What if all you had in your life today…
was only what you gave thanks for yesterday?…
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Would your plate be empty?
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Or your hands full?
“With my whole being I sing endless praise to you. O Lord, my God, forever will I give you thanks.” Ps 30:13
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Discouragement is when the problem before you has become bigger than God, Himself.
Our vision is cast downward and we’ve forgotten to trust in Him and His plan for our lives.
We are at our best when we are looking up.
It’s impossible to look up and be discouraged.
“My eyes are ever upon the Lord, who frees my feet from the snare.” Ps 25:15
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The facets of the human person…
Fallen yet immersed in the I AM…
Catching bits of light and reflecting it.
The broken- open- healed- present- potential bundle of God’s Love.
Just one cell of the mystical Body with a unique task that no other can accomplish in the Divine Plan.
Let there be harmony among the broken-open-healed-present-potential masterpieces of Divine Love…
Which is the not yet tuned symphony of the Glory of God…
Man Himself…
The broken-open-healed-present-potential bundle of God’s Love.
“At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three, but the greatest of these is love.” ! Cor 13:12
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“We have to go out and talk to people in the city whom we’ve seen on their balconies. We have to come out of our shell and tell them that Jesus lives…to say it with joy…even though it seems a little crazy sometimes.” Pope Francis
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” Luke 19:10
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His Wide Awake Love…
Greets me in the Son rising of my morning heart…
the light of the new day resurrects into the set aside day gone by.
A thing of the past.
The Monday that seems like a Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday bundle…
is ready to run.
On your mark, get set, ready, go!
“Sing joyfully to God our strength.” Ps 81:2
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The sweetness of the day…
Divine love notes interspersed throughout…
The savoring of those exclamation point moments…
Punctuating the Heart.
“Learn to savor how good the Lord is, happy are those who take refuge in Him.” Ps 34:9
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Let not the fluctuations of life’s waves carry your day…
The rising, the falling, the crescendo, the cresting.
True rhythm is found in Him who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
In depth…turbulent waves are imperceptible.
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Heb 13:8
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Conversion occurs from the inside out….
Grace changes our hearts and our actions follow…
Redecorating the outside only reshuffles the confusion…
And the need for change.
“Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God” Joel 2:13a
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“Take care to maintain peace and tranquility in your heart; let the waves toss and churn all around your boat, but fear not, because God is there and as a result, salvation.” Francis de Sales
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” John 14:27
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“Lord, you have chosen me to be in a strange balance. It is a balance that one can only accomplish and hold on to while moving, in a dash. It is a little like a bicycle that cannot stand straight without rolling…Balance is not found riding it in place; it is found in lives lived out and sometimes eventful.” Madeleine Delbrel
“Make known to me your ways, Lord; teach me your paths.” Ps 25: 4
through Him with Him in Him... 