Reflection authored by: Joyce Clawson, Associate Director of Faith Formation 1st through 5th grade
Never Give Up
These three words sound so simple but when put if life’s circumstances, they are no always so easy. In this chapter 14, Justin Fatica gave the example of how he never gave up on getting married to his wife. It got me to thinking about what thing in my life I have not given up on. I have come to the conclusion the most important example would be that it was having my husband, Greg, convert to Catholicism. When we were married, he was Lutheran and he never had a problem with me not being willing to change to his religion. He even willingly agreed to raise our children in the Catholic faith. I had really hoped he would join since he attended with me each week for years. But over those years, he didn’t want to convert so I just kept on praying that he would one day. Then the time came when we were expecting our first child and wha-la: he said he wanted to meet with our priest and become Catholic so we would raise our child with the same religion. At that time, RCIA didn’t exist so he met with Fr. Paul Hans, one-on-one and was so happy and excited to become a member. All those years (five to be exact!) of praying and hoping brought Greg to want to do it. And now, the kicker of all of this is is that he is now a devout Catholic, strong in his faith and love of God and man! So I have learned that prayer, perseverance and never giving up on your dream can make it happen. I challenge you to try it and see what happens!