For the last several months I've been posting reasons why God is good, Gig's. To give credit where credit is due I got the idea from the three incredibly blessed days that I spent at Prayer and Action in Norton, KS this summer. Recently I hit #30 and figured it would be a good time to look back on them. As I was reading through them, it prompted me to reflect back on how God has been working in my life this semester, which was really awesome. I'd been feeling like this had been kind of a quiet semester (compared to Rome anyways) but upon looking back on these reasons I realized God has really been doing a lot in my life. Take sometime this advent to reflect on how God's been working in your life. Anyway these are my first 30 reason why I know God is good:
1. The petition from tonight's Evening Prayer - Guide travelers along the path of peace and prosperity...
2. Realizing just how many good people I'm surrounded by everyday and how many more I have to meet.
3. After coming out of the first Philosophy of Being: Philosophy of the Person class of the semester Pandora plays "less that perfect more than flesh and bone" Matt Maher.
4. He made Kansas.
5. Perfectly beautiful late summer nights
6. Fresh Homemade food on a Sunday evening. Props Matias Hospitality Group.
7. For giving us humans the ability to bring together the labor, research, and expertise of literally hundreds of individuals into my bowl of honey nut cheerios.
8. The newness of creation as the sunsets into a clear sky after 2 straight days of rain. And on Mary's birthday no less!
9. Reconciliation.
10. Dancing all night at the world's largest honky-tonk w/ a great group of UD'ers.
11. Good food, great friendship and a slightly overcooked cake on a Sunday night.
12. A roomate that gets me out running and working out when I have no motivation too.
13. The feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Check out the rosary of the seven sorrows: http://7sorrows.org/7sorrows.aspx
14. For His faithful instrument, Rex, a good Samaritan that
dropped his plans to help us when our alternator quit in the middle of
nowhere Oklahoma.
15. Tonight's gratefulness - for bringing me into the world in a Catholic family, for a 2,000 year old tradition of religious art and architecture, for sacramental grace, and Matt Maher, Addison Road, and 10th Ave North in concert.
16. The first fall chill, beautiful Gregorian chant at mass, and praise and worship afterwards
17. A 10pm, classical piano concert for three in the Church of the Incarnation.
18. Blessed Bartolo Longo and the 'Supplica': http://vultus.stblogs.org/2010/10/o-rosario-benedetto-di-maria.html#more
19. For creating a little town on the side of a hill in Northern Italy as the headwaters of the river of grace, poured out through a poor humble man dressed in rags and his devote followers. Happy feastday of St. Francis! P.S. if you want to check out the blog of my time there last semester: http://quo-vadis-deum.blogspot.com/2010/02/pax.html
20. For friends who always remind me God is good.
21. For healing all ten. Today's Gospel: Lk 17:11–19
22. An indescribably blessed weekend. (TEC 126 Hoot among other things)
23. "You walk with me, you never leave, you're making my heart a garden." Matt Maher for the second time in a month!
24. For His faithful servant St. John Vianney, "The Lord does not ask us to be martyrs of the body but rather to be martyrs of the heart and the will."
25. For reminding me to laugh at myself
26-28. For reminding me what stars are, why I love KS, and for putting me in a gigantic family full of wonderful cooks. Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
29. For making bobcats with cabs and heaters. Unbelievable!
30. His faithfulness knows no end.
