Divine Orders

Adam and I had an NFP presentation this evening and Therese was curious about what we were going to talk about. This was a perfect opportunity to revisit our religion lessons from the last two weeks about “being an image of God” and “how God calls us to love.” So I reminded her that we are called to love as either a husband and wife, or as a priest. Then she chimes in,”or a sister at a convent. Mom, Jesus came to me last night and said I’m going to be a nun at the convent.” Who am I to argue with Our Blessed Lord’s divine orders.

Then when I arrived home, Lindsey-who was baby sitting– mentioned her conversation with Therese. Therese is swinging outside on the swings and says, “Miss Lindsey, I’m going to marry Jesus….Then I’m going to have a baby and name him Joshua!” (She really like Joshua from the old testament and the story of Jericho.) So, I have a little further instruction on what the life of a sister entails, but we have time.

Fulton too is a funny little fellow. We’ve been playing The Priest Game all week because it ties into this week’s religion lessons. Every time we play, Fulton just HAS to be Fr. Tim. Well, and Therese too wants to play his card but we’ve just been conceding to Fulton because he gets so emotional about it. It’s really rather sweet. In fact, of all the people in the world to look up to and want to be, I couldn’t think of anyone better than Fr. Tim.

So playing the game this week, we’ve been given a special opportunity to pray for all our priests and religious. And I’ve been taking special care to remember to pray for the vocations of our children whether they be called to religious life or marriage–and if marriage, also praying for their future spouse.