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[gloriajean]

Keep your feet firmly planted in your faith and your eyes raised to the
heavens.
Lord, You are my strength, my encouragement and my source of all that is
good.


Scripture for the day:


"To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; do not let me
be put to shame." ~Psalm 25:1-2

Meditation for the day:

I can link up my frail nature with God's limitless power. I can link my
life with God's force for good in the world. It is not the passionate
appeal that gains God's attention as much as the quiet placing of our
difficulties and worries in God's hands. So I can trust God like a child
who places its tangled skein of wool in the hands of a loving mother to
unravel. We can please God more by our unquestioning confidence than by
imploring God for help.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may put all my difficulties in God's hands and leave them
there. I pray that I may fully trust God to take care of them.

Hello to all you positive pals and grateful gals!
Hope your day went well and that you can come and share your blessings with
us here.
This is like a Gratitude Thread. We are grateful for many things, many
things that so often we take for granted, let us stop and look at all our
blessings, great and small, as they all come from God! He is so full of
LOVE for us! Today was the usual - cleaning, cooking, and being grateful to
have a nice house to clean and food to cook. I made chicken breasts frying
them in grapeseed oil, with salt and pepper, and some chicken seasoning on,
then I put potatoes and carrots in the pan - my stainless steel one, and put
the cover on and when it whistled I turned down the heat, and let it cook on
a lower heat for about an hour or so - whenever he came home. It was
delicious! We have left over chicken now to make either a salad with or
stir frys, or even a chicken hot dish would work too, wouldn't it? Well,
thinking of all these positive thoughts!


Happiness

The joy of Jesus is
the hope of eternal happiness.


from Thirsting for God: Mother Teresa

Come, Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them
the fire of Your Divine Love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be
created, and You shall renew the face of the earth. Oh God, Who by the light
of the Holy Spirit instructed the hearts of the faithful, Grant, that by the
same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation. We ask
this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Dear Lord,
Another hectic week has started
and I feel I need your strength and love
even more than the day before.
May I hear Your tender voice guiding
me through this day and in some way,
may I show an act of love and kindness
to people that I meet today,
be it a helpful hand or a smile,
patience instead of anger,
understanding instead of frustration.
Help me Lord to see you in others that I meet.
Amen

I Was Here Lord...

I was here Lord, where were you
When I was lonely and oh, so blue.
Not one friend could I find,
Who could give me piece of mind.

I was here Lord, where were you,
My heart racked with pain and anguish too.
All I could do was sit and cry,
Not one tear did you dry.

I was here Lord, where were you,
When I had trouble, not knowing what to do.
Not one word did You whisper to me,
To tell me what the answer might be.

I was hear child, where were you,
I searched for you Sunday and found an empty pew.
On my day you rejected Me,
There was somewhere else you chose to be.

I was here child, where were you,
When your life was good and your problem few.
Not one prayer did you send to Me,
To thank Me for all I'd done for thee.

I was here child, where were you,
Watching over you with a love so true.
Hoping you'd find your way back to Me,
So from your sins I could set you free.

I was here child, where were you,
Full of compassion your life to renew.
I was here child, where I'll always be,
Waiting for you to remember Me.

- Author Unknown

UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE
Author Unknown


I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my
college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The
teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every
human being had
been graced with. Her last project of the term was called "Smile." The
class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their
reactions. I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone
and say hello
anyway, so, I thought this would be a piece of cake, literally.

Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and
I went out to McDonald's one crisp March morning. It was just our way
of sharing special play time with our son. We were standing in line,
waiting to
be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away,
and then even my husband did. I did not move an inch...an overwhelming
feeling of panic welled up inside of me as I turned to see why they
had moved.

As I turned around I smelled a horrible "dirty body" smell, and there
standing behind me were two poor homeless men. As I looked down at the
short gentleman, close to me, he was "smiling." His beautiful sky blue
eyes were
full of God's Light as he searched for acceptance. He said, "Good day"
as he counted the few coins he had been clutching. The second man
fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I realized the
second man was mentally deficient and the blue eyed gentleman was his
salvation. I held my tears as I stood there with them.

The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said,
"Coffee is all Miss" because that was all they could afford. (If they
wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy
something. He just wanted to be warm). Then I really felt it-the
compulsion was so great I almost reached out and embraced the little
man with the blue eyes.

That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me,
judging my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the
counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. I then
walked around the
corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put
the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue eyed gentleman's
cold hand. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said,
"Thank you." I leaned
over, began to pat his hand and said, "I did not do this for you. God
is here working through me to give you hope." I started to cry as I
walked away to join my husband and son.

When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, "That is why God
gave you to me, Honey. To give me hope." We held hands for a moment
and at that time we knew that only because of the Grace that we had
been given were we able to give.

That day showed me the pure Light of God's sweet love. I returned to
college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand. I
turned in "my project" and the instructor read it. Then she looked up
at me and said, "Can I share this?" I slowly nodded as she got the
attention of the class. She began to read and that is when I knew that
we as human beings and being part of God, share this need to heal
people and be healed. In my own way I
had touched the people at McDonald's, my husband, son, instructor, and
every soul that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a
college student.

I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn:
UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.

Much love and compassion is to each and every person who may read this
and learn how to LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS - NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE
PEOPLE.

Prayer for Discernment:
O Lord,

I do not know what to ask you.
You alone know my real needs,
and you love me more
than I even know how to love.
Enable me to discern my true needs
which are hidden from me.
I ask for neither cross nor consolation;
I wait in patience for you.
My heart is open to you.
For your great mercy's sake,
come to me and help me.
Put your mark on me and heal me,
cast me down and raise me up.
Silently I adore your holy will
and your inscrutable ways.
I offer myself in sacrifice to you
and put all my trust in you.
I desire only to do your will.
Teach me how to pray
and pray in me, yourself.

--Vasily Drosdov Philaret, c. 1780 - 1867

Lord Jesus, give me your peace

Give me confidence in the depths of danger.
Give me hope when I am surrounded by fear.
Still my worries, calm the anxieties pressing in on me from the world I live
in.
Reassure me that you are with me when I seem alone.
Ease my doubting, as you did Thomas'.
Guide my searching for peace,
so that I may not seek it where it is not to be found,
but I may seek it in you.

Lord Jesus, live in me and give me your peace.

Amen

Praying for all your requests - and thanks for your prayers for mine! God
bless each and every one of you! Enjoy your tomorrow with God!