In all of this digital trial and error, I lost sight of what is truly important: planting my mustard seed. You see, I was granted the gift of faith several years ago and now I want to pass it on to you! I want to help our Lord Jesus spread his message of love and mercy to you! But for a very long time, I have been so concerned with the how, that I forgot the why. The reason I am doing this is because God has done great things for me and God wants to do something great in you too! But like me, you may need somewhere to start.
In this blog, I will post about our Catholic faith, some prayer videos, and basically anything that I think is worth sharing that may not fit into a neat little box. This page, and my Word of Mercy Youtube channel, will be my outward facing brain and heart, and I hope they can make a small difference in your life.
A great inspiration for this site & channel (other than Jesus of course, duh) is a book called Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon. Before I read this book, I always felt that before posting anything, whatever it was, it had to be a masterpiece. What I learned is to share what I am currently working on, because I am certainly not perfect, and my work is not going to be perfect either. And to be perfectly honest, I am just not that good a writer or YouTuber 🤣, but I will certainly try my best.
I also feel the need to add a DISCLAIMER: I am NOT an expert in all things Catholic. I am just like you, trying to learn new things every day and working (and sometimes failing hard) to become more like Jesus. My hope is that as I share what I learn with you, we can both grow spiritually together.
I don’t know why I feel the need to mention this, but in my eternal search for perfection, I was looking for a “perfect name” for a category where all of my random thoughts can be housed. BUT, since my goal is to add a little value in every post, the best name I could come up with for this category is “Life Lessons” which makes me sound like I am some sort of expert in life, trust me, I am not. 🤷🏻♂️
But in that “Life Lessons” spirit, here is something I just learned: no matter what it is you have in mind, just get started today! Stop thinking about it, and like the Nike commercials of old, just do it.
If you want to change jobs because you hate the one you are in, start looking for a new one.
If you are tired of being overweight and want to be healthier, go for a walk.
If you are curious about Jesus and His Church and you don’t know where to begin, follow me on this journey and plant your seed of faith alongside mine. Let’s work together to make our mustard seed sized faith take root and grow into the greatest of shrubs. 🌳
God Bless you!
