Daily Positive Thread for Friday

gloriajean — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:01:57 GMT

Greetings my friends! Today was restful - snowing out - Sammy got groomed - he's so cute! Card Club plans being made - tomorrow we play cards at their house, Saturday another couple comes here after Mass - and next week another couple comes here. Unless I find someone who will be my partner for the play-offs, if I do, then that last couple we'll play at the play-offs the first Monday night in May. Linus has to work. I'm trying for Shirley, Fr. Jerry's sister, to see if she even plays 500 and wants to be my partner. The play-offs start at six with a big pot luck supper, then the cards and then see who had the highest score for the year and the lowest. We're in that card club since we moved here almost 11 years ago. Please pray for Linus - something is bothering him inside from the not taking anti-depressants anymore - he gets jittery - We both are hoping he won't have to go back on that drug again. Let us pray God takes care of that situation. In 2 weeks yet before he meets up with the doctor.

When you meet God in prayer, everything becomes new. Lord, may

I be humbly joyful in my faith.

Scripture for the day:

"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." ~ 1 John 4:18

Meditation for the day:

Fear is the curse of the world. Our fears can be many. Fear is everywhere.

I can fight fear as I would a plague. I can turn it out of my life. There

is not room for fear in the heart in which God dwells. Fear cannot exist

where true love is or where faith lives. So I need not fear. Fear is evil,

but "perfect love casts out fear." Fear can destroy hope and hope is

necessary for all of us!

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may have not fear. I pray that I may cast all fear out of my

life.

ONE GUY DIDN'T

Three guys were tried for crimes against humanity.

Two guys committed crimes.

One guy didn't.

Three guys were given government trials.

Two guys had fair trials.

One guy didn't.

Three guys were whipped and beaten.

Two guys had it coming.

One guy didn't.

Three guys were given crosses to carry.

Two guys earned their crosses.

One guy didn't.

Three guys were mocked and spit at along the way.

Two guys cursed and spit back.

One guy didn't.

Three guys were nailed to crosses.

Two guys deserved it.

One guy didn't.

Three guys agonized over their abandonment.

Two guys had reason to be abandoned.

One guy didn't.

Three guys talked while hanging on their crosses.

Two guys argued.

One guy didn't.

Three guys knew death was coming.

Two guys resisted.

One guy didn't.

One.

Two.

Three guys died on three crosses.

Three days later.

Two guys remained in their graves.

One guy didn't.

-- Author Unknown

*~Thank-You God~*

(author: unknown)

***

Thank-You God for being my Comforter,

When my soul was weak

and the tears wouldn't stop,

When my heart was aching with pain

and I was searching for refuge,

When my spirit was broken beyond repair

and I felt lost and hopeless,

Thank-You for Joy.

Thank-You God for being my Teacher,

When I was ignorant to the Lessons of Life

and rebuked wisdom,

When I was rebellious against your principles

and rejected morality,

When I was hindered by obstacles

and blinded by self-doubt,

Thank-You for Knowledge.

Thank-You God for being my Spiritual Guide,

When I chose the wrong path to tread

and lost sight of my purpose,

When I didn't know the power of faith, prayer,

and forgiveness,

When I didn't know how to surrender all my

anger, fears, and temptations,

Thank-You for your Guidance.

Thank-You God for being my Counselor,

When I didn't know how to acknowledge nor

express my feelings,

When I chose Sin over Self-Love,

Thank-You for Revelations, Awakenings, & Resolutions.

Thank-You God

PRAYER IN MEMORY OF THE SCOURGING

Jesus, in Thy cruel scourging in which Thou shed Thy Blood most painfully

and abundantly, offering it to Thine Eternal Father in payment for our

impatience and our wantonness, how is it, then, that we do not curb our

wrath and self-love? Oh! let us henceforth try to be more patient in our

trials, to cultivate self-control, and to bear in peace the injuries that

men do us.

O Jesus, Thou art the Love and Life of my soul. I find true peace and real

happiness only in Thy love, in Thy service, and in the imitation of Thy

virtues. I offer myself to Thee; do what Thou willest with me; henceforth my

motto shall be, "All for Jesus!"

Meditations by Padre Pio

Observe well that as long as you are displeased by the temptations you have

nothing to fear. But why are you sorry about this, if not because you don't

want to experience it? These troublesome temptations come from the evil of

the devil. But the displeasure and suffering we experience come from the

mercy of God, who, contrary to our enemy's will, draws holy tribulations

from malice, through which He purifies the gold that wants to be part of His

treasure.

Furthermore, your temptations come from the devil but your suffering and

afflictions come from God and Paradise. The mother is from Babilonia, but

the children are from Jerusalem. Despise the temptation and embrace the

tribulation. No, no, my daughter, let the wind blow, and do not believe the

noise of leaves is the blast of arms (Letters III, pp 636-637).

Mother Teresa Said...

Anyone is capable of going to Heaven. Heaven is our home.

Dying is not the end, it is just the beginning.

Death is a continuation of life. This is the meaning of eternal life;

it is where our soul goes to God, to be in the presence of God,

to see God, to speak to God, to continue loving Him with greater love.

We only surrender our body in death - our heart and our soul live forever.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Friday

Bobbi sue — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:03:36 GMT

Gloria, I will say a prayer for Linus and his nerves. Been there. I just prayed for him.

Blessings to all who post today. May Jesus be with you and answer your prayers.

Have a good day. Today it will be 70 here. Yeah!

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Friday

lovestopaint — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 13:10:01 GMT

Praying for Linus, Gloria.

Counting my Blessings.

Harlene(lovestopaint)

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Friday

serenity4ever — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:12:54 GMT

Hi Gloria... I hope Linus begins to feel better but if he does have to go back on medication, remember that there are programs out there where he can get the medication for a reduced cost.

I think it is wonderful the way you have such a nice group of friends that you play cards with. There is so much isolation in neighborhoods today, that it is nice to hear about friends getting together the way you do. It sounds like a really nice group of people.

I hope everyone has a beautiful weekend. And prayers that Bobbisue has a comfortable weekend with her COPD. Prayers also for everyone here who has an intention....

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Friday

Bobbi sue — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:19:47 GMT

Just wanted to say goodnight to everyone. I'm going to bed early. Sweet dreams.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Friday

serenity4ever — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:31:24 GMT

On 4/4/2014 Bobbisue said:
Just wanted to say goodnight to everyone. I'm going to bed early. Sweet dreams.

Good Night, Bobbisue and I hope you are feeling well this evening...

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Friday

gloriajean — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 02:01:13 GMT

Bobbiesue - thanks for praying for Linus! It's been good today! Our weather got up as high as 40 today - hope you enjoyed the 70 degrees!! Looking forward to that!

Harlene - thanks too, for your prayers for Linus - I just know I can count on prayers here!!

Serenity - We are hoping he won't need that medication again - he's taking Zen, a holistic med, and Vit. D. When we moved here almost 11 years ago, our next door neighbor introduced us to the Card Club which is sponsored by our Parish, and is a fund raiser. We all pay $20.00 a year to belong, and we get assigned couples throughout the year - a new couple to play cards with for each month, and the schedule shows when we host and where we go to other's houses, it's been good, and fun and we got to know alot of couples this way through the years. Then the first Monday night in May everyone gets together at Church for a big potluck supper and we play the last couple on our schedule there, and we all get a gift for being there, and the couple with the highest score gets their $20.00 paid for the next year, and the loser gets a new deck of cards! Thank you much for your prayers for us all.

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