What Helped Us Discern God's Will

let's do this I were Jackie and Bobby angel with ascension presents and today we're going to talk quickly about how what has helped us in discernment when it came to relationships or jobs or vocation some of the things that we learned along the way or things that helped us or we're helpful indicators for us making a big decision in my life I see the common thread as always that I start whether it's a job or relationship I'll start to fill this anxiety or this pit in my stomach my experience this when I was at a job as a youth minister and I just every day when I was going to work I had this pit in my stomach and I felt like God was gonna bring something to help me move from that job and I was like okay God where are you calling me to and of course like I brought it to prayer I was going to daily Mass praying reading Scripture and you know just like trying to wait for God and sure enough I felt like and through other like spiritual direction and through some mentors I felt like God was calling me to do full time traveling ministry music ministry and speaking and it was kind of like a leap of faith though because I was like dang I have to move that call I had to move back with my parents and but immediately when I quit that job I felt peace and joy I get peace and joy or fruit to the spirit and so if you are in the right place you will experience that peace and that joy now I will say some girl said to me she's like she has general anxiety disorder and that's like 20% of people statistically have some kind of anxiety so that pit in the stomach anxiety your you'll have to learn how to discern differently I asked the girl she needs to write a blog for me like how do you discern when you have general anxiety disorder oh yeah like I'm kind of mental anxiety versus spiritual yeah it's not the same exactly so again discernment we mean like a big decision not should I go to the bathroom or not or should I turn the light bulb on Redang don't go to the bathroom that will create problems yeah like these are the Sermon you discern something that a big something big a move college decision a relationship vocation State and life and sometimes there's multiple options that are both good they should be both good and that's what makes it tough that's what makes it like this this is not a clear-cut thing sometimes God makes it clear in that door shut and I don't get into this school or this person dumps me or as long as there's a clear this is not the right path God delights when we mature and we use our brains and we go out on our own and we trust it does it tips the hat to God to say I trusted you have my back I even though I don't know where this road is going and I'll adapt along the way if need be feedback from other people because I think sometimes when there's big decisions some of us are tempted to just keep it inside some of us talk a lot and and everyone knows everyone's business not me I bottle it all up and so if you're the kind of just ways of the stuff all on your head you need to get it out and bounce it off with trusted friends mentors coaches priests to be to see like am i seeing all the angles of this am i overthinking it because sometimes yeah we we think add thing to death and we're afraid to make a move and it just it's safer up here but that to not make a decision just keep up here is to make a decision is a decision of inaction and in the business world that's called analysis paralysis where I have analyzing everything to the point where I am afraid to make a move I'm afraid to make a mistake maybe I'm afraid to succeed father Mike has an expression clarity will follow action and in put anything in emotion whether that's pursuing a school a relationship getting engaged be engaged I think there's a temptation to think like God is some mathematical equation to figure out and then like it's if I've fallen in love with the Lord and I want to serve Him and I want to go in but we then we get neurotic and I need to figure it out otherwise I'm gonna choose the wrong thing and ruin my life and everything and again God delights when we go out and and trust him with our lives or careers or finances it's not a problem to be solved yeah it's an it's a mystery to be lived it's an adventure adventure although I will say we know some personality struggle with that more than others sure and that some days I would again in discerning religious life in the cotton what what a major in what where to work after college like there's days where it's exciting and awesome and then there's days where the melancholic kicks in and woe is me and this is torment and why won't God just tell me blatantly and like not really how he works and it's also not an art timeline it's on his and so we may feel like we're just kicking the can down the road in a state of limbo but God is doing slow work on us each day in the challenges to stay in the present moment and say God how am i how do I need to grow and develop right here right now in this moment and then when whatever is ready whatever doors ready to open like I'll be ready instead of just sitting here in my living room waiting and hoping the kool-aid man will crash through the wall and God will tell me oh yeah so exciting news on this end if you're in the in the midst of a big decision or someone you know and love is is we're gonna be making these big decision soon we wrote a book that comes from Accenture presents so this book has wisdom from the Saints from Scripture testimonies from me Jackie and father Mike and it's near and dear to the heart because this was many years in the making me really like wanted to we want to do something that would have helped us as young 20 year olds something we get asked a lot oh yeah and I see it I see it a mile away when when college students and young adults are struggling to figure out what God wants and I was in that same spot and I we really wanted to put a resource together and it's a beautifully made inside and out book that essentially will be coming out with very soon God wants us to be free and joy and full of joy and peace and and then don't worry like our call us to be with him and the sermon and all and all this is how we get there he's guiding all the things he knows you he loved you like have peace in that he's got a plan for you and we can we can cooperate with that for a rich and full life so go get a copy at ascension press calm for you for a friend you know for maybe a boyfriend a girlfriend like hint hint make a decision from all of us at ascension presents god bless

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Length: 6min 59sec (419 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 17 2019