June 11, 2018 Fiat? I remember hearing the word and pretending I knew what people were talking about. Hardly anyone I knew ever used the word so I assumed most of us were clueless as to its definition, which meant I was not alone. But I have learned, over time, that there are times we must be alone in whatever state we are in, otherwise we rarely grow as human beings. This "fiat" thing seemed simple once I learned that it was Mary's "yes" to God: "Be it done unto me according to Thy Word". Yea, not as simple as I thought. The baggage I brought with me to this point involved wanting things the way I wanted things; whether that meant where I lived, how I dined, the people I hung out with, the responsibilities I wanted or didn't want, and so on. The trail seemed endless and truly giving my own fiat to God took much longer than I thought. To release myself from this trail of "wants", I prayed for God's help in doing ...