matter.
Our new home is just down the road from our church. It takes two minutes in the car, and on nice days we can walk there in ten. Our new place is much smaller than our old one, so we’ve learned to let go of some of the material objects that just don’t matter, and to tell the truth, we really don’t miss them that much.
Over the course of the past 45 days or so, I have immersed myself into reading the Gospel, praying, and never losing sight of Him. He’s never let me down before and I was confident through all of this that He wouldn’t start now. Of course he wouldn’t.
Although the path has been quite rocky the past month, my feet are still firmly planted on the ground, and my destination has not changed.
I plan on posting updates after my Faith Formation classes as well as our RCIA classes.
Thanks for sticking around!