{"id":2369,"date":"2016-07-18T22:23:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T22:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2016-07-19T07:56:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T07:56:32","slug":"adversity-simply-rubber-band-yanking-us-back-towards-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/2016\/07\/adversity-simply-rubber-band-yanking-us-back-towards-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Adversity is Simply a Rubber Band Yanking Us Back Towards God"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am proud to have grown up an Irish, Catholic. I think this is how most of us feel about our heritage and our faith.<\/p>\n

I always knew that I wanted to marry another Catholic.
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\nI remember the first column that I wrote several years ago The 3 Things That Ended My Marriage.<\/em> I realized I had married a Catholic only in troubled times we turned out to be two very different types of Catholics.<\/p>\n

I was raised to believe that difficulty was meant to shape us. That adversity is a rubber band yanking us back towards God.
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I always say that I grew up imperfectly perfect.
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I was raised by a single mother of five who worked tirelessly to be all things to each of us. We had a tremendous love together and a need for each of us to be fiercely independent and chip in.<\/p>\n

When I met my husband I was so glad that he appeared to have grown up perfectly. No, not for the reasons which you are probably thinking. I wasn’t seeking nor did I have an interest in a perfect person. It was simply because when you love someone, you are so happy to believe they have lived with few struggles and much of what they deserved.<\/p>\n

I have been asked what might have made my marriage survive. I believe that a spiritual commitment to faith and not a ritualistic commitment to faith would be the answer to that question.<\/p>\n

Actually, I think if I was just meeting someone today, I wouldn’t just look at them as a registered Catholic. Think registered politician. What does that mean? Sure, you belong to a party, but what do you really believe? What do you really stand for?<\/p>\n

I stand for the rubber band of adversity which yanks me back towards God.<\/p>\n

Often, an initially unwelcome call to grow as human beings and to do so with purpose.<\/p>\n

I made my world smaller and walked closer to my faith and family.<\/p>\n

My husband and I were both Catholics, but we were not the same type of Catholics.<\/p>\n

He did not find his way towards faith and family. Had he, we would still be together because according to the way that I was raised…<\/p>\n

When you have God and family, you have everything.
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