God might speak to us in our emotions and further invite us into His will through them, but that’s not always the case.
Journeying through life without my biological father was incredibly difficult but I was able to find hope in and let God fill that void in a few different ways.
You are desired, you are chosen, you are loved by God.
In the presence of God is the only place I want to be while I’m a recovering sinner addicted to my own ideology.
And my faith and how I was living my life changed tremendously. This is because I have friends that pray with and for me.
This vision of true, Catholic manhood isn’t new, “progressive,” or “liberal.” It’s actually affirmed by the way Jesus lived and ministered in the ancient world -- it precedes many of our “traditional” notions of masculinity by thousands of years.
When I run far away like the prodigal son, my Heavenly Father waits for me patiently and welcomes me home with open arms.
When a man loves a woman he doesn’t just say it. He proves it. I want you to know future husband that I pray for you everyday. It’s very hard for me to be a godly woman in this society, I can’t even begin to imagine how hard it is for you to be a godly man in this society. When I pray for you I ask that Jesus will help you become the man of God that he has created you to be, then I pray that your guardian angel will protect your eyes, ears, mouth from sin and anything that might dim the luster of your heart that must mirror only Christ-like purity.
But she realized that it was her littleness and child-like faith that made her precious to God, and so it was precious to her, too.
