It is an AMAZING day!

"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad."

Psalm 118:24

Today is the day the Lord has made...Praise Him! Today is a great day and I am glad I have so many hours to be awake today because I woke up at 8am to finish a project that's due. Usually I wake up at about noon or 2 and go to class since they are later in the day, but then most of my day is gone...today is going to be long, but I get to see God in everything I do, and more than usual since I am up earlier!

Remember to be happy with whatever happens because "With every 'No', God has a BIGGER 'YES'"

Have a great day everyone.

Peace and Love,

Erica Jean

Jesus is...

Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7

      So, I went to daily mass yesterday in the Chapel. On Wednesday night when I decided I wanted to go, I asked James, one of the other peer ministers on campus, if he would come with because then I knew I would go and I had someone to hold me accountable sort of. (Accountability partners are a good thing I have found out.) Going to mass was such a good thing. I have found every time I go to mass when I really was set on not going, I get something amazing out of it, not that I don't get something out of mass on a regular basis, it just reassures me that I need to keep going to mass. Anyway...

      The homily at mass was pretty awesome and really got me thinking. Father was talking about how Jesus is our friend, our companion, redeemer, beginning and the end, alpha and omega, etc. and at different times, Jesus is different things to us. At peer minister retreat at the beginning of the school year, each peer minister got a candle with a name for Jesus on it and a quality of a peer minister. My candle has "listener" written on one side. Jesus is a listener. Right now, that is exactly who Jesus is to me. He is still my friend, best friend actually, and my savior, messiah, everything, but he is a listener right now most of all.

Back on Track

"For every way, O LORD! you magnified and glorified your people; unfailing, you stood by them in every time and circumstance." Wisdom 19:22

This summer I found who I was and who I wanted to be. I started doing more instead of just trying to be a better person. It wasn't easy, but this summer was one of the best summers of my life. I knew when I got back to school it would be hard to keep acting like I did this summer, but I was ready. God had my back and I was always going to him, not just for things I needed. I knew this year would be awesome.

I got back to school the beginning of August for Peer Minister training and it was awesome. This first week of school was pretty good, just hard to get back into the school mode a little. After the first week was when things got a little harder. Every week there was something big going on all week that I had to be at, so I was getting worn out.

Over the summer, I started going to daily mass a lot alternating between a couple of churches in my area and I really enjoyed it. Going to daily mass got me to bring myself out of the regular world for a half hour and just hang out and pray with my friend Jesus and take part in the Eucharist. It really helped keep me balanced.