Confirmation Countdown--Praying for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit-Gift of Reverence

  Confirmation is only seven days away for Theresa and her fellow candidates!  We have decided to spend the next seven days highlighting the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.  We will dedicate a different gift each day and will have some guest writers.  We would love it if everyone could spend a few minutes praying that these candidates will be strengthened by the awesome gifts of the Spirit!

The Gift Of Reverence
  We often enjoy causal conversations with acquaintances,  causal Fridays, or a nice pair of causal shoes.  However, casual is not the word we should use to describe our relationship with God.  Our relationship with God should be intimate, holy, and respectful.  We shouldn't casually follow God, we should love God with all or heart, with all our mind, and with all our soul.  We should strive to become holy,  just as Jesus is holy.  I would like to suggest that today we pray for the Gift of Reverence by praying three times: 
        "Jesus you must increase in me, and I must decrease."

-Susan