Daily Positive Thread for Saturday

gloriajean — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 01:45:59 GMT

Hello my friends! Hope your day went well and positive thinking everyone! Today's blessings was that Linus finished laying the tile floor in our laundry room and he did a great job!!! Hurrah! He'll get help with a neighbor inn helping to get the appliances back in there again after work tomorrow. We went out for pizza tonight after his long day working on the floor! Praying for you all!!

When life seems hard and filled with troubles, look for reasons

to be thankful. Lord, Your beautiful presence is always with me.

Scripture for the day:

"Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."

~Matthew 6:10

Meditation for the day:

The world would sooner be brought close to God and God's will would

sooner be done on earth, if all of us who acknowledge God gave

ourselves unreservedly to being used by God. God can use each one of

us as a channel for divine love and power. What delays the bringing

of the world closer to God is our reluctance to follow. If each one

of us lived each day for God and allowed God to work through us, then

the world could be drawn much closer to God, its creator and

preserver.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may be used as a channel to express God's love. I pray

that I may so live as to reveal God's spirit God's life in me.

I like this one:

When I say good morning I mean to say:

G-od

O-ffers us His

O-utstanding

D-evotion to

M-ake us

O-bedient &

R-eady for a

N-ew day with Him.

I-nspire others please, and

N-ever forget

G-od loves you!

The Bargain

During one of the many Reformation battles, a young soldier found himself

and his army being soundly defeated by the enemy.

He and his comrades hastily retreated from the battlefield in defeat,

running away in fear of their very lives.

The enemy gave chase. The young man ran hard and fast, full of fear and

desperation, and soon found himself cut off from his comrades. The soldier

eventually came upon a rocky ledge containing a cave.

Knowing the enemy was close behind, and that he was exhausted from the

chase, he chose to hide there. After he crawled in, he fell to his face in

the darkness, desperately crying to God to save him and protect him from his

enemies. He made a bargain with God. He promised that if God saved him, he

would serve Him for the remainder of his days.

When he looked up from his despairing plea for help, he saw a spider

beginning to weave its web at the entrance to the cave.

As he watched the delicate threads being slowly drawn across the mouth of

the cave, the young soldier pondered its irony. He thought, "I asked God for

protection and deliverance, and He sent me a spider instead. How can a

spider save me?"

His heart was hardened, knowing the enemy would soon discover his hiding

place and kill him. Soon he did hear the sound of his enemies, who were now

scouring the area looking for those in hiding.

One soldier with a gun slowly walked up to the cave's entrance. As the young

man crouched in the darkness, hoping to surprise the enemy in a last-minute

desperate attempt to save his own life, he felt his heart pounding wildly

out of control.

As the enemy cautiously moved forward to enter the cave, he came upon the

spider's web, which by now was completely strung across the opening. He

backed away and called out to a comrade, "There can't be anyone in here.

They would have had to break this spider's web to enter the cave. Let's move

on."

Years later, this young man, who made good his promise by

becoming a preacher and evangelist, wrote about that ordeal.

What he observed has stood by me in times of trouble, especially during

those times when everything seemed impossible:

"Where God is, a spider's web is as a stone wall.

Where God is not, a stone wall is as a spider's web."

~ Author Unknown ~

TIME MANAGEMENT

Author Unknown

One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of

business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration

those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of

high-powered overachiever s he said, "Okay, time for a quiz" and he

pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth mason jar and set it on the table

in front of him.

He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed

them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top

and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"

Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert

replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket

of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces

of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big

rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?"

By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them

answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought

out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it

went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.

Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"

"No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a

pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to

the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of

this illustration? "

One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter

how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit

some more things in it!" "No," the speaker replied, "that's not the

point.

The truth this illustration teaches us is:

If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at

all."

What are the 'big rocks' in your life, time with your loved ones, your

faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or

mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll

never get them in at all.

So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short

story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my

life?

Then, put those in your jar first.

PRAYERS TO JESUS AND MARY FOR MERCY

LORD Jesus Christ, eternal and merciful God,

Creator and Redeemer of all, listen to my prayer.

For the love Thou doth bear to those who ask forgiveness,

look on me with mercy, as once Thou didst look on Mary Magdalen,

and on Peter who denied Thee.

Look on me, Lord Jesus Christ, as Thou didst looked at the thief on his

cross

and on every sinner whom Thou hast ever forgiven.

Look on me, merciful Lord, as Thou didst look on Thy Mother, Mary,

standing in sorrow beneath Thy Cross.

Let me feel in my heart her compassion for Thee,

and let my eyes weep for Thy sorrows, caused by my sinful life.

Call me back from the darkness to my Father's house, give me a new heart

and a place at Thy side in the banquet Thou hast prepared for me. Amen.

AIL, Mary, my joy, my glory, my heart and my soul!

Thou art all mine through thy mercy, and I am all thine.

But I am not thine completely enough.

Destroy in me all that may be displeasing to God.

Place and cultivate in me everything that is pleasing to thee. Amen.

PRAYER FOR HEALING OF MIND

O Jesus, come into my sorrows, anxieties, mental troubles and to every

stages of my growth and formation. Deliver me from the painful memories of

the past. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. I forgive all those who hurt me and

fill all of them with your Holy Spirit. Thank you Jesus. Praise you Jesus.

(When you repeat this prayer will get you inner healing.)

All Saints Day

Dear Father, You have given the saints in Heaven eternal happiness and they

now live in the fullness of Your glory. Because of their holy love for You,

they also care about me and my family, my friends, my church, and my

neighbors. Thank You for the gift of their friendship and the witness of

their holy lives. I ask our patron saints and every saint who has become

especially dear to me to intercede for us. I ask them to help us journey

safely on the narrow path that leads to Heaven. O Lord, give us their

protection. Grant us their assistance in overcoming temptation and gaining

the fullness of life with You. Amen.

Guardian Angel Prayer For Friends

Guardian Angel,

watch over those whose names you can read in my heart.

Guard over them with every care

and make their way easy and their labors fruitful.

Dry their tears if they weep;

sanctify their joys;

raise their courage if they weaken;

restore their hope if they lose heart,

their health if they be ill,

truth if they err,

repentance if they fail...

Amen.

Mother Teresa Said...

I Thirst: “On the Cross Jesus said: ‘I thirst.’ From the Blessed Sacrament

Jesus continues to say to each of us: ‘I thirst.’ He thirsts for our

personal love, our intimacy, our union with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.

His longing for us to be with Him in the Blessed Sacrament is infinitely

greater than our longing to be with Him.”

Meditations by Padre Pio

Patience is more perfect when it is less mixed up with worries and

disturbances. If the good God wants to prolong the time of trial, do not

complain or try to investigate the reason, but remember the following: That

the children of Israel traveled for forty years in the desert before setting

foot in the Promised Land.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Saturday

gloriajean — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:56:18 GMT

RetRn - thanks! My sister, Deil, has her blood pressure going from high to too low, hopefully that can be regulated. Drs. appointment on Wednesday. Heard from her neighbor friend that she gets light headed. Please pray.

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