Recollection …

A journey … towards greater becoming

BUMP SIGNBUMP SIGNBUMP SIGNBUMP SIGNThe Christian life The Christian life

is full of is full of bumps, they bumps, they onlyonly slow slow

you downyou down, not, not stop you.stop you. Keep Keep

going!going! No one said No one said

it was going to it was going to be smooth…be smooth…

What are the things you consider “bumps” in your life?

CHEVRON ALIGNMENTCHEVRON ALIGNMENT

WWe need to e need to alignalign

ourselves ourselves to God’s to God’s will and will and follow follow Him…Him…

What are the attitudes and behaviors we need to “align” to God’s will?

STOP SIGNSTOP SIGNSometimes God stops Sometimes God stops us on the road…us on the road…maybe we’re too maybe we’re too busy, maybe we’re busy, maybe we’re about to stumble, about to stumble, maybe He just wants maybe He just wants to talk to us….It is our to talk to us….It is our time to stay & spend time to stay & spend with Him, reflecting with Him, reflecting and examining…..and examining…..

Let’s stop for a while and experience the beauty of silence.

Can we be still and be in silence even for a minute while repeating in a “mantra” … “God loves me”

YIELD SIGNYIELD SIGN• After God shows us After God shows us

His will, we need to His will, we need to submit to the Holy submit to the Holy Spirit and not Spirit and not follow our own follow our own agendas and selfish agendas and selfish motives but let the motives but let the Spirit guide us Spirit guide us along the path….along the path….

This is the moment of total surrender and trust in the Lord. What do I need to lift up to God? … my family? My study? My health? My love ones…

WINDING ROAD WINDING ROAD SIGNSIGN

The path to wherever The path to wherever we we aarree led is hardly led is hardly

ever straight. ever straight.

God takes us to God takes us to several other places several other places

along the way to along the way to prepare us prepare us toto reach reach our destination...our destination...

Recognize the different situations and events in your life? Recall the various faces of people who had influence your life.

Everything has a purpose.

DIVIDED HIGHWAY DIVIDED HIGHWAY SIGNSIGN

• Even when we Even when we are going down are going down the path we the path we have a have a choice….we can choice….we can either obey the either obey the flesh or we can flesh or we can obey the obey the Spirit….Spirit….

“Between two evils, choose none.

Between two goods, choose both.”

The tremendous gift of freedom…

MERGE SIGNMERGE SIGN• The best route to The best route to

take in these take in these situations would situations would be to merge with be to merge with the Spirit and go the Spirit and go with God. It might with God. It might be rough but it’s be rough but it’s better than doing better than doing it by yourself…..it by yourself…..

CROSSROADS CROSSROADS SIGNSIGN

• Sometimes we come Sometimes we come to a point in our to a point in our

lives where we have lives where we have to make one decision to make one decision

from several. It’s from several. It’s hard, especially hard, especially when they’re all when they’re all

good. Keep in mind, good. Keep in mind, when all are good, when all are good,

God’s is best....God’s is best....

The way of the “cross” is the way to salvation.

It is just an illusion to believe in a life without cross

ROAD NARROWS SIGNROAD NARROWS SIGN

• If you find yourself If you find yourself on a eight-lane on a eight-lane superhighway, superhighway, chances are you’re chances are you’re on the road to on the road to destruction. The destruction. The road to God is very road to God is very narrow and narrow and we we need to fit need to fit ourselves in ourselves in ……

“To choose that which is more difficult”

- St. Therese of the Child Jesus

“Eight-lane super highway

More practical, easier, more gain, more advantageous

U-TURN SIGNU-TURN SIGN• In these In these

cases, we cases, we need to need to repent and repent and turn back to turn back to God…..God…..

God loves each of us. We are special and unique!

God is waiting for our return.

SHARE THE ROAD SIGNSHARE THE ROAD SIGN

• SHARE IT!!!SHARE IT!!!• Share it with Share it with

others. Share others. Share your victories, your victories, defeats, defeats, failures, and failures, and successes with successes with others. You others. You may just help may just help them along them along their road…..their road…..