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Shoot for the moon….
And even if you miss….
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You will land with the stars!
Direct all in your life toward the light….Strive to be a reflection of the SON…be that fixed point of light that directs others home.
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light” 1 Peter 2:9
This is a bit different than my ordinary posts…but I felt compelled to share a story…and to say thank you.
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I wanted to pass on a huge praise report!
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The deeper we worship…the deeper we live our lives.
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And…
The deeper we live our lives the deeper we worship.
Why? The two are one and the same.
Our lives, one with God, are worship.
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Our lives lived in Him are His praise and Glory.
And our worship of Him is our lives.
Is your life restless?
Look at your worship.
Is your worship dry and distracted?
Look at your life.
When we pray for a greater desire to more deeply worship, we too are asking for the grace to more deeply live in His Life, in His Love.
Through Him, With Him, and In Him.
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Let us all cast our nets into deep waters…
and Live His praise and Glory.
“so that we might exist for the praise of His glory, we who first hoped in Christ.” Eph 1: 12
Ever said I can’t to God?…
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Fist clenched, foot stomping, I can’t, I won’t to God?
Your ways are not my ways, my ways are better, I can’t God.
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Camel squeezing through the eye of a needle too rich in rebellion, selfishness, pride, I can’t God?
Struggle continues…Chaos reigns.
Ever said I can’t to God?
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Little girl, little boy, weak whimper from within, I can’t God?
I’m lost, alone, drowning, tear-filled, I can’t God?
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I am weak, you are strong, hide me in your heart, I can’t God?
Mighty arms bend down into the lowliness…
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Drawn into the embrace of God…
Wrapped in His love…Consumed in grace.
Together, united, as one…
I CAN GOD!
“Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. all things are possible for God.”
Mark 10: 27
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Faith is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see!
I dare you…..
LIVE THE GOSPEL ALOUD!
Dear Readers, Ive been under the weather. I hope to get back to regular blogging soon. God’s abundant blessings of peace and joy to you all.
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What gets you up in the morning?…
A desire to check off items from the to – do list?
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A recipe for burnout.
What gets you up in the morning?…
A desire to accumulate riches, honors, and personal gain?
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This shrine to self is built on a shaky foundation.
What gets you up in the morning?…
Cruising through the day not much thought why?
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Those are shallow waters to swim in.
What gets you up in the morning?…
We exist for the PRAISE of God’s glory.
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How do we praise God with our lives?
By being the best “you” that “you” can be right where God has placed “you”!
Doing all for God in thanksgiving and praise for the gift of life He’s given you.
Even the smallest and most mundane occasions in our daily life become a gift of love back to Him.
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Sweeping the kitchen floor…presiding over a business meeting…taking out the trash…exercising…making meals for the family…taking time to talk to those who cross our path…8 hours at a desk job.
All given to Him…for Love of Him.
What gets you up in the morning?
The Apostolate of Daily Life!
Morning Offering Prayer: Oh my God, I offer You all my thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings of this day in union with my Lord, Jesus Christ. I want to make each of them an act of perfect love giving constant witness of You to those around me. “
“In Him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the one who accomplishes all things according to the intention of His will, so that we might exist for the praise of His glory, we who first hoped in Christ.” Eph 1:11-12
Man between the lines…
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We are mind, body, soul and spirit…not just the sum of what is seen exteriorly.
But when sin entered the world man was fractured into parts no longer whole.
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The world continues to promote the broken man…
“Live for yorself”…”discover the fountain of youth so you can always look young”…”if it feels good do it”.
And in our relationships we often relate to others in this broken way.
But Jesus came to put all the pieces back together.
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Sparks fly when we relate to to others as the whole person they are before us.
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We are seeing them as God sees them and speaking to them in their wholeness even in their brokenness.
The transfiguration is a reality to us.
We are men and women beyond the lines….beyond the dot to dots.
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Lord may I be given the grace to see the dignity of the whole person in myself and before me. Let my eyes not remain fixed on the broken pieces but on the Glory of the Divine Image before me.”
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The Christmas tree stored or recycled….Stockings taken down and mantles cleared…the Wise Men have come and gone, back home to give witness…the creche is packed up and the pointsettias have been put out by the garden gate.
Christmas is over…or is it?!
For each time we allow God to love others through us…
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Christmas continues.
Through Him, With Him, In Him…
We become a gift…
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A gift that keeps giving…365 days a year.
“Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap.” Luke 7: 38
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The Gold I bring before you King is the “I am of me” longing to be one with the “I am of You”…
The frankincense I bring before you King is the incense of my prayers rising as smoke to Your throne…
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The Myrrh I bring before you King is the brokenness of me to be immersed in the saving Blood of Your Passion.
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My Gold, my Frankincense, my Myrrh is all of me desiring to be drawn into the depths of Your Heart and planted there to grow, to bloom, to bring You Glory.
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“Then they OPENED THEIR TREASURES and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” Matther 2:11b
Lord, may we all OPEN OUR TREASURES and lay them completely before you.
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The Epiphany.
The star that sheds just enough light so that we can take one more step and then we must look to the star again.
So like our lives that we, too, live in exile and fear, but also in HOPE.
So emblematic of the strangeness of Christianity; its inconcongruities and contradictions.
Never what we think its going to be, never what we think we want it to be.
Always a fresh twist, a new pain, a new joy.
Always a God whose ways are not our ways.
Always, just when we think we’ve found a foothold,,,
The order to flee to Egypt.
“Heather King”
May your 2012 be filled with daily, wonderful. and glorious epiphanies of God’s extravagant love for you.
HAPPY EPIPHANY
through Him with Him in Him... 