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[gloriajean]

Never let what you can't do get in the way of what you can do. Lord, help
me to recognize my abilities and focus only on my strengths so that each
day I will get nearer to my goals

Scripture for the day:

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the
mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and
foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult." ~Psalm 46:1-3

Meditation for the day:

"God is our refuge and strength." God is a sanctuary, a refuge from the
cares of life. We can get away from the misunderstandings of others by
retiring into our own place of meditation. But from ourselves, from our
sense of failure, our weakness, our shortcomings, where can we flee?
Only to the eternal God, our refuge, until the immensity of God's spirit
envelopes our spirit and it loses its smallness and weakness and comes
into harmony again with God's.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may lose my limitations in the immensity of God's love. I
pray that my spirit may be in harmony with God's spirit.

Hello my friends! My blessings today - Husband's day off - spend some time
with him, but he did work tonight to help someone out who wanted to go to
his kid's activity and that's important, so he worked from 4 until closing
(8:30). This afternoon Gerogia came and gave me a perm and I love it! Now
I have short hair with a perm! Nice change. Another blessing.
Our friend, Ray, came over with a good picking of beans, another blessing!
We are so blessed, in our everyday lives, that we need to thank our Lord for
all He does for us! He is a great Blessing for us!


Perfect Trust

Oh, for the peace of a perfect trust,
My loving God, in thee;
Unwavering faith that never doubts
Thou chooses best for me!
Best, though my plans be all upset;
Best, though the way be rough;
Best, though my earthly store be scant;
In Thee I have enough.
Best, though my health and strength be gone,
Though weary days be mine,
Shut out from much that others have;
Not my will, Lord, but Thine!
And even though disappointments come,
They, too, are best for me,
To wean me from this changing world,
And lead me nearer Thee.
Oh, for the peace of a perfect trust
That looks away from all;
That sees thy hand in everything,
In great events or small.
That hears Thy voice - A Father's voice -
Directing for the best.
Oh, for the peace of a perfect trust,
A heart with Thee at rest.

Our Refuge

When times are dark and dreary
and no one seems to care
Jesus is our refuge
when we go to him in prayer

He's always near to help us
and make our burden light
He's like a ray of sunshine
even in the darkest night

--clara potner

PRAYER AGAINST EVERY EVIL

Spirit of our God, Father, Son , and Holy Spirit, Most Holy Trinity,
Immaculate Virgin Mary, angels, archangels, and saints of Heaven, descend
upon me. Please purify me, Lord, mold me, fill me with Yourself, use me.
Banish all the forces of evil from me, destroy them, vanquish them, so that
I can be healthy and do good deeds. Banish from me all spells, witchcraft,
black magic, malefice, ties, maledictions, and the evil eye; diabolic
infestations, oppressions, possessions; all that is evil and sinful,
jealousy, perfidy, envy; physical, psychological, moral, spiritual,
diabolical ailments. Burn all these evils in h ell, that they may never again
touch me or any other creature in the entire world. I command and bid all
the powers who molest me -- by the power of God all powerful, in the name of
Jesus Christ our Savior, through the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin
Mary -- to leave me forever, and to be consigned into the everlasting h ell,
where they will be bound by Saint Michael the archangel, Saint Gabriel,
Saint Raphael, our guardian angels, and where they will be crushed under the
heel of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. Amen.

Mother Teresa Said...

"If we are careful of silence it will be easy to pray and to pray fervently.
There is so much talk, so much repetition,
so much carrying of tales in words and in writing.
Our prayer life must suffer so much because our hearts are not silent,
for as you know "only in the silence of the heart, God speaks."
Only after we have listened can we speak from the fullness of our hearts."

Five Ploys of Satan

Doubt - Tempts us to question God's Word and his goodness, forgiveness, and
love

Discouragement - Tempts us to focus intently on our problems rather than
entrusting them to God's care

Diversion - Tempts us to see the wrong things as attractive so that we will
want them more than the right things

Defeat - Tempts us to feel like failure so that we don't even try

Delay - Tempts us to procrastinate so that things never get done

Reflect on these ploys of Satan, and if you find that he has darkened your
life on any of these counts, lift up the situation to Our Lady in prayer.

YOUR LIFE IS JESUS TO SOMEONE


YOUR LIFE is Jesus to someone,
though tattered and torn it may be.
Though often times weak and unstable,
you're all of God someone will see.


YOUR TONGUE is Jesus to someone.
That idle, insensitive word
reflects to at least one searching heart
an idle, insensitive Lord.


YOUR GOALS are Jesus to someone.
What you put first, they believe,
are the goals of God for the Christian.
Your life is all they receive.


YOUR FAITHFULNESS... that's Jesus to someone.
Their judgement of how God is true,
rests unquestionably in the faithfulness
they see day by day in you.


YOUR LOVE is Jesus to someone--
that someone who is seeking to know
that Jesus will follow and guide and
befriend wherever in life they might go.


SO BEWARE lest others blaspheme
God by what you say or do,
for the only Jesus that someone knows
is the Jesus they see in you.


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