Hope From Your Mama!

I woke up one morning thinking about ways God speaks to me! Yes. God talks to me. :) Usually when people say that, we wait for the next weird thing that they will say... like, "if we build it, they will come!"  Well, yes indeed I'm about to say something VERY "weird". Jesus is EVERYTHING. It's ALL about Him. Everything. One day, I believe we're all going to see that clearly and it's going to be SUCH a joyous thing!! I so seriously can't wait. I was thinking about the day I found out Noah had a serious Chromosomal Abnormality. He was born three months before, via a c-section. We were having a scheduled c-section after my first birth with Holly which was supposed to be a home birth and ended up being 84 hours of labor and 5 hours of pushing and then finally a C-Section! So with Holly, I went through EVERYTHING I WAS HOPING TO NOT GO THOUGH and ended up knowing a MUCH BIGGER GOD!!  Seems to be a pattern for me... B

"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?  Though she may forget, I will not forget you!  See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;  your walls are ever before me."  Isaiah 49:16 I am staying this weekend at Holy Hill.  https://holyhill.com/ It is breathtaking here. I needed some time to get away and think and pray and read and write and... relax.  This morning I woke up after a long night in my room with NO HEAT and got dressed very quickly. I called the maintenance man who said he'd fix it and then he made a very apropos joke about me paying my penance! I'm not even Catholic... I wonder if it still works??   In awe, I explored the grounds and the magnificent church. I spent some time in the shrine which is pictured above. The Mary and Baby Jesus caused me to think of the scripture that I posted above. God wanted us to know how deep is His love for us. I am staying at Holy Hill because a