**Thanking God Again

        The Lord knows everything about me and I am grateful that he has helped me see myself clearly with no pride standing in the way.

***Rejoicing Again

        It's so good that I have Christ to trust in, as I realize that he has already secured my eternal life! 

**Union with God Is Spiritual*

        Communion experience. Here I was, a finite vessel, to receive the infinite Lord! How could I possibly contain him? I now realize that I was thinking wrongly in terms of physical containment. Spiritually, a complete union with the Lord is no problem. An exhilarating realization!

**Awaiting My Judgment

        I know that Christ loves me, knows and understands me perfectly, and is always just and fair. So I am ready for him to judge me and accept whatever he decides to grant me. After that, I'll be in person with him forever! 

**Even Exchange

        That Christ has died for me, I will always remember. If we are willing to die for him for loving him, he will likewise never forget us. 

***Beautiful Happening***

        When you accept God's love for you, you become a humble, selfless person. Let's not overlook this fact. It is a beautiful happening, as wonderful as a miracle.

**How God Makes You Beautiful

        Communion experience. He first heals your soul. Then he transforms you to become like him. Now you are beautiful. 

**Supporting Jesus

        Today is the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. It's worth noting that Mary supported Jesus as her Son and Lord, and we support him as our Lord. So spiritually, we can be as close to Christ as Mary is. Something to rejoice about.

***Holy Beggar

         This is one who trusts in the Lord fully and begs for his mercy and blessings on himself and the whole world. This is someone to look up to.

****Amazing Intimate Relationship****

        I'd like to emphasize again that we need to be wide open to the Lord God. This means that we be 100% honest with him, sharing everything with him, our joys, our sorrows, our wishes and desires, even our doubts, complaints, hangups, secrets we wouldn't share with another human being . . . all kinds of problems. Believe me, if you can be this open with God, you'll develop an amazing, most intimate and life-changing relationship with the Lord God!  

**Power of Prayer*

        Know that every good prayer said straight from your heart blesses and sanctifies you! So pray unceasingly for God's great glory.

***Matter of Faith***

        If you are not happy about yourself, let God remake you! If you don't believe that he can make you happy, then you'll remain unhappy. On the other hand, if you believe that he can make you perfect and happy, then nothing will be able to stop that from happening! You see, it all depends upon whether you believe in him or not.

***See All the Good Things

        The world is in a mess caused by sins, but think of all the good things God has done and still does for us! The list is endlessly long. He sustains us so that we remain alive. He gives us so many things in the world to enjoy. He is ever ready to hear our troubles and offer his help, and to console us when we are sorrowful. He heals us when we are wounded internally and turn to him. His love for us in boundless. And he has paved the way for us to get to heaven. This last alone is enough for us to rejoice and become carefree!

**Persecutions Leading to Eternal Life

        In today's Gospel reading from Mark 10, Jesus said to Peter, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come." Give up everything for Jesus' sake and we'll receive a lot more with persecutions, and finally eternal life. Suffering for Christ for a little while longer now is definitely worth it, for we shall soon be rewarded with living happily forever!

**What's Truly Meaningful and Satisfying

        I probably could show my talent in some way and earn some oohs and aahs from some people. But that would only puff up my ego—no real joy here. Making a lot of money or becoming famous can never make us truly happy either. Doing God's will in secret is the only thing that's both meaning and satisfying to the soul. Of course, God's will is to save all of us from sin so that we may get into heaven. So this is what we should aim for: spreading the good news to catch others for the Lord.

***Confidence in the LORD***

        The Apostles and all the great saints in heaven seem to be so close to God. What about us? Well, the Lord God is separated from us neither by time nor by distance. When we remain in the Lord, we are as close to him as all those in heaven with him. Union with God is union with God, and we are accessible to all his wisdom and power. Besides, the Holy Spirit has been given to us. We can be absolutely confident in the Lord and his love. Nothing can possibly stop us from doing his will! 

**Good Heart w/o Humility Is Not Good

        If you have a good heart, you are a good candidate for the Lord God to make you perfect. But pity those who don't allow that to happen because of pride.    

***Believing Before Seeing

        John 20.29: Jesus said to Thomas, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed." If you wait too long unbelieving, you may miss the boat altogether. Times now are more urgent than ever. For me, to be unprepared when the unexpected can happen at any time is being foolish to the extreme, whereas believing without seeing is being most wise. This is having faith in God that means much to him.