Author Archives: Paul Devine

The past week has been a rush.  Down to St. Leo’s in Florida for two days, drove up to western Virginia in the mountains and am now on my way to Arlington Diocese to make a visit at my old church Nativity. I spoke to the students at St. Leo’s about their call to greatness and a call to love and of course, God kept that talk alive in my own heart this past weekend at my friend Mark’s confirmation retreat.  The whole weekend really took off and went to amazing places but mainly centered around the

A lot has happened since January 12th when I wrote my last blog.  I’m sitting down here in Florida at St. Leo’s University. I am grateful to say that since that blog, God is really helping me push past those feelings of desolation.  In fact he is showering me with some major love.  I spent a weekend with a college group from Georgia College and State University.  I was able to lead worship for them and the entire time was at peace with the role.  Something that rarely happens (i’m normally

Sometimes, I feel like a broken record . . . that sounds like I have said it a million times before.  I was just reflecting on what has been going on in my heart these last couple weeks and I realize it’s the same thing as always! When I sat down, I was going to deal with the massive amount of fear in my life when I remembered that I have been turning this over in my mind for the last few months!  AAHHHHHH.  I’m in the movie “Groundhog Day” and my day is reoccurring over and over and over again.

Since the last blog, God has continued the work on my heart.  He has allowed me to love in big ways.  I feel an increasing love for people that I am expecting to stop growing at any moment, but it just keeps going.  And because of this growing desire to love others and to be loved, I have a growing desire to know how God is going to use me to do this. Vocations have been on my heart lately.  It started a couple weeks ago when I began to feel that I needed to go somewhere with my prayer.  God

Take look at the missionary webpage where it has all of the missionaries on the right hand side column.  Go down to where you can see my face… enjoy what a handsome man I am… now, go six missionaries up…. see that woman there?  Enjoy her beautiful face as well.  Her name is Kristina Smith, I hope I counted right.  She is a wonderful woman and right now God speaks through her more than anyone or anything else in my life.   I don’t know if that is good or supposed to happen, but to explain,

In America, we have two New Years.  One would be the obvious one on January 1st.  The second is when about half the population is getting ready for their first day of school…. or in my case my missionary year! I love new beginnings,  I dunno if I have ever said this but I think they are the best!!!  It is a time to wipe away all of your past and begin again.  There is no baggage or . . . . 3 Weeks Later: Haha, I have to sit here and laugh.  I thought I would have more time this year to