"Bring Me What You've Got"

Happy Sunday Morning!  Today is a day of rest, for it's the Lord's day.  I haven't even finished today's devotion (and I know I didn't write yesterday), but I got the sentence above and just stopped.  It just hit me.  The power in that statement that Jesus made to the disciples before he fed the multitude.  I don't think it was ended to stop there either.


"Bring me what you've got" Jesus said. They did, He blessed it and He gave it back to them. And it was enough." 


Can we, or do we, really need to know anything else.  This statement holds true for everything.  Cast your burdens upon the Lord...how many times have we heard statements like this in our lifetimes?  Whatever is holding us back and keeping us from true happiness can be found by "bringing it' to the Lord.  Offering it up to Him in his power and He will bless it and give it back to us and it will be enough.  He will give us enough and never gives us what we can't handle, I keep reminding myself of that very thing.  That everyone's burdens or needs are different and whatever they are, God can handle them ALL just fine.  They key thing is to give it to Him.  We should think that we can handle it all on our own.

One thing I need to learn to do is pray more about decisions I need to make.  I feel like God knows my heard and nudges me in the right direction but I also know that Satan is ready to nip at our heels.  :(  

The devotion goes on to talk about the Presentation of the Gifts and how Jesus blesses those gifts and gives it back to us in Communion and it is JUST ENOUGH.  What a gift.  What a blessing that we are able to receive our Lord on Sundays.  And yes, I'm going tonight to mass with Carey, but we'll share that Eucharist together and it will be enough.  I still don't think I'm where I need to be spiritually but I know, this Lenten season, more than anything.  I'm spending more time with my God, even if it's "electronically" it's still time with Him.

On another note, Nicole is headed home today from the Holy Land, she offered up my prayers to sell this condo at Jesus tomb.  When she told me that, it made me cry, just as it does now, thinking about it.  I was just so moved that it touched my core and I felt the Lord truly present and hearing that prayer.  What further excites me about that, is the fact that one day I'll have a house and baby.  Unfortunately, I want a bigger house right now, more than a baby...I don't want to be selfish, but I want to make sure I'm ready to make that kind of commitment. I know the Lord is understanding what I'm feeling, perhaps He will think I'm ready long before I do.  I don't think there is a return policy on a child. At least I know how instantly I've fallen in love with Aidan, Alec and Davis, just to name a few.  I can only begin to fathom how much I will love my won child, who will hopefully get his/her eyes from their dad and his brains too, and his (singing) voice, his decisiveness, and height.  I do not wish for my child to be as stubborn as his or her father and I'd like them to have my hair, my gregariousness, his sense of humor, my energy, my faith.  Ok enough already...I know I'll be a great mother one day, I hope I can be as good as my mom was/is!  She is a great role model and I can't say thank you enough for what she has taught me.

It is perfect, because the one think she's has always said to me, Good or Bad, is ask God for help because without Him we can't do anything and with Him we can do everything.
Thanks Mom.