Holy Ground

Sometimes I draw words on myself. It might not be the healthiest choice, but sometimes it's a really helpful way to remind myself of things that have been sticking out in prayer. On Sunday, the priest drew attention to this line from the first reading as an articulation of the truth that wherever you are *right now* is the place God wants to meet you. This is something I had to get hit over the head with a year or so ago. That I didn't have to fix myself *before* I could go to Him, but rather that exactly where I was and who I was was what He wanted. Where He wanted to come. WHO HE WANTED TO LOVE. "The person God loves with the tenderness of a Father, the person He wants to touch and transform with His love is not the person we'd have liked to be or ought to be. It's the person we are. God doesn't love "ideal persons" or "virtual beings". He loves actual, real people." - Fr. Jacques Phillipe And I needed to be reminded of that this week because, honestly, I'm in one of those times where being with God is uncomfortable, frustrating, and difficult. (Don't worry, I'm still with Him, and that's not going to change.) It's easy for me to feel guilty for my feelings (even though I know that *having* emotions isn't the sin - it's what you choose to do with them.) So this reminder was super powerful that for whatever reason, this strange and painful place I find myself is a holy place because it is exactly the place where God wants to meet me. So wherever you find yourself today I hope that, rather than feeling discouraged that you're not somewhere else, you pay attention to the ways God wants to be with you, exactly where you are.