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[gloriajean]

We cannot go back and have a new start, but we can start now
and have a new ending. Lord, this present moment is so powerful
in my life. Guide me to use it wisely.


Scripture for the day:

"It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that
I have spoken to you are spirit and life." ~John 6:63

Meditation for the day:

Our lives are God's gift. We use our lives to train our souls. This
life we live is not so much for the body as for the spirit. We often
choose the way of life that best suits the body, not the way that best
suits the spirit. God wants us to choose what suits the spirit as well
as the body. When we accept this belief, a wonderful molding of charter
is the result. When we reject it and God's purpose for our life is
frustrated, our
spiritual progress is delayed. Our souls are being trained by the good
we choose. Thus the purpose of our lives is being accomplished as we
choose good.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may choose what is good for my spirit. I pray that I may
realize God's purpose for my life and choose good.

Hello my friends! Getting this out quickly before I leave with Lori for a
bridal shower and we just may stay overnight, it's in Mpls. My blessings
today are getting a lot done, and that I can usually get a ride with Lori to
things like this - what a blessing she is! It's a wine tasting bridal
shower, we each bring a bottle of wine and it's mentioned what kind to
bring, and 20 dollars for the bride to be - so no one needs to go shopping,
and it sounds like a lot of fun, hor-dourves for each wine etc. My sisters
will be there, so I'm anxious to go and see them again, even Deil, who's
going to be 90 in Oct.! She's driving there! Please pray for all safe
drivings. Praying for you all and thanks for your prayers for us.
Have a nice evening!

TIMES OF REFRESHING

When I linger in Your presence,
All my wants and wishes cease.
From the toiling of a long day
Comes refreshing, comes release.

Gone the little disappointments
And the things which brought me pain.
In Your presence I find solace,
Strength to cope when hope seems vain.

You're aware of every struggle
From my doubts You set me free,
And the time becomes more precious
Which I spend on bended knee.

~ Regina Wiencek ~

WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN WHEN WE PRAY?

This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true:

I dreamed that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We
walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel
guide stopped in front of the first section and said, ' This is the
Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.

I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels
sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from
people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section.
Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and
delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how
busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station,
since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for
delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a
very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there,
idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend
quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed." How is it that there is no
work going on here? ' I asked.

"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they
asked for, very few send back acknowledgments"

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings? " I asked..

"Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord. "

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.

"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead
and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have
money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among
the top 8% of the world 's wealthy. "

"And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the
world who has that opportunity."

"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness .. You are more
blessed than the many who will not even survive this day. "

"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of
imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... You are
ahead of 700 million people in the world."

"If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture
or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in
the world."

"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique
to all those in doubt and despair......."

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that
someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than
over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along
to remind everyone else how blessed we all are

ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for
giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it. "

Invite Jesus In

A family is a small kingdom, and any kingdom can have only one king. We need
to make sure that Jesus is the one seated on the throne in our homes. That
starts by making sure that he is enthroned in our hearts, for he is the
benevolent King who only rules when invited.

— from God's on the Phone

Make Me A TV

A teacher from Primary School asks her students to write an essay about what
they would like God to do for them...

At the end of the day, while marking the essays, she read one that made her
very emotional.
Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her:- 'What
happened?'
She answered- 'Read this. It is one of my students' essay.
''Oh God, tonight I ask you something very special :
Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in
my house.
Have my own special place, And have my family around ME.
To be taken seriously when I talk....

I want to be the center of attention and be heard without interruptions or
questions.
I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is
not working.
Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is
tired.
And I want my mom to want me when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring
me...
And... I want my brothers to fight to be with me...

I want to feel that family just leaves everything aside, every now and then,
just to spend some time with me. And last but not least, ensure that I can
make them all happy and entertain them... Lord I don't ask you for much... I
just want
to live like a TV.'
At that moment the husband said :-
'My God, poor kid. What horrible parents!' The wife looked up at him and
said:-
'That essay is our son's !!!

A Prayer to Padre Pio
Beloved Padre Pio, today I come to add my prayer to the thousands of prayers
offered to you every day by those who love and venerate you. They ask for
cures and healings, earthly and spiritual blessings, and peace for body and
mind. And because of your friendship with the Lord, he heals those you ask
to be healed, and forgives those you forgive.

Through your visible wounds of the Cross, which you bore for 50 years, you
were chosen in our time to glorify the crucified Jesus. Because the Cross
has been replaced by other symbols, please help us to bring it back in our
midst, for we acknowledge it is the only true sign of salvation.

As we lovingly recall the wounds that pierced your hands, feet and side, we
not only remember the blood you shed in pain, but your smile, and the
invisible halo of sweet smelling flowers that surrounded your presence, the
perfume of sanctity.

Padre Pio, may the healings of the sick become the testimony that the Lord
has invited you to join the holy company of Saints. In your kindness, please
help me with my own special request: (mention here your petition, and make
the sign of the Cross).

Bless me and my loved ones. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit. Amen.

Mother Teresa Said...

"My vows bind me to my Sister
because she is much poorer than the poor outside.
If I am not kind and do not smile to the poor outside,
someone else will.
But for my Sister there is no one else.