Well, folks, here goes. I'm about to head out for my first day back at my summer job. I can't say that I'm truly thrilled, but I'm not about to cry either. The thing is, I woke up this morning with a pretty bad headache, which was not remotely helped by the ibuprofen that I took for it, and when my family and I were saying the Tuesday rosary with our next door neighbors, I had a headache related epiphany.
Today we meditated on the sorrowful mysteries, as we do every Tuesday. As we were praying I realized that my headaches can be my own personal crown of thorns. It is not a new idea by any means, but still one that really helped me not mind the headache.
After the rosary, I went up to my room to get ready for work and it occurred to me that I ought not to limit myself to offering up physical headaches. I can offer up the metaphorical ones as well! So here I go! I'm off to work and hopefully, through my little crowns of thorns, to win a martyr's crown as well.
2 comments:
I need to be more like that...focusing on offering it up for Christ instead of complaining. Thanks for brightening my day with that. Hope you're having a good summer, and good luck with the new job!
Oh, girl. I can learn from you! Way to turn around something not so exciting into something really brilliant!
Love you!
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