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In the much to do…in the little to do…
In the sufferings and sorrows…in the joys and laughter…
In the consolations…in the desolations…
In the can’t wait to do…in the can’t stand to do…
God has picked you!
Will you rise to the challenge?
His Grace is sufficient.
All is Grace.
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Why is it that pain, trials, sufferings -be it emotional, physical, or spiritual- break open streams of creativity?
Could it be that the living water that seeps through the cracks of our humanity
saturates the dryness of hopelessness and brings resurrection…
again and again and again.
The current of new life erodes the deadness of discouragement and despair,
breaking down the banks of fear that have built up along the sides of the lack of peace.
Without the foundation of fear the living waters gently but forcefully flood the stagnant pool of suffering…
bringing movement and re-circulation and peace and ahhh…
oneness with Him who is living water and who re-hydrates the parched soul.
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If God’s presence is the present in the present, I must live the punctuation marks that delineate the day.
The completeness of the period…the confusion of the question…the what’s next of the comma…the connectedness of the colon…the passion of the exclamation point…the skipping ahead of the dash.
If not…
the busyness of my day only leads to run-on sentences and fragments.
His will is my WordPerfect that authors the poorly written novel of my life and edits those grammatical errors that hinder its meaning.
The present of His Presence in the punctuation of my present…
May this day I yield to the red pen and allow all that does not flow into His purposeful order be whited out.
May I live the Punctuation!
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He wants you to become a living force for all mankind, lights shining in the world. You are to be radiant lights as you stand beside Christ, the great light, bathed in the glory of Him who is the light of heaven. You are to enjoy more and more the pure and dazzling light of the Trinity, as now you have received – though not in its fullness – a ray of its splendor, proceeding from the one God, in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory and power for ever and ever, Amen. + St. Gregory
Be A STAR…
Blessed Epiphany!
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Her heart brimming with the Word of Life…
sees Him hidden in the ordinary…
and reads His love notes tucked into the day.
The story of her soul authored by His grace.
It’s the secret of her smile from within…
and her posture of Praise.
EXPECTANT…
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Clay in His hand…
malleable to His “grace is sufficient”…
in the newness of “this is the day the Lord has made”…
in the newness of this “year of favor of the Lord”.
Docile to the work of the Holy Spirit…
allowing the embrace of a trust in the “plans for welfare not for woe”…
and armed with “in the joy of the Lord is my strength…
Adventure begins…the PRESENT of His PRESENCE in the PRESENT.
Happy New Year 2014!
As your heart, like the manger, receives anew the birth of Christ, may you give Christmas away to all who cross your path the whole year through.
“It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you… yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand. ” Mother Teresa
Abundant Blessings of His Peace and Joy to you and yours!
Merry Christmas. Joy to the World, the Lord has come.
From, The Heart of J
Gratefulness eradicates fear…
Because gratefulness comes from a place of enough…not from scarcity.
“Indeed religion with contentment is a great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it.” 1 Tim 6:6-7
“This journey is never finished. ..
Just as in the life of each one of us, there is always a need to start again…
to get back up, to rediscover the meaning of our existence.
So for the great human family it is necessary always to redirect ourselves toward the common horizon that is the goal of our journey.
It is the horizon of hope!
The season of Advent that today we begin once again, restores the horizon of hope for us,
a hope that does not disappoint because it is founded on the Word of God.
It is a hope that does not disappoint simply because the Lord never disappoints!
He is Faithful! He does not disappoint!
+ Pope Francis…12/1/13
Where is your greatest poverty?
To give from your poverty is true generosity of faith. To give from your nothingness or barrenness is to give with God’s hands in yours.
So, when you have nothing left to give…give anyway…you are just beginning to truly learn the art of giving.
For if you have nothing to give…you have everything to give!
through Him with Him in Him... 