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God said "happy birthday" to me

"I'll come for you." Since Advent started I have changed my morning routine slightly. I had been reading some books on the Stations of the Cross, on prayer, a book on detraction (very sobering), but I was out of new things, and had reread some of my favorites, so I was looking for something to do in Advent.  On top of this search, I had taken a break from my morning journaling, quite frankly because it was vacillating between a "what we ate and where we went" journal and literally a "gripe" journal (think Rain Man and the "Serious Injury List"). It wasn't productive, and it certainly wasn't helping my spiritual life. The time in between the food/gripe journal was a little empty, but I just continued prayer, daily Mass readings, some reflections, and my rosary every day. But I was looking for something more for Advent.  The Holy Spirit provided inspiration. And it was, as usual, right in front of me. Lectio Divina. I had prayed this wa...