I lived out the entire Bible this morning. Mainly because I didn’t get to do what seemed best or what I wanted to do — so I suffered. A better Divine Plan I hadn’t imagined emerged in its place.
Just like in the movies. Only better. Here are three pop love songs (and a new film) to illustrate how living out the whole Bible worked for me today and how the cycle repeats for most of us again and again:
1. Creation and the Fall: “I like Dreaming’’
My wife and I have created an amazing life together. But I’m a man (and man is an animal). And we are all sinners who mess up everything. When everything is a mess, we turn to God to show us a better way.
My spiritual advisor and role model (Dr. Tom Graves) inspired me into the new habit of starting Saturday mornings with a Holy Hour of Adoration, morning Mass and Confession.
But Saturday is one of the few days we get to sleep in (I literally don’t set the alarm), the chance for “couple time.’’ I let God decide whether I’ll get up early or wake up…
