Day of Contemplation
As the rain falls, not heavily, but in a way that brings contemplation, meditation and reflection, I thought about how God has placed certain things in my heart, spirit and soul, certain words that keep coming up in my heart over and over again. I was starting to wonder whether things were going to manifest or not. Today I got my answer and God is never wrong, nor does he give you anything that is not meant to take hold at some point.
I submitted my manuscript of poetry to a publisher and it seemed that things were taking quite a bit of time and I was frankly getting discouraged, but God's Holy Spirit spontaneously gave me these poems at all hours, at home, as I was walking along the streets of my neighborhood, very spontaneously, but all having great significance to today's events in America, society, and my own life. I knew they were given for a reason and that this book would somehow get published, so when DIP contacted me and offered to publish my book, sent me the formatted manuscript, with just the artwork for the cover needed to be done and a marketing person already assigned to me, but that I had not heard from yet, I got a bit discouraged. I had a dream and I woke up this morning with a feeling of news coming, good news. I heard from the publisher, letting me know they were re-structuring, expanding the brand, marketing and I would hear back in the next two weeks, but that limited marketing had already begun. I also kept hearing the words Ambassador, Dynamic, Continuity and Home, but I couldn't figure out what the three had to do with each other. I knew the Lord had given me the understanding that the Roman Catholic Church was the Apostolic Continuity of Christ, and home to the faith of my childhood, which I thought I knew, but turns out I really didn't. The Ambassador thing, well that was a new one and I was trying to figure out what that was about, which I knew in part had to do with the arts, as a lot of my poems are spiritual and faith based, but I felt it was more than that. Today I was compelled to search for online communities and came across the Dynamic Catholic Community and they have ambassadors. I don't feel I am to take this on right now, but I bookmarked the site, and when it is the right time, I will know and will contact them to be an Ambassador, to host events and do whatever I can.
It reminded me that God is in control, not in a dictator's way, but in a parental, guiding way and if we trust him, he really will make things work for good. As I learn to stay still, to listen, be inspired, I can find my way home as an artist, a Christian, as a Catholic, in Christ, in every way, shape and form.
Shalom and Amen.
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