doing God's will

When I met with him, the bishop told me I must focus on what God is asking of me today, not 10 years from now. This advice has been resounding within me ever since. How does one figure out what God's will is? One way I know is to be still and listen to the voice within. Too, He will tell us in our meanderings through our day. Prayer is one of the most important ways to know what God wants. And, then, what about action? I know that doing good is God's will but what is doing good? Keeping the 10 Commandments? Helping someone out? How do we know, at every given moment in our lives, that we are doing good? Brother Paul exhorted me to "just do good". That's another heavy idea! If we just do good, no matter how small, we will accomplish great things in the world. I think the bottom line is love: love God, love one another. So, if we can define true love, we will know God's will and we will do good. I always want to do good, don't you?

Today I had an opportunity to be interviewed on Relevant Radio, a Catholic radio station, about our work at the life care centers. Here is the link, if you'd like to hear it: http://www.relevantradio.com/Page.aspx?pid=1232

It was a great honor for me to do this. Any time I can help get the word out that women do NOT have to feel they must have abortions but can have hope in life, I will do it.

When I wake up in the morning, I never know exactly what lies ahead for that day, in terms of what I will be asked by God to do. It's always interesting and usually quite exciting!