saint of the week

 

SAINT OF THE WEEK           September 20, 2008

 

Yesterday at rush hour I had to take my daughter to Girl Scouts, then scoot over and pick up my son's ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.  I left the Birthday boy at home, so I was trying to make the trip as quickly as possible.  I guess when you are 12 you would rather stay home and play Wii than meet and greets a dozen or so of your little sisters friends.  Anyway, I was on my way to get the cake.  The road is a bit strange because it moves from 2 lanes, to one lane then back to two.

Needless to say, the one lane is congested.  That stretch of road is nestled in a small community.  The houses are fairly close to the road, separated only by a sidewalk.  As I was approaching the red light I saw a multi colored kick ball bounce in to the street.  On the sidewalk a young boy thrust his hands up to his head in disbelief.  A semi in the on coming lane motored toward his ball.  He stood there for a couple of seconds then ran, in apparent exasperation, into the house.   What he did not see, what the semi slow to a crawl and follow the ball eve n though the light had turned green.  He did not see me jump out of my jeep and grab the ball.  He did not see the ball get thrown back into the yard.

Had he stuck around a few more seconds, he would have seen that everything turned out okay.

 

Last Sunday was the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.  We exalt the cross because it is the vehicle of our salvation.  We know that everything turned out okay, actually better than okay.  God holds that promise to all who have faith in Him.    Yet how many of us, when times get tough, throw up our hands and run away not trusting in His love, not trusting our prayers to the Almighty?

 

If you have prayed, then why worry?  God's love is bigger than a semi and hold us tighter than any rush hour.

 

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"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well". St. Julian of Norwich


Jamie Dillon