RE: Qurator's Mischievous Mondays | The Gift I Never Wanted but Got Anyway

The Gift I Never Wanted but Got Anyway

Huh, it was a paperweight that says 'God loves you' (see my profile pic). Lol. I never appreciated religious things prior to Lent 2023 even if I'm a cradle Catholic. I even received an angel figurine too and I was like, why? Suffice it to say, I was just a nominal Christian at the time or what people call a lukewarm then eventually a cold Catholic. This was why when I saw the gift I was like, what am I to do with such a thing? I didn't have any use for it. I thought it was just a useless gift. 😂 Fortunately somehow I never got to give it away as gift too.

Life went on of course. More than a decade ago I offered my suffering to God (Matthew 11:28-30) when I went to mass. To my surprise the heavy emotional and mental burden lightened as if my problem then never happened!!! 😱 I didn't even notice it until I did! I finally felt God's love for me which I never really did before. That was when I suddenly appreciated the paperweight when I saw it again. I even thanked God for the person who gave it to me (I don't remember anymore).

I took a pic of it and put it in my social media accts since that moment. However what I didn't know then was God also needed my repentance. I mean not that He needs it but I had to repent too but sadly I never did at the time. Nobody was around to tell me about it even if I was going to mass on Sundays and sometimes skipped. Perhaps because I had so many mortal sins I was too blind and deaf to anything the priests said. Needless to say I eventually went back to my sinful ways.

Fast forward to Lent 2023 that's when I finally did a general confession and became a Renewed Catholic. Then eventually a practicing one. Of course now as you can see I have already been using the profile pic of the paperweight proudly. 😆 Glory to God in the highest! Thank You Lord!