Mass

How crazy it seems, how mass is relating so much to my life right now. It seems each day that the priest is speaking to me and to what is going on in my life at the present time. At Friday's daily mass, the priest read my favorite reading about the 10 virgins and how that story taught us that we always need to be prepared, because we never know when He is coming. I related that to school and how I have been preparing for the last couple of weeks for the kids to be coming. Now although I know the day they will come, I don't really know what they will be bringing with them. Will they have their supplies? Will they have eaten breakfast? Will they want their mom's about half way through school? Will they need a nap? Will they have a hunger for knowledge? Will they like me? did they do all day long when they weren't in school? What Will I be able to teach them all that I know and drive them to dig deeper into things they want to learn about? I can prepare for some of these questions, but not all of them and that is when I need to give it up and let the Lord and let Him take care of the rest. I need to realize that he has been preparing the kids throughout the summer for school and for having me as their teacher.
Today the readings dealt with tending a garden and when we nourish and love it, the garden becomes full and plentiful, but when it is left alone then weeds grow. I need to make sure that I am doing that for my kids each day, but also remembering that I need nourishment and love as well. I need to take care of me, so that I can be good for these kids.