**God Sees Through Darkness

         In today's Gospel from Matthew 10, Jesus said to his Apostles, "Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known." The Lord knows everything! Therefore, do not sin.

***Love's Secret***

         ONCE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH CHRIST, YOU DON'T NEED TO UNDERSTAND HIM ANYMORE, FOR YOU NOW KNOW HIM PERFECTLY.

**Note on Last Post

        I believe that the video HOW WE CAN MISS HEAVEN was AI-generated, judging from how smooth the deliver was and the word "sower" was mispronounced. Personally, I'd rather see Bishop Barron speaking to us in person. Then since the content was all Scripture-based, I can't really argue against that.

******HOW WE CAN MISS HEAVEN******

         I came across this video today and challenge all Christians to watch it. What we learn should sober us up. To enter heaven for sure, we must get our hearts transformed by God first and then obey him in all things.

***How Good God Is!***

         Went to Mass this morning. What good thing can I say about the Lord today? A lot actually, but I can sum it all up with this sentence: The God of Christ is absolutely most holy and perfect, and is exactly what we need to become like him.

**Most Foolish Decision**

         If you don't believe that Christ is truly your God and Savior and decide to wait until after you die to find out if that's true or not first, that, of course, absolutely won't do you any good. Only a most foolish person will gambol with his eternal future. 

***Good Sensible Video*

         Here's a good motivational video that can benefit us in following Christ, even though it's not presented from a Christian point of view. 

**Exquisite Experience**

         Communion experience. I wasn't consuming any ordinary food—I dined with my most beloved LORD at a heavenly banquet!

***Do You Know?***

         When you pray for physical healing, it may not happen if it's not best for your soul. But if you pray for the healing of your soul, it shall happen without fail! The Lord knows.

***Becoming Heavenly Rich

         Every time you do something for Christ's sake, your treasure in heaven builds up more. Keep going and you become super rich in heaven.

***Simple Great Advice

         When someone sins and causes others to fall also, that sin becomes a lot more serious. Do not follow the sinful ways of anyone. Instead, follow Christ steadfastly to become heaven bound, glorifying God. In other words, don't let anyone make you sin; let only God make you holy.

**Only One Father for Us**

         I am thinking that each of us has one father and one mother on earth. They might not be perfect parents, but I hope that I'll see mine after I get to heaven. Anyway, in heaven all earthly relationships will no longer exist—there'll be just one eternal Father with all of us being his children. So let's realize this and start loving and obeying the eternal Father right now! 

**Under God's Mercy*

        As I age, my eyesight and dexterity are diminishing. This explains why you may catch misspelled or missing words in my posts often. I try to make the correction as soon I see one. The deteriorating eyesight also makes blogging harder, as I now find it harder to discern the words on my laptop screen. Perhaps the Lord will stop feeding me thoughts one day soon—I don't know, and I am not concerned about that either. We are all constantly living under God's mercy. Realizing this gives us great peace. For all of us who follow Christ, we know that the best is yet to come!

*****Know This Truth!***

         I know that some of my messages on the strong side can making some readers feel uneasy, but truth is never weak. Otherwise, many more would choose to follow Christ. You could say that the Lord separates the men from the boys. Then he can make all of us super strong when we submit ourselves to him. Now we hunger for truth and don't mind dying for it!

**Heading the Wrong Way!*

         In the overall schemes of things, our time on earth compared to eternity is practically zero, yet we spend much of our time and energy to make sure that we look good, fit, and healthy, and at the same time are hardly concerned about the state of our soul. Have we already lost both our mind and senses?

*****Incredible Elevation*****

         Communion experience. Receiving the Holy Eucharist is to enter into union with Christ, who is our Lord, our creator, our Savior ... the Almighty God! This is an incredible elevation that's astounding beyond words! Realizing this alone is enough to make us want to give all of ourselves wholeheartedly to him forever.

***Critical Sayings WE MUST KNOW***

       In today's Gospel reading from Luke 10, Jesus commissioned seventy-two of his disciples to visit ahead of him every town and place he intended to visit to proclaim that the kingdom of God is at hand. He said to them, "Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you, go out into the streets and say, 'The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.' I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town." This shows that rejecting whatever Christ tells us is no trivial matter—it will bear severe consequences! In Matthew 10:33, Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father." We must remember these sayings, for ignoring them amounts to dismissing the Lord!

***Transforming Joy of Christ***

         Surrendering myself to Christ has to be the happiest experience of my whole life—it made me realize that this is how God has made us! When we do his will, we are set free! The joy of Christ that comes to us now bursts forth spontaneously from our hearts, enrapturing the soul—now we are made anew in the Lord, the old sinner no more!