A Support System Rooted In Christ

Last night, I realized how truly amazing my friends here at Franciscan are. I have to give my testimony in my Intro to Catechetics class tomorrow morning, so I needed to practice doing it without reading it off the paper, like I normally do when I give it. So I asked a few of my friends if they'd be willing to listen to it. They instantaneously agreed, so we went to one of the dorms' common room and I had everyone sit down. Then I just spilled my heart out to them. I'm not going to lie, I was kind of hesitant because a lot of people don't know how to handle self-injury, but I felt like I could trust these 7 people. When I was finished, they gave me some constructive criticism and then my friend Mel asked if they could pray over me. I said "Of course!" and Travis, Nick, Josh, Jessica, Kristine, Linda, and Mel then placed their hands on me. Mel led an amazing, touching prayer and I started to tear up. Even though I've only known these people a little over a month, I cannot figure out how I lived my life without them...I guess I really wasn't living my life without them. When Mel was done praying, we all sat down and talked. Josh asked a little more about Fr. Greg and it turns out Josh knows him. Josh is from Maryland, near St. Andrew's, which is where Fr. Greg used to be the parochial vicar. But then Josh made a amazing point, there is a support system here that is rooted in Christ, and that's what I was missing at Xavier. I had a support system, but something was missing. I've found it here, in an incredible support system rooted in Christ. My life is so much better, even though I've only been here a month. I feel better, my relationship with God is improving day by day, and I'm becoming a better person. I threw away my last blade the other day and now that I have friends who know, they've promised to be my accountability people. I'm so happy to be here and I cannot wait to see what else God has in store for my life!! :)