If you have not yet totally surrendered to God, you are in an unsettled, suspended state. Unsettled, because you cannot totally relax yet. Suspended, because you can be dropped and get hurt badly.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Two Links to God
Communion thoughts. I am proud of the Apostolic succession within the Catholic Church. Starting with my parish priest, I can trace all the way back to St. Peter and the Lord. When I received the Holy Eucharist today, the Lord directly connected with me. How good it is to have these two lines linked to God!
Thursday, July 31, 2014
It Is the Lord
It is in Jesus that we enjoy our freedom.
It is for Jesus that we rejoice in living and dying.
It is with Jesus that we become bold and unafraid.
It is from Jesus that we receive peace and joy.
It is about Jesus that we are not ashamed of bragging.
It is to Jesus that we can turn when we are troubled.
It is because of Jesus that we shall live forever.
It is to him that we owe all our gratitude.
Declaration of Love
Communion experience. As the Lord was changing the bread and wine into his own body and blood, he was declaring his everlasting love for us!
Be Renewed by God
God can make all things new. Therefore, let him renew you by casting away your old fixed thinking, old foolish beliefs, old bad habits, old stubborn attitudes, old silly attachments, and most of all, your old ego. Then you'll have new freedom in the Lord.
Greater Agony
Today's Gospel came from Matthew 13. Jesus continued to preached the kingdom of heaven, using parables. It struck me that his greater agony than what he experienced during his Passion might be the sorrow so many caused him by rejecting the good news he preached. Sadly, this has continued to this day.
Life Puzzle Solved
My life was like a giant jigsaw puzzle that needed to be solved. Then Jesus came along and put all the pieces together for me. The picture that emerged was beautiful beyond my highest expectations.
Seeing Ourselves
Today I see that each one of us exists alone in the universe and God through his love and mercy sustains us and everything else in the universe. And there is absolutely no barrier to prevent us from slipping into our next life in the spiritual world. This makes all the more important that we return to God and not be lost forever.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Dislike Yourself?
If you don't like yourself as a person, you haven't completely let God love you yet.
Enjoy and Skip
I loved good music. Listening to Beethoven's great piano sonatas was an almost spiritual experience as the music revealed the depths of the composer's soul, raising my thoughts to God. Now that I know the Lord intimately well, the music no longer draws me as he is infinitely greater and more beautiful than any great music. May all the good things you encounter in the world serve as stepping stones along the way as you journey toward God.
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