enlightened?

Hey gang,

I wanted to share with you some thoughts that I came upon (only with the grace of God) while I was in Champaign a couple of weeks ago. The gospel was the one where the peeps ask Jesus who is the woman's husband in heaven if she's had seven husbands. This made me recall a time when, I don't know what we were talking about but, I mentioned something about me and Phil being married in heaven and he replied, I don't think people are married in heaven. I never gave it much thought at that point except for thinking, oh yeah, you're right. But this gospel, in combination with one of the three homilies I heard, reminded me that in heaven, you are in perfect union with God which is better than anything you can get out of marriage- that in fact, marriage is a vehicle to get you to the point where in heaven, you CAN be in perfect union with God. Another thing that I thought about is that whenever I thought about wedding plans, I thought about the details about the ceremony and the reception but never focused on the fact that I'd be receiving a SACRAMENT. Wow, kind of missed that boat. This progression of thoughts made me think that maybe I wasn't, and maybe still am not, ready for marriage. It seems as though I wanted to get married because it was part of my plan. I mean, I still believe that I am CALLED to marriage- just not yet. I've got lots of growing to do in the meantime, that's for sure. So consider me enlightened...or not...but I love this whole learn-new-things-about-myself phase of life I'm going through.