Hello my friends! Today's blessings - being with Darla here for a short time, and later we will be at AppleBees with her in-laws, time is short - so this is short too for now. Please, did you all see Felicia's post on Tuesday's thread? PLEASE pray for her!!! That's a long surgery!
God wants us happy right now and continually points us in that direction
even when we look the other way. Lord, grant that nothing will turn me
away from doing Your will.
Scripture for the day:
"You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of
joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore." ~Psalm 16:11
Meditation for the day:
We can hold our lives in trust for God. We can think deeply on what
that means. Nothing is too much to expect from such a life. We can
begin to see how dedicated a life in trust for God can be. In such a
life miracles can happen. When we are faithful, we find that God has
many good things in store for us. God can be the Lord of our lives,
controller of our days, of our present and our future. We can try to
act as God guides and leave all results to God. We need not hold
back, but can go all out for God and the better life God promises. We
can make good our trust.
Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may hold my life in trust for God. I pray that I may no
longer consider my life as all my own.
Where to look when:
Afraid
Psalm 34:4
Matthew 10:28
2 Timothy 1:7
Hebrews 13:5,6
Anxious
Psalm 46
Matthew 6:19-34
Philippians 4:6
1 Peter 5:6,7
Backsliding
Psalm 51
1 John 1:4-9
Bereaved
Matthew 5:4
2 Corinthians 1:3,4
Bitter - Critical
1 Corinthians 13
Conscious of sin
Proverbs 28:13
Defeated
Romans 8:31-39
Depressed
Psalm 34
Disaster threatens
Psalm 91
Psalm 118:5,6
Luke 8:22-25
Discouraged
Psalm 23
Psalm 42:6-11
Psalm 55:22
Matthew 5:11,12
2 Corinthians 4:8-18
Philippians 4:4-7
Doubting
Matthew 8:26
Hebrews 11
Facing crisis
Psalm 121
Matthew 6:25-34
Hebrews 11
Faith fails
Psalm 42:5
Hebrews 11
Friends fail
Psalm 41:9-13
Luke 17:3,4
Romans 12:14,17,19,21
2 Timothy 4:16-18
Leaving home
Psalm 121
Matthew 10:16-20
Lonely
Psalm 23
Hebrews 13:5,6
Needing God's protection
Psalm 27:1-3
Psalm 91
Philippians 4:19
Needing guidance
Psalm 32:8
Proverbs 3:5,6
Needing peace
John 14:1-4
John 16:33
Romans 5:1-5
Philippians 4:6,7
Needing rules for life
Romans 12
Overcome
Psalm 6
Romans 8:31-39
1 John 1:4-9
Prayerful
Psalm 4
Psalm 42
Luke 11:1-13
John 17
1 John 5:14,15
Protected
Psalm 18:1-3
Psalm 34:7
Sick - In pain
Psalm 38
Matthew 26:39
Romans 5:3-5
2 Corinthians 12:9,10
1 Peter 4:12,13,19
Sorrowful
Psalm 51
Matthew 5:4
John 14
2 Corinthians 1:3,4
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Tempted
Psalm 1
Psalm 139:23,24
Matthew 26:41
1 Corinthians 10:12-14
Philippians 4:8
James 4:7
2 Peter 2:9,3:17
Thankful
Psalm 100
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Hebrews 13:15
Traveling
Psalm 121
Trouble, in
Psalm 16+31
John 14:1-4
Hebrews 7:25
Weary
Psalm 90
Matthew 11:28-30
1 Corinthians 15:58
Galatians 6:9,10
Worried
Matthew 6:19-34
1 Peter 5:6,7
What is more powerful than God,
More evil than the Devil,
The poor have it,
The rich lack it, and
If you eat it you will die?
Think about it, and then scroll down for the answer.
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Answer: Nothing
Nothing is more powerful than God.
Nothing is more evil than the Devil.
The poor have nothing.
The rich lack nothing.
If you eat nothing, you will die.
My child,
Give up! Give up those hurts of the past. It's time to move on. satan
loves to have you live in the past because that renders you ineffective to
live in the present-in the now.
Tell Me, child. What is it that has happened to you? Who hurt you?
What mistakes have you made that you regret? Did what happen to you change
the fact that Jesus loves you, and He died on the cross for you so you
could live in heaven with Him for all eternity?
Can anything or anyone ever change that fact? You know that nothing
can ever nullify what Jesus did for you on the cross. If that's true, and
it is, then nothing else matters, does it?
There is nothing that can happen to you, nothing anyone can do to you
that can ever change the fact that My Son, Jesus, loves you and died on the
cross for you so you gain heaven for all eternity. No one can ever take
that away from you. No One!
Hold on to that thought. Put things in their proper perspective. When
you do that, you'll see that being loved unconditionally, attaining
salvation and the right to go to heaven is your ultimate goal. Everything
else pales in comparison to that.
Even physical death cannot take heaven away from you, for then the real
you-your spirit-just changes abodes. Physical death for Christians is
moving from living in the temple of the Holy Spirit, your body, to living in
heaven.
I know, My child, I know. Your mind is often filled with hurtful
things that happen to you. Sometimes you even say to people "You don't know
how much it hurt Me when such and such happened." Well, I ask you again,
does what happen to you in the past change the fact that Jesus loves you and
died for you, and now you can spend eternity with Him in heaven? I don't
have to wait for your answer, because I know immediately your mind said,
"No!"
Then, child, nothing else matters! Compared to eternity, all problems
are nothing. Loving Me, being in My family, gaining the right to live in
heaven for eternity-that's what's important in life. If you lose that,
you've lost it all. Don't hold grudges. forgive! Nothing you can gain on
earth can make up for that loss, and nothing can happen to you on earth that
can take that away from you- Nothing!
Love,
God
BEYOND DEATH
Author Unknown
A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was leaving the room after
paying a visit, and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what
lies on the other side."
Very quietly the doctor said, "I don't know."
"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the
other side?"
The doctor was holding the handle of the door, on the other side of
which came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the
door a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show
of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice that dog? He
had never been in this room before. He did not know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the door
opened he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one
thing: I know my Master is there, and that is enough. And when the
door opens, I shall pass through with no fear, but with gladness.
THE PERFECT HEART
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that
he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered
and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a
flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they
had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about
his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why your
heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man
looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars,
it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but
they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in
some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.
The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they
thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and
laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine
is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."
"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade
with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my
love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they
give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart,
but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I
cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have
given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece
of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges -- giving love is taking a
chance.
Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love
I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the
space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked
up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and
ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The
old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from
his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart.
It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man
looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since
love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away
side by side.
How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart.
-- Author Unknown
Because of my sins
I know that because of my sins,
I don´t deserve Your Mercy,
but I ask You to remember
Saint Faustina´s
spirit of sacrifice and self-denial,
and to be gracious
to her faithful love of You
by granting the petition
which I make to You now,
with childlike trust
through her intercession.
Amen.
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