God's Comfort

Gods comfort. There's nothing more awesome than God's comfort. Picture God there when you're sad or hurting. He is there with arms open wide, waiting for you to snuggle up to Him. He'll take your cares away. Just like your earthly dad, He loves you so much. Better yet, God loves you so much more than your earthly dad ever could. You are His child. God's comfort is so peaceful and loving. You can't ever get that feeling from anywhere else. God's comfort is such a joy.

                            Bask in the peace of God's

                                     comfort today.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord

Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God 

of all comfort....

        2 Cor. 1 : 3

Precious Silence

I come into Your little house Lord. Nothing like sitting with You. Praising You, I am so grateful for everything that You do for me in this precious silence. Praying to You, asking for help for my loved ones, and for strength to carry on in this life in this precious silence. Talking to You, telling You of how I am, good or bad in this precious silence. I sense You whispering to me, You direct me to the right path in this precious silence. I see Your Presence so clearly in this precious silence.   

           Enjoy His Precious

               Silence today!

The object of Eucharistic Adoration is the divine person of Jesus

Christ, present in the Blessed Sacrament. There is nothing

greater or holier we can do on earth than this adoration.

            -St. Peter Julian Eymnard

A Holy Place

Everyone should have a holy place where they can go which is holy for them. A place that

brings them close to God. People need a place to spiritually cleanse their minds. The beauty of such a place can bring peace to one's soul. A holy place has a silence in its halls that can enable the soul to hear the quiet voice of God. The love of His words can fill the soul's heart.

            Spend some time in that holy place.

                           

As you enter the house, salute it. And if

the hose is worthy, let your peace come 

upon it....

                

                Mat. 10 : 12 & 13

                                                                                                          

Praising God with Melody

Oh how much more we get out of our praising if we praise our Almighty with song. A hymn with melody is such sweetness to the ear of the soul. It is even more sweetness to the ears of God. The echo throughout the sanctuary is such a beautiful sound. It makes the soul come alive with pure joy. The soul shows that it is so loved with its maker by the sound in the melody of which that soul makes.

                          Sing a joyful sound.

How I wept, deeply moved by your hymns, songs,

and the voices that echoed through your church!

What emotion I experienced in them! Those sounds

flowed into my ears, distilling the truth in my heart. 

A feeling of devotion surged within me, and tears

streamed down my face - tears that did me good.

                             ~St. Augustine

Love and Mercy

God calls us to give love and mercy every day of our lives. St. Aquinas once wrote, "To love is to will the good of another." As God's children, we are asked to love and care for another in good times and bad times, especially in times of need. We are meant to be understanding and kind creatures. To give of our faith and share what we have is what pleases God the most. We are able to love and to give because God loves us first. We are expected to be merciful to those who are less fortunate. Charity is just one of the ways that bring us closer to God.

           Let give of ourselves every day.

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; 

maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from

the hands of the wicked.

      

                                ~Psalms  82: 3+4     

                            

Spirit

So many people today live in the world. They are confused and troubled. They can find no medium ground. They're trapped because they don't know the Spirit of God. If only people could stop and listen to the wind of the Spirit. Learn how to live in that Spirit. People would feel the peace and love of God. Their minds would be clear and refreshed. Oh what a better place this world would be.

  

 Rely on the wind of the Spirit. 

If we live by the spirit, let us also

walk by the spirit.

         ~Galatians 5:25 

The Peace of God

Sometimes when we are in the midst of challenging things we can move away from the peace of God. We can trap ourselves into thinking we can never do this thing right or we'll never get this done.  We must take a moment to focus on God. Take time to go do something that reminds us of God. Nature is the perfect place to get back to the peace of God. There's something quiet when we look at nature that makes us calm down and God's peace comes back to us. For when we have the peace of God within us, we can get things done.

                              Take a look at nature today.

 How blessed are those who love You!

They will rejoice in Your peace....

      Tobit  13:14

Cross on The Bedroom Wall

What do you think about when you look at the cross on the bedroom wall? Do you think about your life in Jesus? Is it His life, or the death He died for you? The Crucifix can be a great instrument of meditation. It can help you enter into a state of prayer you wish to be in. A quiet reminder of God. Ask what you want of Him in this state. Jesus died upon that cross for you. He died for the love of you. To make you innocent in His Blood. He offered Himself up for you. Offer yourself up for Him. 

                    Pray Before the cross today.

      

A man who was completely innocent offered himself as a

sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and

became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

~Mahatma Gandhi

My Third Book: As We Pray

In these next blogs, I will add the third book that I wrote.

I wrote this devotional book, "As We Pray," as a topical devotional. Throughout my life, I tried to read and keep up with daily devotionals, but I could never keep it going. I could never see these books through. I would look for topical devotionals, but I could never find any. Then I had an idea, why not write one, I am a writer anyway. 

God's Blessings

                           Thank You for the many blessings You have given

                            us. For hugs just because. For good results after

                            hard labor. For very special friends you wondered

                            how you ever got along without. For the cleansing

                            souls after hard trials. For freedom to love perfectly

                            in You. The right to praise You in the most intimate

                            way. Thank You for loving us and thank You for 

                            answered prayers.

  

God Has Blessed Me

All my life I have long for someone, someone to share my feelings with. I mean really share my feelings. Someone I can be totally myself with. Someone I don't have to be afraid of leaving and losing contact with. They always tell me friends come and go, sometimes without saying why. How true friends come and go, but I often tell myself, when will I find an everlasting friend? Someone who will always be here, even if they're halfway around the world, they're there for me. Well, I found somebody. Someone who I can talk to even about silly things that are upsetting me and she'll listen and understand most of the time. I had to learn that she really cares, that she loves me no matter what. She trusts me. I trust her. I have cried in front of her. She'd cried in front of me. She knows I have insecurities and she understands. I'm learning that I am secure with her as my friend and she is patient with me. I am patient with her. We have the space we need. Sometimes, I messed up with that and she gently reminds me. Sometimes, I remind myself and back away a little. We always come back together stronger. Does she know how lucky I am to have her in my life?  We have something that we do together and that's our special time. Sometimes we steal time for each other even if it's just five minutes. Why is it that she is so kind and giving? She gives like no one else does. She gives in her own way. Don't mistake me. She's not perfect, no one's perfect, I just have a very special place in my heart for her. I pray I never hurt her. If I do, I hope I would have her forgiveness. She's not a huggy person, but when she smiles at me, she hugs my heart, and when she does hugs me, I feel hugged all day long. When she says I love you, I feel extra special cause she loves me as much as I love her. I love my friend.

Take My Hand

One day, not long ago, I called my best friend. I was sobbing into the phone. "What is it, my friend? What is so wrong?" I knew she would understand. "I just lost something," was my reply. "What did you lose?" "My very special friend." "How? Vicky, talk to me." She knew who I meant. I cried for a minute or two. "I had to tell her. She wasn't talking to me and I got frightened of what she might have told me, and she couldn't, so I told her what was on my mind." My best friend knew what I told this friend. "I'm a loser! I hate myself and I'm a loser!" "Vicky, come on, you are not!" "I had to do it, I saw no other way. I had to be honest, she wasn't going to be." "I'm telling you, you did what you thought was right. You did the right thing. I'm your best friend, I know this hurts." "This hurts like hell."  "I know it does, and I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." "She doesn't think, well, you know, does she?" "No. Even if she did, all that matters is what's inside you. You're a good person Vicks, you are a good person. I know you love her, but right now you're what's important. O.k., you hurt her, but you're hurt too. Stop taking all the blame. You are going to get through this. Take my hand and we'll go through this together." "Why haven't I lost you yet?" "And you never will. You know that. We've been through so much shit together, we've always been honest, even when it hurt, we've yelled at each other, not talked (never for long). We have understood when no one else did. I never once said that's it. You're my best friend, I'm always gonna love you. I know just about everything about you, even stuff you're afraid other people will turn away if they knew, which I doubt. This friend, believe it or not right now, from what you told me, loves you still, very much." "Yeah, whatever." "She does, and I love you, and that will never change. I know you've heard that before too. But, it's true. You will make it."

                      My friend, Suzanne would go 
                      to hell and back with me and for
                      me, and she has.

                                                                             -Vicky