Sweet
Bessie and Jeff...
I was
feeling a little bit low today after a long day at CPE and a difficult
conversation tonight. I walked in to the
living room tonight quite frankly sad.
My Mom immediately said to me, I have something I want you to listen
too. A few days before, Mom had printed
out all of my blog posts from the entire semester and mailed them to our lovely
friends Bessie and Jeff. Bessie and Jeff
are a couple from Selma, Alabama that we got to know when Daddy was the rector
of St. Paul’s, Selma. They are a kind,
caring, and loving couple and they have always been interested in me and
especially supportive of my calling to the priesthood. Bessie left a message on the answering
machine telling me how proud she was of me, that she was going to take my
advice about some of the prayer suggestions that I made, and that Jeff had read
the posts several times and loved them.
In her message, she said how much she loved me and that she would
continue to pray for me. After I
listened to the message I started to cry.
Sometimes,
we try to change ourselves to be what we think others want us to be, to please
people, and to be something that we just plain are not. Bessie and Jeff don’t want me to change, they
love me for exactly for who I am, the person that God created, and loves
unconditionally. I am so appreciative of
Bessie and Jeff for many reasons, but most of all for loving me as a child of
God. It is people like Bessie and Jeff
that help us look for the light and remember that we have to find God in the
situation, we have to give grace to others, and we can only be the person we
are created to be. Thank you sweet
Bessie and Jeff, you are shining examples of disciples of Christ. I will forever hold you close to my heart.
More on my
Clinical Pastoral Education experience soon.
Today is about celebrating the people I love dearly, which includes all
of you who are reading this. Thank you
for continuing to support and love me. I
am truly blessed.
Blessings as
the ride continues…
Mary
Balfour
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