Our Blog turns nine this year. For nine years we've been "looking at little life moments with a spiritual eye." Hopefully, you've found a post or two that made you see life with more keen, God-like eyes. Here's to another year. Will you continue to journey with us as we strive to sharpen our vision?  

The most viewed posts this year were:  

• EVERY MINUTE  
  
• BUNNY BUTT  
  
• THREE DAY HOLIDAY  
  
• PILGRIMAGE TO BETHLEHEM  
  
• ROSES IN SILENCE  
  

The two birds were sharing the street light. Well, kind of. Obviously, social distancing rules were in effect! One occupied the west side of the pole, while the other occupied the east side. Certainly, a fight would break out if one bird happened to encroach on the territorial space of the other bird.  

Don't you sometimes act the same way? You want to do something or go somewhere, and the other party wants to do something else or go some place different. Or you have your opinion about an issue, and the other party has an opposite opinion, telling you that your opinion is wrong.  

God is often in the middle of these "social distances." While the world tells you to "shop 'til you drop" on Sunday, you want to attend Mass, have a quiet breakfast, and rest because it is Sunday.  

While it is OK for two people to have differing opinions, why does it seem like the other person insists that they have the right to say what they want but that you are "wrong" to say what you want. Even though, and particularly so, if your thoughts, words, and feelings are more attuned to God's way.  

Stay firm. Be unashamed. With God standing in your corner, know that you have taken the better path. Even though a "social distance" may be separating you and the other party, the "social distance" between God and you is non-existent.  

Dear God, thank you for permitting no "social distance" to separate me from You. Amen.  

TAGS: Prayer, Reflection