Daily Positive Thread for Thursday

gloriajean — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 04:27:38 GMT

Hello my friends! Today Lori took me shopping for her to find a good head board and night stands for her room, tomorrow she's getting a new mattress - she is so excited! And she found these items today on a good deal! Praise the Lord! We had a beautiful New Year's Mass this morning at 8 AM - Church almost full! Choir sang beautifully, good homily, Fr. Mark is usually quite humorous too and gave us good ideas for improving ourselves throughout the year. What a wonderful way to start out the New Year! Our first New Year's blessing!

Jesus came to us to serve not be served. Lord, help me to set aside

my self-serving behaviors and model my life after You.

Scripture for the day:

You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head

will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives."

~Luke 21:12-19

Meditation for the day:

It's not easy to be a true Christian. The price is laid out on today's

Gospel. "You will be hated by all because of my name." We may think this

does not apply to us. Then we need to ask ourselves if our faith realy

and truly sets us apart from others around us. And we can be comforted to

hear, "... but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your

perseverance you will secure your lives.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may be a true Christian. I pray that I may trust in the

security the Lord gives me as He helps me see the importance of working

for those things which last forever.

THE APPLE BASKET

Author Unknown

November 25, 2009

One day an elderly man entered into a hospital. He was grumpy from

being on medication and the nurses thought him to be insane, as he

yelled for his wife to get the apple basket. By the time they had

checked him into his room the nurses were exhausted from the fight he

was putting up.

"Sir you have to calm down we are doing everything we can for you"

they would try to explain.

"I don't need your help" the grumpy man would yell "I want my apple

basket". He finally slept. The nurses sighed with relief and talked

among themselves whether they should call the hospital psychologist

about the old man and his obsession with the apple basket.

As they talked and laughed about the situation the wife came in

carrying the basket of apples. They looked kind of stunned as she

asked if she could see her husband and deliver his basket. Sure, they

agreed as they watched her slip past into his room.

Curiosity consumed them over the next few weeks as they tended to the

elderly man. He was eaten with cancer and the doctors had given him no

hope of survival. He turned out to be a very calm, happy man once he

had his basket. His wife, they noticed, would come in with apples and

go out with apples and the curiosity grew even more till one nurse

couldn't stand the suspense.

One night as he was nearing the end, the nurse sat down in a chair by

the wife." May I ask why do you have that apple basket? I just don't

understand the significance. "

"I am an apple farmer by trade he sighed. From the time I was 20 till

the day I do die I will forever have my apples." The nurse nodded

thinking she understood. He just likes his work, she thought, assured

now he was a little bit crazy.

As she started to leave, the old man asked her to sit down. "At age 20

I was saved, I accepted the Lord as my Savior." Oh no, the nurse

thought. Here comes the lecture on religion. The old man continued.

"The day I accepted the Lord as my Savior I got this basket, and each

time I had a problem or concern that I could not handle, I put an

apple in the basket un-shined."

"Why?" the nurse said shaking her head.

"Because it reminded me to give those problems to the Lord for him to

shine. See my basket now," he stated. "As my problems disappear so do

the apples. As I get new problems, ones I cannot handle alone, I put

an apple in."

The humble nurse looked into the basket...only one apple was there.

With that, he took a big breath and grabbed his wife by the hand and

faded into eternal sleep. The wife paused for a moment and got up from

her place to take from the basket the last remaining apple. She

whispered in his ear that his reward awaits him in heaven.

The nurse stayed still and asked with tears in her eyes, "what do you

think his riches will be?"

The wife knew what they were, eternal life with Jesus Christ. But she

could see the concern and sadness upon the young nurses' face and

handed her the apple and said "the biggest apple pie you can imagine!"

That was the day the young nurse was saved, and from that day on she

always had a basket by her bed.

A Prayer to Padre Pio

Beloved Padre Pio, today I come to add my prayer to the thousands of prayers

offered to you every day by those who love and venerate you. They ask for

cures and healings, earthly and spiritual blessings, and peace for body and

mind. And because of your friendship with the Lord, he heals those you ask

to be healed, and forgives those you forgive.

Through your visible wounds of the Cross, which you bore for 50 years, you

were chosen in our time to glorify the crucified Jesus. Because the Cross

has been replaced by other symbols, please help us to bring it back in our

midst, for we acknowledge it is the only true sign of salvation.

As we lovingly recall the wounds that pierced your hands, feet and side, we

not only remember the blood you shed in pain, but your smile, and the

invisible halo of sweet smelling flowers that surrounded your presence, the

perfume of sanctity.

Padre Pio, may the healings of the sick become the testimony that the Lord

has invited you to join the holy company of Saints. In your kindness, please

help me with my own special request: (mention here your petition, and make

the sign of the Cross).

Bless me and my loved ones. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy

Spirit. Amen.

A lot of people have had answers to prayer with his intercession.

Prayer For Easing of Stress and Anxiety

Lord, there has been too much change in my life recently, and I feel

overwhelmed. Because I try to be a responsible person, I sometimes forget

that it is unwise for me to allow my sense of duty to override my common

sense.

Lord, help me to allow myself more time to rest, relax, and pray. Guide

me toward something spiritual to read every day and a quiet time

afterwards to reflect on what I have read and how it pertains to my

life. I truly want to simplify my life and live more as Christ did. Help

me remember that there is no loss or problem I must face alone. You are

always near, with Your love and compassion to comfort me. Amen.

Mother Teresa Said...

"One day at a meeting, I was asked to give a message.

So I told to people, "Husbands smile at your wives smile at your husbands

and children."

They could not understand how I was able to tell them this sort of thing.

"Are you married?" one of them asked.

"Yes", I replied "and sometimes I find it difficult to smile at Jesus

because He can be so demanding."

And it is true. By our vow of chastity we are married to Jesus."

Enjoy this: Auld Lang Syne by Sissel (Live) Happy New Year - YouTube

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lovestopaint — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:15:22 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

Gloria I'm glad your hand is feeling better, and you had a very nice day out with your daughter.

Counting my Blessings.

Harlene(lovestopaint)

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HeresLucy — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:34:13 GMT

Good afternoon!

Glad you had a good day with your daughter and enjoyed mass, Gloria.

Hey Harlene!

I am being lazy today after all the work yesterday, can't seem to get my mojo going! lol Grandsons will be here tonight and will stay all day tomorrow so I am looking forward to that. I haven't seen those rascals in a few days and I've been missing them.

I think I will get off from here and attempt loading the dishwasher. You know...I hate to unload the thing but don't mind loading it...crazy!!! lol

Y'all enjoy your day and keep warm and safe. The cold air is even heading down this way and I don't like the sound of that.

This is what I want...

This is what we're getting...

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HeresLucy — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:35:39 GMT

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gloriajean — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:12:35 GMT

Harlene - Oh Yes! my hand is so much better - I hardly have any pain! Praise God and thanks for prayers!!

Lucy - love your graphics, make me laugh!!! We are having really horrid temps, this morning it was -19! I heard on the news that International Falls had -40. The news say we are in for more cold temps. Oh my! We have to be rough and tough and hard to bluff!!!

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