Keep an eye out

By Mary Patricia Trainor

In various ways throughout his teachings, Jesus talks about the value of being awake.
Staying alert, being watchful.
With my natural need to worry, my first reaction to such warnings is to be cautious. Look out for the bad guy. The thief. The one who intends harm.
As I’ve gotten old, it becomes clearer each passing hour that I am to be watchful for the presence of God, of goodness, of direction for my life. The bad stuff, sure, it’s there. I don’t want to step off a curb, and into the path of a car. But such reality feeds my
cautious nature a little too much, I believe.
Instead, I’m trying to focus more on what God wants from my life, the help that is needed in this hornet’s nest that is our current life.
And then I meet Rosalva Parada, featured on this week’s podcast, The Wonder Files
(link below.)
There, you will see and hear a person who is always open to God’s direction for her life in the moment.
She listens and watches intensely, incorporating unusual dreams or unlikely events into her plans for serving God. And  she is open to where these clues lead her.

Youtube Podcast link