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When God Doesn't Give You An Answer

Catholic Mom Calm

I just got back from two weeks away (the Fulton Sheen conference in St. Louis and then France with my 15-year-old daughter) and I brought two big things with me to pray about in some very holy places. I asked for clarity every single day, and I kept thinking He'd surely talk to me on the 10-hour flight home, because airplanes are where I so often hear Him. He didn't. When I crawled into bed at 11:30 that night I was surprised and honestly a little embarrassed. Then a sentence came to me that may have been a gift from the Holy Spirit: if He didn't tell me, I don't need to know today. I'm sharing what I do when God is quiet, the three little lies I caught in my own head on the way home, and one question I'd love for you to ask about whatever is weighing on you right now. What if you already have everything you need today? WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: * Why God being quiet about your question might simply mean you don't need to know today, not that you're blocking His voice * How "I have everything I need today" can be true next to a negative bank account, a hard diagnosis, or a child who's struggling * God gives us no grace for our imaginary problems, so the hours we spend worrying about things that never happen are hours we don't get back * The three stories I told myself when I came home without an answer, and how quickly they fell apart once I called them lies * Why you can handle watching someone you love feel disappointed, even when it feels like they were counting on you * Why I believe our prayers are a real currency, even the simple ones EPISODE TIMELINE: * [00:00] – Home after two weeks away: the Fulton Sheen conference in St. Louis and France with my daughter * [04:00] – Bringing two big questions to holy places, and waiting for God to speak on the flight home * [08:00] – "If He didn't tell me, I don't need to know" and a deeper level of surrender * [12:00] – You have everything you need today, even in the big hard things * [15:00] – The embarrassment, my husband's question, and the three lies I caught * [18:00] – What if God said "you don't need that today"? Being present for the little things * [20:00] – One Million Rosaries, the three-day workshop, and Party Like a Saint * [24:00] – Why our prayers matter more than we think LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED: * One Million Rosaries Challenge (free, join any time, a prize given away every day): https://onemillionrosaries.com * Three-day workshop with Rita Johnson on sleep, energy, and hormones, me on house systems, and Denise Jelinek on food and emotional self-care ($39, replays included): https://healthandhormones.org/back-on-track/ * Party Like a Saint (All Saints Day party goods): https://www.partylikeasaint.com/ CONNECT WITH STERLING JAQUITH: * Website: https://catholicmomcalm.com * Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catholicmomcalm