Catch up

So, I have a few months worth of blogging to catch up on, sadly though I do not have much to write about! I am interested in going back to Pathways, and still have not checked out The Sanctuary by my house...I think I just get so tired working 24 hour shifts, my days lately have been spent taking naps every morning! But anyway, I also have a book on meditation and have found a place where I can learn to meditate, this sounds very interesting and I think I will check it out this fall. Especially after seeing the movie "EAT LOVE PRAY" I want to learn more about meditation and how it can open my mind and unlock my soul.

I had an interesting transport the other day. My partner and I were called to a lovely old home in downtown loveland, two retired Catholic nuns reside here. The call was dispatched as an 86 year old female who was feeling dizzy. She really wasn't very ill~ just mild dizziness, but with her recent cardiac history we decided to transport her to get evaluated. Let me describe this woman, a very petite and beautiful woman, with short curly grey-ish blond hair, soft skin with minimal wrinkles, and big blue eyes with long lashes that frame them. I imagine from the way she carried herself that although she must have been very attractive as a young adult, she was very humble and a very Spiritual woman. During the 15 minute transport she told me about how she was raised in the midwest and went to Mass as a teenage girl, even when she was in 6th grade she states she knew Jesus in a very intimate way, much different than her classmates and had no desire to marry or settle down, her only desire was to serve the lord. She became a Catholic Nun in inner city Chicago and was a nun for 35 years. I asked her if she regrets not getting married and having a family....her reply was along these lines..."I never felt the need to marry, when you have such a personal relationship with Jesus the only thing that matters is serving Him, I have never once been unhappy....but it makes me sad to see how so many people who think they have everything are walking around dead. It's only when people trust in Jesus that they find the true meaning of this life, it is not being in a marriage, having children, or pursuing a career...it's just about being with Jesus" when she told me this she had such love beaming from her eyes that I had no choice but to believe her, she is the absolute first person I have ever met who seems so sincere and in love with Jesus, she talked about him as if he was in the room with her, I almost expected him to say something out loud in agreement... I told her that I think the reason so many people are "walking around dead" and don't know Jesus the way she does is because He is simply so hard to believe in and feel, and she turned to me and stated "that's because they don't trust Him." She then told me that she thought she was in the ambulance with me for a reason, that she wasn't afraid of dying but that she was afraid of leaving this world without telling people about the truth. Now I still find it difficult to put trust in something that you don't even know exists, but I didn't want to get into too big of a debate with her, she was just so pleasant to listen to and be with and I can't lose sight that I have a job to do in the ambulance. However I would love to talk to her again someday.... But what had really amazed me was her medical history, she lives with another very Spiritual older woman who has the gift of prophecy, four months ago at about 3am, this woman awoke after dreaming that Jesus had come to her and told her that she needed to wake up and call an ambulance because if she didn't her roommate would die. Without even checking on her roommate first she called the ambulance, and then went into her roommates room to find her, barely arouse-able and with a pulse rate of 30. This woman was taken emergently to the hospital and given a pacemaker, without immediate intervention she would have gone into cardiac arrest. Overall I had the most beautiful impression from this lovely lady, and have never met a woman with such a heart for Jesus, or such a calm and humble presence. She did not attempt to witness to me, although I suppose she was in her own way, she was just talking about this person, Jesus, who she is in love with. That has been the best Spiritual encounter so far this year and has given me something to think about....perhaps I will check out a Catholic Church next?