The Palm of His Hand

A lot has happened this week, some big events and some small. It was my son's first birthday and it struck me just how fast time moves as we get older. 

When youre in grade school, high school, college, time seems to move rather slow. Once you get a job it seems to move faster since you get into more of a routine. Then comes marriage and time seems to move a little quicker. Everything around you is changing at the same rate. But then you have a child and wow does time fly. Every day is marked by something new and we can see the change happening.

But once again we celebrate Palm Sunday this week and standing for the Gospel brings me back to my childhood. I remember looking forward to Palm Sunday because of the palms but then getting so antsy during the Gospel and wishing it were over so I could sit down. Well now I have a child of my own and I can understand how hard it must have been on my parents to have a child like me during Palm Sunday ;) It really is only a few minutes longer but it can seem like an eternity to a child.

Ive heard the same reading for 31 years now and something new always jumps out at me. The words dont change but I do and God has something new prepared for me each time I hear them. Things around us are always changin but God never does, and thank God He doesnt.

Because my wife wants me to

So my lovely wife has been pestering me to post again, so I am. I really need to do a better job of keeping up on this and so here it is. The title will be apropos.
Ive only been married a few short years but I have learned alot from my wife and she has helped me become a more fuller version me. She has encouraged me to get healthy, to change jobs, to think more positively, among many other things.
The sacrament of marriage truly is an amazing thing. It is a sacrament because it is an encounter with God and it is the only sacrament where it is administered by those taking part in it. We become the sacrament. Our lives mimic the heavenly reality of Love and the continual support and forgiveness it offers. And also where it never fails....and gongs and all that other stuff from the passage read at every wedding ;)
No amount of money, or education, or make overs, or books or anything can make up for the spiritual and human growth that a marriage presents. And I do say presents because its up to us to seize the moments that challenge us and to go deeper in love for one another and most importantly for our love for God.
Adding children to the mix is a whole other ballgame......posts on that to come.