Reflection for Wednesday, May 3, 2017: 3rd Week of Easter.
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Zuegner, Carol
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2017-05-03
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It's one of those days. I'm cranky. I didn't get a lot of sleep. I am impatient with my colleagues. I'm frustrated because a project was rejected. Everyone is driving me crazy. I'm feeling sorry for myself. I am near tears because of all of the above.|I hope you don't have many days like this.|I turn to the readings for my reflection. I take a deep breath and read Jesus' words: "I am the way and the truth and the life." I take another deep breath. God can show me the way, if I surrender to the way and the truth and the life. I take another deep breath. I am holding on to my crankiness, to my disappointment, to my frustration. Am I like Philip, asking Jesus to show him the Father because I do not want to surrender to the way, the truth and the life?|Why must I dwell in the negative? What can I be thankful for today? My family. My friends. Work that mostly gives me joy and a feeling of satisfaction. I can be thankful for God's love that still surrounds me even when I am cranky and frustrated and impatient. I can ask Jesus to help me. I can take a deep breath and pray. I can try to push out the disappointment and let God in. I can turn to God, to the way and the truth and the life. I can take a deep breath and pray.
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University Ministry, Creighton University.
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These reflections may not be sold or used commercially without permission. Personal or parish use is permitted.
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Lectionary Number: 275