Yesterday was my 21st birthday. It was a birthday that, like my 20th birthday, I wasn't sure I'd reach. If you go back to December 24, 2010 about a phone conversation with Fr. Greg, you'll know what I'm talking about. Before Austria, I really didn't know if I'd hit 21. Last night, Fr. Greg called me to wish me a happy birthday and all I could say is "Thank you for helping me see another birthday." He is Christ in my life. I'm not even kidding. I have no idea what I'd do without Fr. Greg. I seriously wouldn't be here. God brought him into my life exactly when I needed to be loved and to be shown the unconditional love of God. Once, I asked Fr. Greg why he put up with me and all of my crap for so long. He all he said was "This is the love of Christ." I was blown away. There really is no reason that he should still be in my life, but he is. And he's shown me more love than any single person ever has. He saved my life, on multiple occasions. I am so beyond blessed to have him as a friend.
I'm back in Steubenville for the rest of the summer and so far, it's been really good. Every night, I've hung out with my friends. There are so many more people here this summer than there was last summer, so it's WAY better. Plus, I'm living off campus in an apartment with one of my friends, so it's been cool to be out of the dorms, because dorm life just drives me nuts now. Today, I was driving back to my apartment and I thought..."This is my life. I go to Franciscan University, the most Catholic college in the world (http://franciscan.edu/News/Extras/Gines-Translation/), I just spent 4 months living in Europe, I have the most incredible people in the world in my life, and a God who loves me SO much that His Son DIED a horrifyingly brutal death so I could be in union with Him." I started to cry. God is just so good. That's all I can say. He's blessed me in so many ways and as many times as I've wanted to give up, He hasn't let me.
"So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." -Ephesians 3:17-19
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