In today's Gospel reading from John 3. Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." God has made it so simple for us to have eternal life, so it's alarming that many are making it most complicated for themselves! Time to examine ourselves.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Monday, April 17, 2023
*****Wonderfully Made by God*****
When God forgives our sins and makes us clean, we just feel so good. Why so? Well, when our soul is not in order, we just lose peace—this is how God has "wired" us. Once the Lord cleanses us, our soul is healed and we are set free! It's that simple. Now you know to feel good always! God has wonderfully made us, so thank him with all your heart. If we feel miserable, we have only ourselves to blame.
***Driving Satan Crazy***
Every time you see your own sinfulness, you surrender yourself to God more and become even holier.
*****Being Renewed Unceasingly*
Protestant Christians talk about the born-again experience. Christ can make us anew in him for sure, but I don't see this as a one-time thing. Instead, I see it as a continuous process with the Holy Spirit renewing us every single moment. This is what make living a Catholic life so exiting!
***God's Love vs. Our Love***
When we love someone or something, we basically seek self-satisfaction. So our love is not pure. Since God is love, his love is pure and selfless. When we experience his love, we are transformed to love others as he loves all of us. We now seek to glorify God only, and we are set free. Yes, God can make us become like him!
Sunday, April 16, 2023
**Small Foretaste of Heaven
When you are totally immersed in the Lord, you are only aware of his loving glorious presence and become oblivious of everything else, including time. This is but a small foretaste of what it'll be like in heaven.
***Connecting with God
We are nothing without God—this is absolutely true. So to become something, we need to connect ourselves with the Lord God. The steps involved are extremely simple: You accept and believe that Christ is your Lord and Savior and follow him, and you are connected. This is to have faith! The greater your faith, the more perfect is your connection. This is what being Christian is all about.
***All Glory Is God's
We all have our ego and seek glory for ourselves. Today at Mass, the Lord made me see that he alone deserves all the glory, and we deserve none. There is only one God, one Lord, and all glory belongs to him. The Lord exudes glory. We can only reflect his glory by becoming humble and holy. When we acknowledge all this, we are set free and gain peace.
***What We Must Realize
A church friend just had his pacemaker replaced because the battery in the old one was getting weak. I am happy that the operation has been a success and he is doing fine. This made me realize that whether we need a pacemaker or not, we are all living on borrowed time. The Lord God lends us each only so much time and that's all we get. So it would be extremely foolish to live as if our time is not going to run out. We don't want to live on this earth forever; we want to live our eternal life in heaven according to our heavenly Father's will!
*****The Lord Is Our Joy*****
Jesus is risen! Because of it, we will all be risen one day. How can I possibly not feel jubilant? The Lord is all about love, life, and joy!
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