Blessings with Interest

Last night I was kind of grumpy when I got to work.  I had a headache, I was tired and over-caffeinated.  Which probably was all a vicious circle of some sort, but there I was in the midst of it, at a place a really didn't want to be in anyway. 

So my mind was complaining.  And criticizing.  And judging.  "Why didn't they do this?  What are they doing that for?  They should be doing it this way."  You know, the infamous "they"  doing everything the wrong way, or at least not doing things my way.  LOL  And of course this stuff being in my mind, was starting to come out of my mouth...uh oh.

Then I got a text from a friend who was also having a bad day.  Now, here's the thing...I could have started commiserating, complaining how horrible both situations were, falling into greater and greater negativity, contributing to my already not feeling so great body and mind, encouraging my friend to be more miserable and angry....but God stepped in with a visit, and it changed my path!

The Bible tells us in Philippians 4:8-9  And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing.  Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.  Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.  Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me--everything you heard from me and saw me doing.  Then the God of peace will be with you.  And this is the key.  Keeping on minds off the things that are vexing us, the worldly concerns that trouble us, people that get under our skin and placing our thoughts on a higher track.  Certainly not an easy task when everything around us is so tangible and in your face.

But here is the visit...songs.  God gave me a song.  And the reason I had this song?  It was because I've been a faithful church attender for many years.  Because of this I have a great storehouse of worship producing, praise inducing music to lift my mind out of the muck and mire of the grungy, gritty everyday annoyance-land and send it heavenward.  I realized I had something my friend did not.  And I realized I had in my heart one of the greatest blessings of following God's command to "not neglect our meeting together, as some people do"  (From Hebrews 10:25).  Spending time in church, with God's people,  worshiping, hearing solid teaching is like putting money in a bank...the future blessings come with interest!  Wow.  What a wonderful blessing!

And it's the same with Scripture reading and study.   Psalm 119: 11  I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.  These practices help keep us on track with the Lord.  Help us direct and order our minds, hearts, and lives according to His ways and will.  They lift us up when start going low.

Being together with other Christians brings us encouragement, teaching and helps build a shield around us for when the world throws all its junk our way.  Being in God's Word gives us the ammunition to stand against the devil's plans and schemes.  We need to invest our time and energy in both study and meeting with other Christians.

Thank You Lord for this blessing!  I'm so amazed at how You build on obedience.  Lord, I pray that all of us would be attending a good, solid church....being with like-minding, spiritually encouraging people whenever we can.  I pray for those Christians who cannot meet openly, maybe even are alone in their faith because of persecution.  I pray You would make a way for them, protect them and encourage them.  Lord, thank You for my church.  And thank You for leading me there all these years.  What a wonderful blessing!

If you aren't already in a church, find one that follows the Scriptures.  If you are lazy about going (as we all get sometimes), know the effort is worth it.

And here is the song He gave me.  God knew it wasn't others that needed changing last night, but my heart.  LOL

Reassured

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity.  Sometimes there are seasons in life when breathing seems to have to be written into my schedule.  Good eating goes down the tubes, spending time with the Lord feels rushed and fitted in.  (Never, ever a good thing).  The days start way to early and bed time comes with passing out exhausted.  I can feel all this stress physically, mentally and spiritually.  Body aches, mental fog, and the feeling of distance from the Lord start plaguing my days.  Most of us are in this place at one time or another.  I know better than to let this happen, yet I still do allow it from time to time.  And this has been one of those times. But God is still God.  His love never fails.  His faithfulness never waivers.  And I am so grateful for these truths.

Even on my most hectic of days, I usually make time for reading at least one devotional.  As I mentioned above, I've been feeling distant and "away" from the Lord.  But through one of my devotionals the Father reassured me of His love...everlasting love.  Jeremiah 31:3  Long ago the Lord said to Israel:  "I have loved you, My people, with an everlasting love.  With unfailing love I have drawn you to Myself."  God's love doesn't stop because I am busy or neglectful or feeling far from Him.  His love is constant and unchanging.   James 1:17  Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.  His love never stops nor changes.  It's permanent, eternal and always ours.  His love doesn't depend on our performance, our feelings or our worthiness or our schedules.  The proof is in the Cross.  1 John 4:9-10  God showed how much He loved us by sending His one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him.  This is real love--not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.  Romans 5:8  But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to died for us while we were still sinners.  God's love is sure because it's who He is.  And He reassured me of this even when I ignored the need for time together over the last few weeks.

Next He addressed my busy-ness.  I get into the car a few days ago, and funny I can't remember where I was rushing off to, what I was doing, I only remember turning on the radio and a teaching came on regarding being busy.  The gentlemen teaching (don't know who it was) spoke on how if we are feeling overwhelmed with our schedules, we are the one who have to change it.  Our priorities may be out of whack and that needs to be addressed.  That was correction number one.  LOL  Correction number two came that still small voice and another day's devotional to add the confirmation.  I laid down in bed a couple of nights ago, thinking about all the stuff that needed doing the next day...organizing and ordering my to do list in my mind.  And then the still small voice shouted out  Matthew 6:34  So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.  Yup, God speaking here...stop fretting and go to sleep, we will deal with tomorrow tomorrow!  I have to say, I listened!  Yaay me.  I let it go and went to sleep.  LOL

God reiterated this message of not worrying in another devotional and the Scripture included with it as well.  Matthew 6:31-32  So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat?  What will we drink?  What will we wear.'  These things dominate the thoughts of the unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.  We can really include any earthly cares or worries here....to do lists, schedules...whatever.  God knows our needs.  He's got this!  The devotional said the Lord gives us this instruction not to burden  us with another "do this or don't to that" command, but to set us free from worldly worry and care.

Reassured of His love.  Reminded of the need for slowing down.  Our Father is so good.  What a beautiful God we serve!

Thank You Lord for being there in my life, active, speaking and loving.  You never stop and we are all so blessed because of it!  What joy!

Rest in God's love today.  Set aside time to just be with Him, no matter what.  The world can wait!

Matthew 18:12  “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

Reality

Sorry this is so late in coming.  Today got away from me completely.  One minute I was opening my eyes from what felt like more of a nap than a night's sleep, the next thing I know I'm doing ten errands before I have to hit the time clock at work.  It's been one of those crazy, racing days.  And it's all in God's plan, because I had my God visit experience all ready to write out and of course the Lord changed it completely.  He took my too rushed, too filled day and stopped me in mid flight with a quote that just blew me away. 

I enjoy reading fiction.  To me, books are like mini mind vacations.  They take me away from my own "stuff" and allow me to enter into the lives and adventures of all different characters.  It's a break from reality and responsibility, overthinking, to do lists, and the busy of everyday life. 

In the book I am reading there is a quotation at the start of each chapter.  And while most of these have been really good, one I read tonight resonated with my heart, making me smile and think all in the same moment.  "Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced--even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it."  John Keats. 

The Bible is filled with proverbs.  There's a whole book of them!  But think about it....on a personal level they only become a reality when our lives illustrate them to others.  Our walk with Jesus is at it's realist when it is actually a reflection of His love in our lives.  Our lives are to illustrate, prove what the Bible says is reality.  The words in the Bible can be just words on a page or they can be the living water that pours from our lives into the world around us. 

I love this concept.  It makes me want to become what the Bible says, walk out the love of Christ, illustrate the precepts given to us by the Lord.

God's love can be a wonderful thought, but until we really accept it and believe it, it's not a reality in our heart, and by extension our lives.  If we really don't believe our Father loves us wholeheartedly, then our life is not going to be a picture of that love to others.  I really hope I am making some kind of sense here. 

The proverbs and precepts in the Bible are only black and white until they are fleshed out as we live them out.  The more we live them out, the more real they become, to us and to those around us. 
The Bible tells us in Hebrews 4:12  For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.  But until we start living it out, it lays flat on the page.  Until we start allowing the Holy Spirit it to apply God's Word in our lives, it remains dormant in a closed book.  Ephesians 6:17  Put on salvation as your helmet and take the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.  

What an interesting and wonderful concept!   

Lord, I love the way You light up my world.  So many different ways, so many touches and visits.  Please help me bring Your Word and Your love to life as I seek to follow You.  Let me be an illustration of Your love.  In Jesus' Name.  Amen.

Think about it! 

Mind, from Mom

Mom did a short entry on the mind.  The mind is where everything starts for us.  What we think eventually becomes what we do.  It's the place where choices are made.  We can choose to follow Christ, or we can choose to follow the world.  We can get lost through our own thinking, shaped by what others and even ourselves have told us, what Satan throws into the mix and worldly values that bombard us daily, or we can stay in the Word of God, renewing our minds with God's truth, choosing to believe and follow what is in the Bible as the Holy Spirit leads us.  The mind is a  powerful place!  Mom's Bible had "Word Wealth" sections that expounded on  certain words in the Bible, she jotted these in her journal along with the verses they were coupled with.  I pray they help clarify our thinking and shed light on the Bible's deeper meanings.

Mark 5:15  When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Word Wealth - to be of sound mind, sane, self-controlled, serious, moderate, sober-minded, restrained, disciplined, able to reason.  The word describes our behavior and attitude.

Mark 12:30  And you shall love the Lord God with all your heart, soul and mind and strength.

Word Wealth - literally a thinking through, understanding, insight, meditation, reflection, perception, the gift of apprehension, the faculty of thought.  The Holy Spirit renews our fearful negativism of the carnal mind to the positive thinking of the spiritual mind.

2 Timothy 1:7  For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Word Wealth - safe thinking, good judgment, disciplined thought patterns and the ability to understand and make right decisions, self- control and self-discipline.

Mind - the creative imagination, is the seat of plans and ideas, when firmly founded on the eternal Lord will enjoy perfect peace in all.

Sophroneo, dianoia, sophronismos.  Three different Greek words to describe the concept of the mind.  I think one of my favorite in the world wealth descriptions is ""disciplined thought patterns."  How much of our thinking is by rote, by  habit...I immediately go to the negative because that's what I've always done.  My thoughts run towards food when I need comfort or stress relief because that is my ingrained habit. 

But the Word of God tells us to renew our minds.  Romans 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  Change the way we think so that it lines up with God's way.  That takes a lot of work and a lot of practice!  But....the Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 2:16  For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts?  Who knows enough to teach him?”  But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.  We have the mind of Christ.  We have the Holy Spirit within  us, therefore we can know God's way of thinking and we can learn to think and see the way He does.  Wow.  Very cool concept!! 

But it's up to us to put it into practice.  Ephesians 4:23-24   Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.  Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.  Let God take over, give Him the negative, the angry, the lustful, the doubts, the selfishness....all the stuff that clouds our thinking and makes us so unhappy.  The joy stealers and peace takers...God has so much more for us when we have yielded minds which choose to think in line with the Word God has so lovingly given to us!  By God's grace we can do this!  I am thankful that I've grown in this area...God has done a lot of work in me.  I still have plenty to do though and that's okay, because this life isn't a sprint, and the Lord is never in a hurry. 

Lord, help us to see our minds in a new way, and to practice self-discipline.  Let us have sober minds, minds that line up with Yours.  It's a lot of hard work, I know...but You are the chain breaker!  And through Your power we can break those entrenched thought patterns that keep us imprisoned and miserable.  Help us.  Let us take Your Word to heart and start walking in the freedom a renewed mind brings.  Thank You.  In Jesus' Name.  Amen

Find one or two Bible verses that correspond to a negative thought pattern and write them out to carry with you.  Read them to your self and out loud any time that pattern starts it's roll through your mind. 

Lord I Can't!

Romans 7:14-25  So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good.  The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.  I don't really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don't do it.  Instead, I do what I hate.  But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.  So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.  And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.  I want to do what is right, but I can't.  I want to do what is good, but I don't.  I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.  But if I do what I don't want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.  I have discovered this principle of life--that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.  I love God's law with all my heart.  But there is another power withing me that is at war with my mind.  This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.  Oh, what a miserable person I am!  Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?  Thank God!  The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.  So you see how it is:  In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.  

Do you feel this way?  I was just lamenting this feeling in prayer to the Lord.   I feel so "wrong" some days....like I cannot get anything right, I fail and fumble through my time here, making the same mistakes, sinning the same sins....I don't want to, but I just can't seem to overcome.  I wonder if others feel alone (like I do sometimes), in their inability to stop doing the same things over and over.  Let me tell you:  You are not alone.  And neither am I.  Even the Apostle Paul had the same issue!     Today's reading in "Be Still and Know"  brought up this very topic.  Some how I believe the Lord is linking this all together with Psalm 107, where it speaks of His rescue and deliverance.  Creating one of His pathways to where He want me to go....step by step, closer to Him.

Maybe in a way, it's not my job to overcome my sin.  I don't seem to have that power, at least in and of myself.  In both these sections of the Bible it is the Lord who saves, restores and frees us.  I think I am getting somewhere here!  Perhaps I've been looking at it all wrong, looking to myself when only God can do the changing.  I'm thinking this is where all the a talk of "yielding" has been leading. 

I'm not sure where this is going next.  I do trust that God is leading though.  As He reveals it to me, I will share it with you!  Right now I am trusting that He is the one going to change me.  The Holy Spirit has given me a desire to obey and please Him....it's my hearts cry and greatest yearning.  And if He put it there, then He has the plan to work it out in my day to day living.  And He will do it for you as well!  Let's see where this goes together.

Lord, continue to develop this pathway for us, continue to show us Your heart and Your plan for walking out our salvation.  You are so good, so patient and so loving.  I am so grateful that You are a teaching God.  You are awesome!!  Give us ears to hear, eyes to see and  yielded hearts to obey.  Thank You for seeing my heart.  And thank You that "there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1)   In Jesus' Name, as always.  Amen.

Pray over this weeks Bible passages.  Ask God to make them come alive and take hold of your heart.

Always Hope

1  Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!  For His mercy endures forever.  2  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.  Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.  3  And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.  

4  They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way;  they found no city to dwell in.  5  Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.  6  Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.  7  And He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city for a dwelling place.  8  Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!  9  For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.  10  Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in affliction and irons--11  because they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High.  12  Therefore, He brought down their heart with labor; they fell down and there was none to help.  13  Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.  14  He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their chains in pieces.      15  Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!  16  For He has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron in two.  

17  Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.  Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.  19  Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.  20  He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.  21  Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonder works to the children of men!  22  Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing.  23  Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters.  24  They see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.  25  For He commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea.  26  They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths; their souls melt because of trouble. 27  They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.  28  Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses.  29  He calms the storm, so that its waves are still.  30  Then they are glad because they are quiet;  so He guides them to their desired haven.  31  Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!  32  Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the company of the elders. 

33  He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;  34  A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.  35  He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into watersprings.  36  There He makes the hungry dwell, that they may establish a city for a dwell place, 37  and sow fields and plant vineyards, that they may yield a fruitful harvest.  38  He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;  and He does not let their cattle decrease.   
39  When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction and sorrow, 40  He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;  41  Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, and makes their families like a flock.  42  The righteous see it and rejoice, and all iniquity stops its mouth.  43  Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.  

This Psalm was part of a lesson in the Redeemed study I am doing.  As I read through the words, I thought to myself, "there I am, I did this!"   For me, it's disobedience, not listening when God spoke to my heart regarding life decisions.  I became bound and imprisoned by my bad choices, my decision to go my own way.  Rebellious and stubborn, I sat in misery. 

Some may have had others harm them, cause them to run away from anything that was good.  Maybe you've chases after riches only to discover how truly unreliable and wavering they are.  This Psalms addresses all of this...our rebellions, our idolatry, our suffering, and yet God strives to get our attention and longs for us to turn to Him so He can deliver us from the darkest of places, the "lost-est" of pathways. 

As I read the words of this Psalm I was filled with hope.  Things may not be what I want them to be, but God is working and He is doing something good!  When I yield my heart, circumstances, and times to Him,  He will work in ways I can't imagine.  This Psalm is full of HOPE! 

My prayer is that you find the hope that I did as you read these words.  Lord, thank You for the hope You give.  Thank You that no matter where we are, how or why we got there....You see us and You will always be our deliver.  Set our feet on solid ground and bring us out into an abundant place as You promise.  I praise You this morning, my loving Savior!  Father Your love is inexhaustible!   Your mercy rains down like a flood on those who seek You.  Give us peace of heart as we wait on Your deliverance.  Thank You forever!  In Jesus most beautiful Name.  Amen. 

Meditate on this Psalm.  Find the part that is yours and hold on to it. 

That Word Again

It's that word again.  It comes, showing up in readings, in my mind....God keeps bringing it into my focus.  Yes, you've heard me talk about it here....YIELDED.  It was the topic in one of my daily devotionals, "Be Still and Know" by Julie Rayburn today. 

Based on 2 Timothy 1:7, For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity,but of power, love and self-discipline, Julie contended that the more we YIELD to the Holy Spirit, the more evident this verse becomes in our life.  The more we YIELD to the Holy Spirit, the more we display the fruit of the Spirit written about in Galatians 5:22-23.  But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness and self-control.  There is no law against these things!  

The more I yield, the more the power, the love and the character of Jesus will shine in my life.  And I want that desperately!  Oh that I could spend every minute aware of this yielding concept, and living it out!

How much anger, frustration, worry, stress....how much turmoil could be avoided if I just yielded to the Holy Spirit.  Easy, no.  Dying to self never is.  Self planning, self caretaking, self determination, self promotion, self rule and reason.  I want to let those go and follow God!   How much peace and joy can be gained by submitting wholly and whole heartedly to the Spirit?  I'm pretty sure more than we can think or imagine. 

Thank You Lord for continuing to turn my heart to this concept.  Everything in me wants to make this my life's practice.  I pray that it would come as naturally as breathing, for all of us.  Your patience never ceases to amaze me.  Thank You so much.  Help us get there! 

Go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to teach you to yield. 

Meditation, God's Not Finished Yet.

More on meditation.  When our hearts start opening, God willingly fills us with His thoughts and desires. 

As I was reading through the Redeemed study book I came across a statement by Angela Thomas Pharr that filled in some more of the meditation picture.  She said, "God does not pitch out His blessings to those who are far off.  Instead, His blessings are reserved for those who draw near." 

Immediately  my mind went to the Mary and Martha story.  Mary sat a Jesus' feet wrapped in His love, drawing near to Him, listening intently to His Words. Meanwhile, Martha was serving, busy with everything but God.  Her focus was on work when it was time to bask in the nearness of her Creator and Savior.   Let me just state for the record....I completely understand Martha.  I am a doer by nature, sitting and basking do not come naturally to me.  And it is a HARD attitude to overcome.  I'm pretty sure we need to be a combination of both Mary and Martha and it's all a matter of timing.  

How many things distract each day?  Our phones alone offer almost unlimited distratctions....texts, messages, internet, games, emails....Do you turn your phone off or leave it in another room while spending time with God?  Unfortunately I do not, but I will be starting this practice tomorrow.  (I'd do it today but I really don't want to get up from writing this LOL).  How about the to do lists...does it take the place of spending time with God?  Do we let it crowd out His presence in our lives, failing to take time to sit at His feet and just be with Him?  What about the needs of others?  While being a blessing is part of what we do as Christians, as family members, as friends, employees, church members, our first priority is always to be God Himself.  Protecting and treasuring the time with Jesus needs to be  paramount, and part of that time needs to be just thinking on Him being open to His voice.  

Nothing can be accomplished apart from Jesus.  So how is it we think we can go through our day without soaking in His presence, His love, His mercy, His grace, wisdom and direction?  All these are found when we meditate on our God.   John 15:5  Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

More and more I am seeing the importance of this meditating thing.  Even right now, the fact that my cats have found a way to get into the box spring of my bed as I sit typing this is threatening the time I am with Him with the need to fix it.  Nothing is going to happen if they hang out there for a little bit.  LOL  

Lord, we need You.  We need Your Presence, we need to sit with You.  Often.  I am praying that we all learn how to make this a practice, many times throughout the day.  I want to take time to breath in Your Presence, Your peace, Your love.  I, we need this more than anything.  Lord thank You for the teaching You gave Angela, is been such a blessing.  Open our hearts to You.  Change our lives!

Start taking God breaks!!  

Luke 10:  38-42  38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”  41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Oh Glorious Day!

HE IS RISEN!!!   A blessed and happy Resurrection Day to all of you!  We are truly the most blessed of all!  Have a wonderful day.