Be grateful

Some people can’t be grateful today. They’re waiting for something big to happen for them to be grateful. They say, “I’ll be grateful if I win the lotto,” or, “I’ll be grateful if I get promoted,” or, “I’ll be grateful if I have a baby.” 

Don’t wait to be grateful. Be grateful now!

Let me ponder on that....

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

~The Dalai Lama

Think about this

‎"There are seven things that will destroy us:

Wealth without work;
Pleasure without conscience;
Knowledge without character;
Religion without sacrifice;
Politics without principle;
Science without humanity;
Business without ethics."

~Mahatma Gandhi

"A New Beginning"

REFLECTION BY HENRI NUOWEN                                                    

We must learn to live each day, each hour, yes, each minute as a new beginning, a unique opportunity to make everything new..  Imagine that we could live each moment as a moment filled with new life. Imagine that we could live each day as a day full of promises. Imagine that we could walk through the new year listening to a voice saying to us "I have a gift for you and can't wait for you to see it." Imagine.

Is it possible that our imagination can lead us to the truth of our lives: Yes, it can! The problem is that we allow our past to say to us :You know it all, you have seen it all, be realistic; the future will be just another repeat of the past. Try to survive it as best you can"

  

There are many cunning foxes jumping on our shoulders and whispering in our ears the great lie "There is nothing new under the sun ... don't let yourself be fooled."

So what are we to do? First, we must send the foxes back to where they belong - their foxholes. And then we must open our minds and our hearts to the voice that resounds through the valleys and hills of our life saying "Let me show you where I live among my people. My name is God-with-you."  

God Whispers

Dear Child,


I am known by many names in the Bible but today I want you to focus on just one: Father. Your dad might have been perfect or he may have come from the pits of hell. But I want to assure you that I am Father Forever. I am always by your side, and I will never fail you.

Lovingly Yours,


God

P.S. Trust in your Father’s heart that seeks only the best for His children.

Psalm Reading for today - December 7,2011

Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10

R: O bless the Lord, my soul!

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. (R) 3 He pardons all your iniquities, he heals all your ills. 4 He redeems your life from destruction, he crowns you with kindness and compassion. (R) 8 Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. 10 Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes. (R)

Thoughts to ponder

There is nothing that we do or say that the Lord does not see. It is impossible to hide anything from Him. We also know that He continues to love us despite the sins that we commit. Therefore, it does not make sense to hide from Him out of shame for our sins. Let us be committed to live in the light of the Holy Spirit and thus begin to experience the power of God to change our lives.

Bible Verse

“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is  the man whose sin the Lord does not record.” - Romans 4:7-8

The Funeral

No matter what religion or spiritual path you follow (or don't), there's one topic that fascinates us all: What happens after we die?

Reincarnation? Eternal Heaven? Total blackness and non-existence? Something totally different?

Honestly, I don't know. No matter what we believe though, there's a few basic facts about death that we all know to be true.

The first is the obvious: That we're all going to die. Yes, every single person on this planet is going to die someday, somehow, somewhere.

The second fact is less obvious...

After we die, our lives will be etched in the hearts of others. We live eternally. Forever. In other people.

That's what today's video is really about.

It's about the relationships we forge during our lives that are so powerful they impact people even after we die.

Today's movie is called "The Funeral." It starts with a little bit of humor, and it quickly goes deep and gets to the heart of the matter. It's only 3 minutes long, so please watch it until the very end.

Never Give Up!!!!!

NEVER GIVE UP!
In whatever YOU DO,
In whatever YOU AIM,
In the things you have PRAYED FOR,
believe & NEVER STOP believing!

Good things come when we almost feel like giving up.
Many times GOD sends us what we need in a package we never expected.

Happy Friday!