...seems to take a while. Figuring out if I'm called to marriage, who I'm called to marry, looking to find him in this crazy mixed up world. It all seems to take awhile. I know as you read it you're probably shaking your head saying, "It took you 28 years to figure that out, things do seem to take you a while." Well, I'm smart, but a little slow on the uptake at times. So while I'm discerning, looking, and trying to figure it all out, I see character flaws and weaknesses that need to be worked out before I can ever think about being the other half of a couple. One of them has always been comparing myself, life, weaknesses, strengths, and more to other people. Not that I've really been working on it. I think the turning point was this past lent in confession. I had gone to my Spiritual Director during a Penance Service at my parish (he's the pastor somewhere else). So there wasn't an hour to work on things before confession...
“You have prayed for patience, and I have multiplied the opportunities in which you could be patient.” God, speaking to St. Philip Neri ...Herein lie the opportunities the Lord is providing me to exercise this beautiful fruit of the Holy Spirit - Patience.