Since it's impossible for me to match what God has done for me, I just gratefully accept it with all my heart. Accepting our heavenly Father's love and becoming obedient to him is all he expects from us.
Thursday, May 4, 2023
**Journey to Freedom*
What is he key to freedom? Of course, the best answer is total abandonment to God or total trust in God. But specifically, there's another small key that can really help, that is, forgiving others always. The makes a good start before you to reach total abandonment.
****Taking Care of God First
We deal with problems in life constantly. Right now, I face an internet problem. After I improved the network, my printer stopped working. And the irrigation control unit for watering the yards is giving me trouble. I see people dealing with all kinds of problems nonstop. It becomes all the more important to take care of God first. We absolutely need to spend time communicating with the Lord daily, For me, going to Mass to receive him daily is essential. Without God, everything in life can easily fall apart. By the way, when I thought of all the problems before Mass started at church this morning, I felt the Lord asking me what if I were going to die today, would I still let those problems bother me? This is good to remember.
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
***Letting Sins Make You Holy
Use sins to your advantage. Every time you sin, repent and ask the Lord to take it away. Then be determined not to sin again. Think of your sins as stepping stones that you lead you to God. The farther you travel, the faster you go as you let the Lord make the journey easier for you. All in all, a most exciting journey. It's fitting to make the last part of your life the best part.
**Be Clean and Kind
People usually remember bad news more than good news. So do not tell any dirty joke to anyone, for it can stay with the listener all his life. I wouldn't tease anyone harshly either. It may be fun for you, but it can hurt a sensitive soul.
***Love Most Attractive
The more you remain in the Lord, you more you want to remain in him. Such is the drawing power of love.
***Christ Is Real!
Communion time feeling. Christ became real and familiar to me more than ever. I felt in my heart and soul as if he's someone I had already seen, met, and been with for a long time. Such peace and joy!
*Are You Worthy?*
The more we realize God's awesome holiness, the more we realize how unworthy we are. If you still think that you are a very worthy person, then you really have no idea how holy God is yet.
**Sin Bars Us from God
Know that every sin we commit adds a barrier between God our Savior and us. Remove these barriers as soon as they appear. Otherwise, you could reach the point of no return.
**Compelling Claims
Today is the Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles. Excerpts from what Jesus said to Philip in John 14; (1) "If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him." (2) "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father." (3) "Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?" Im mathematics, if A is a subset of B, B is a subset of A, then A = B. So Jesus = the Father. These are bold sayings, compelling us to think it they are true or false. To me, all the miracles he performed and his own Resurrection are more than sufficient to make me believe in him all the way. And my own personal experience has completely confirmed that I was right.
**Smart Switch
We who have a conscience feel bad when we have sinned against the Lord, but the Lord also feels bad when we offend him. Furthermore, he even feels worse if we don't repent our sins, and continue heading in the wrong direction. So why not seek to become holy so that we and the Lord can always feel good about each other?
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
***HAPPY REALIZATION***
Just became aware that God is for me, the whole heaven is for me, and Christ is doing everything for me that's good for me! It's getting to be more and more amazing!
***Only One Perfect Union***
Officially, the Lord is my Lord and my God. Privately, he is my all and as dear to me as my own soul. Union with him is the most beautiful and satisfying union of all unions, for it can make you prefect as he is perfect.
***Never Gamble with Your Life*
If you do not know Christ, you do not know where you are going—you virtually gamble with you life. For those who know Christ well, they know exactly where they're going and are assured of getting there. The difference is great indeed. Let Jesus unify us, not divide us.
***Love Guarantees Life Eternal***
We feel God's love for us, but we'll never be able to fathom it's immensity. Accept and trust in this love and eternal life is guaranteed!
**"Secret" to Eternal Life*
In today's Gospel reading from John 10, Jesus said to the Jews, "My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father's hand. The Father and I are one." Decades back as I was studying nuclear engineering, I learned how to calculate the critical mass needed to sustain the process of nuclear fission using a mathematical equation, I felt I'd learned a great secret. But this is nothing compared to what Christ has revealed to us here—follow him and we are assured of receiving eternal life no one can take away from us.
***Being a Christian Is . . .
all about helping the Lord defeat evil, defending the one who defends us.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)