Augustine's Beginning Stages

"But where was I when I looked for you? You were there before my eyes, but I had deserted even my own self. I could not find my own self, much less find you." This passage speaks so much to the beginning stages of the conversion for Augustine. The only way for Augustine to understand how to accept his conversion is to first understand how and what he did wrong. Augustine is able to accept his own wrongs. He admits that he wasn't even able to find himself let alone how was he supposed to find God and the truth. Augustine just continues to amaze me how he was able to slowly accomplish and steadily discover the reasoning behind his journey. It has such a parallel to how we are responsible as Catholics to understand our faith. We are responsible to understand when God is calling us on to further our journey to eternal salvation. Instead of looking for God blindly, with faith, we are able to "see God before our eyes" and continue to grow in virtue, faith, and in our relationship with God. Day after day, I will have a constant reminder of Augustine's journey and his ability to power through and seek the truth, for he turned his weaknesses into his strengths. If Augustine was able to do it, than hopefully that can encourage me to do the same.