Wednesday, June 18, 2014

P.S: I love you always!


 
 
My People,

Good Morning! When you love someone, you love everything about them. Sorry for the delay in having this posted.
 

No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:12

In love you never pick or choose what you love of your beloved. You love them anyway.

 
This is a Boyzones song "When You Say Nothing At All". It's got amazing words and it's sung by one of the most fabulous of music groups in its time. If you aren’t in love, you would want to be. Part of the lyrics of the song are:

It's amazing how you
Can speak right to my heart.
Without saying a word
You can light up the dark.
Try as I may, I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing.

[Ch] The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me.
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall.
You say it best when you say nothing at all.

All day long I can hear
People talking out loud (oooh).
But when you hold me near (you hold me near)
You drown out the crowd (the crowd, the crowd).
Try as they may, they can never define
What's been said between your heart and mine.

[Ch] The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me.
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall.
You say it best (you say it best) when you say nothing at all.

 

 
 
 
I have always been very fond of the Irish accent. Matter of fact I absolutely love to listen to the Irish speak. This is a movie I watched the other day and it had mostly all the elements that a good love story should have. Could we walk together?

PS: I love you. This is a story of a movie, that I absolutely loved watching. Kindly read on. . .

Holly is married to the love of her life - a passionate and funny Irishman named Gerry. So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, knowing his wife, Gerry plans things ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief, but in rediscovering herself. The first message arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake, and to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to tell her to get out and "celebrate herself". In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way; P.S. I Love You. Holly's mother and best friends begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into a new beginning for life.

 



 

 
Day 24th January, 2012 - I was on God’s appointed day in the Church, on the 24th of January, 2012. I had never known what was to precede that moment. Back then, Tuesday was my holiday, and I was there for the evening mass. Never had I ever been for the prayer meetings, I had heard it from my cousin and so I very much wished to be there. But the mass time and prayer meeting time clashed. Fr. Byron comes on the altar and makes an announcement that Fr. Rufus will be celebrating the mass and there would be the laying of hands I think. Thing is the mass was to be celebrated at the annexe, but at that place there was some other event going on, and they had to move to the Church. My blessed day! I had never heard of Fr. Rufus before. When I finally heard him, I just loved what he spoke. Ever since that day, I had always wished to hear him.
Day 8th June, 2014 - Pentecost. On the 8th, my cousin gave me his PC and asked me to listen to his country collection. I thought I would just give it a look-but this is what happened. My cousin in his hurry, locked off everything, so I had absolutely no access to anything in the home. And this is what it is-he wouldn’t be back for hours.
So left with very little choice, infact just one, I sat knowing this was God’s will for me.
As I was looking through the songs, I found Fr. Rufus-certain recordings of his. I loved every bit of that day.


Day 9th June, 2014 – Woke up at 1:11 in the midnight hours. Don’t know what 111 stand for.
 
Day 9th June, 2014- On a Monday morning, after the 7:30 am mass I was just plain happy to see Fr. Warner. What a blessing it always is!

 


There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. 1 John 4:18
When we accept the reality of God’s love for us, when we're no more afraid of facing a person or a situation in our life, we will have a control over our fears. 
We need to abide in God’s love fully knowing that God’s best will always be in His time not a minute before and not a second late.  
When we recall Gods goodness, we recall God’s amazing love. And when we do that we will experience a constant gratitude in our hearts which will reflect in everything we do.

Major fear that people face is the fear of lack. Hebrews 13:5-6 says you can trust God to come to your rescue.
When it seems that absolutely nothing is happening, God has a good plan for you, and He'll manifest it right on time.
Satan works overtime trying to convince us that God doesn't love us—that if He did, we wouldn't be in this situation.
Say it with confidence, "God loves me!"
Romans 8:38-39, states: For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
As long as you refuse to let anything separate you from God's love, you will have the victory.
 
 
There are so many instances in life when we can make a difference in the lives of others.
All we need to do is give everything our very best. That’s what I do. Any time, any situation, I wait on God to tell me what needs to be done and I go ahead and do that. There is no fear. My best is what is expected. (God is always victorious).
 


 

Loneliness is an ache that is unbearable. . When some things happen that make us realize, that things are never going to be the way they once were, it often creates crisis in our lives, which can lead to a sense of loneliness.
Hebrews 13:5, God reminds us that He is always with us and He'll never forsake us.
But as long as you know that the Lord is with you, you can be assured that He has all the answers you need.
One season has passed and another can now begin—if you are willing to take action. Don't just sit and wait for something to happen or someone to come along. Go find and be a friend to someone.

 

Change is a necessity. It is rather an important and delicate topic as such. This is what I have learnt in life:

  • At some point in time, we do impact someone with our words or deeds.
  • Change must come out of the love of the heart.
  • If a change is implemented it must not come out of a force rather it must be out of a genuine necessity to improve the conditions of the people for whom the change has come about. 
  • Change must not be implemented to further ones career but for the betterment of all. If implemented for oneself then its plain selfish.  
  • It is upto each one of us to make a difference, and for that we don’t need to use power to implement any rule.

Love is all Powerful and there is none that can stand it. Love is Love. Love changes everything.

   
We need to be people who uplift others.  
We need to be a reliable people. 
We need to be a people who build trust.
We need to be a people who ease others pain.
We need to remember that people need people.
Like I need you. . . . .




 

In life we all have choices. There were plenty opportunities when I could have chosen the way I would want my career to head. God knows, how tempting that was. But if I chose my career, I would have missed my way to God. See, with success come a lot of vices. I have never met a person as yet, (maybe for 1 or 2 people who are exceptions) of whom I can say that success didn’t get to their head. You may think you haven’t changed. And that would be the first of all lies.
With Position comes, power and money. And we all know that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Seldom, when given the opportunity to be helpful to the people around us, do we actually arise to the occasion. From whatever circle of life, people always help the people who say good things about them, even though, the person may have done completely the opposite. And disheartening as it may be, we as Catholics fail in our duties of being Christ like.
 

Whatever we do or fail to do—the truth is, at this moment, each one of us is as close to God as we choose to be.
In Luke 10:38, there was a woman named Martha who made a choice. She kept herself so busy cooking while Jesus was visiting her and her sister Mary. Jesus took notice.
Martha pleaded with Jesus for Mary to help her. But the Lord replied to her by saying, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; There is need of only ONE thing and Mary has chosen the good part...” v 41 & 42.
Work wasn’t the most important thing for Martha to be doing at that particular time. This was her chance in a lifetime to spend time with Jesus that she might not ever get again.
To make time with God a priority, you may have to say "no" to some people that don't want to hear "no" and you may have to cut off some things that really aren't bearing fruit in your life anymore. But the reward of growing closer to God will always be greater than the difficulties you experience to get there.
 

Luke 18:17 states: “Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Children don't live their life trying to impress anyone. They are extremely forgiving. Children are natural believers. They believe in magic and fairytales.
As adults, we need to start dreaming again. We need to create joy in our own lives. It's a decision we must choose to make. Don't waste your life sulking about some unfair thing that happened to you… ages back.
We need to do what the Bible tells us to give our mind to what we are doing. In Ecclesiastes 5:1 we learn to - Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Philippians 4:6 says, Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.


 
 
If you want something, ask God for it. If it's right, He'll give it to you. If it's not, just know He has something better for you in mind.
It really is that simple! Be childlike in your approach to life.

We need to try to imitate God to the best we can.
I fall, but I get up again and again and again!

If we’re all alone then we’re all together too!
 

With all my Love,
For Love Prevails!
AnitA.




All my fears
You cast into the sea,
My life is forever changed,
because you loved me.
This is not just for a moment in time,
‘I choose to love you’
But forever and ever you are mine.


 

PRAYER:
Abba, Father, keep me obedient and always faithful. Remember, this your servant.
Mama Mary keep me humble, I pray. Amen.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

When I need You!


My People,

Good Morning! Just the last week, we were walking on the road, when one of my friends stopped to look at the birds in the sky. She told me that the birds were flying homewards. What a wonderful feeling, what a wonderful way to look at creation.
 
Luke 1:37 states- For with God nothing will be impossible."

 
It's walking under the star-filled sky, with the Moon light spread across that makes it a perfect picture to walk into.
When you love someone, and you happen to take a walk by the beach or under the moonlit sky and you wonder what would it be like to be with him, to see him and what would you not give for that moment?
You have heard it before, but I’ll just say it again, 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder.' So a minute apart is like being cast in a zone where time never ends. Terrible isn’t it?
If I write on Love, it’s just so that maybe you could open your heart a little bit every day. I mean, I believe love in my head and heart, but some years back if you’d ask me to speak or utter the word 'love' out loud, that would build the ‘Berlin wall’ faster than you could utter the two words together.
 
I guess I am shy and maybe a bit reserved I think. But when the Holy Spirit asks me to  move, I do and if I am asked to speak to someone, then you wouldn’t take me to be a shy person.
 
 
This song is sung by Leo Sayer and the title is ‘When I need you’
When I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so wanna give you
It's only a heartbeat away

When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day
Miles and miles of empty space in between us
The telephone can't take the place of your smile
But you know I won't be travelin' forever
It's cold out, but hold out, and do I like I do
  

Each of us is gifted, but to each one his own. Think of it this way, if everybody loved chocolates we would run short a long time back. God has created everyone with different tastes and likes and thank God for that.
Man is capable of achieving whatever he sets his mind to. My brother once quoted some great person, ‘Nothing’s impossible it’s just a matter, of being difficult or too difficult.”
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the Moon’s surface, at the time unbelievable but achieved.
Carl Lewis (sprinter and long jumper), who won 10 Olympic medals, including 9 gold. He is known as the ‘Olympian of the century’.
None of these people would have ever thought that they would ever achieve what they did, at the start of the journey. But somewhere down the line, when the struggle got tough, they got tougher. They believed.
 
You can be alone you may even get ridiculed but that aint nothing to you, if you have a dream in your heart.


 
 
If we’re not following God’s plan for our life, we’re never going to feel peace or joy on the inside.
See, the enemy will tempt us to have a little fun, but after we do the very thing he tempted us to do, he’ll accuse us of doing the wrong thing.
Joy is based on our relationship with Jesus. Here’s the thing: If your mind is troubled and you have that uneasy feeling then don’t do it! Very often we try to reason ourselves into something we don’t have any peace about in the first place.
Always make it your goal to follow the wisdom and peace of God.
  



 

Day 5th June, 2014-My brother used to be a kind of person, who loved taking care of himself. He was into body building. When he was under severe depression-it got difficult for us to see his condition. For 21/2 years, it was bad. He kept himself locked in. No matter where we were we had to be home before darkness hit the sky.
Today, my brother is on the road to recovery. He makes sure he goes to Church, which is a blessing. From where he was to where he has come, it’s nothing short of a miracle. Praise God!
 
I had updated my Article ‘God’s Sign Part 2’ on April 28th 2013. On having updated the article, I always do return back to read it the next day. However, I was told by the Holy Spirit that until I see Fr. Leslie seated in the Church, I was not to read the article. And that’s what I did until I saw him on the 3rd of May 2013.
Day 25th May, 2014: One of the most joyous days of my life. I was at Mt. Carmel’s Church for the 10:15 am mass and I saw Fr. Leslie sitting to the extreme left. And my heart was filled with gladness. Thank you, Abba Father.
On the same day for the same mass, one of the choir members had worn a moon and star as the picture on the back of their shirt.
 



 

 

I write, because at the time when the Holy Spirit mentioned the condition, what I did not realize, was it was to be fulfilled a year later when I would see Fr. Leslie sitting in the Church exactly the way the ‘Holy Spirit’ had mentioned.
What the Holy Spirit asked me I obeyed. Thank you, Holy Spirit.
FROM MY ARTICLE-(‘OUR LOVE’ date Tuesday May 7, 2013):And on the 3rd of May, just on entering the Church, I noticed the part of the condition sitting there, and with that there was an additional blessing that of hearing Fr. Warner’s mass. Obedience to the Holy Spirit is a pre-requisite.
John 14:13-14 states: “Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.” - from the Gospel of the day and for the date 27th April, 2013 as mentioned in my topic God’s Sign…. Part 2.
Day 6th June, 2014-Gospel John 21:15-19, match with article ('OUR LOVE')– conversation-Jesus&Peter)
 
Just one look at the picture of the moon-when I was most troubled got me completely relaxed. I can speak with the moon as if he would hear everything I ever said.
Day 2nd June, 2014: I see the moon today and it looks spectacular.
Day 3rd June, 2014: The moon-the same as it did yesterday.
Day 4th June, 2014: The MOON. Thank you, Abba Father.
Day 5th June, 2014: The moon-enveloped with glow like effect.
Day 6th June, 2014: The moon-enveloped with glow like effect.
Day 5th June, 2014: I have experienced the power of the Holy Spirit to a magnitude that was completely, extremely and undeniably powerful.
Day 6th June, 2014: I think if I had to describe the way Fr. Ashlyn spoke, I wouldn’t be able to find a word that matches his calibre. Simple as he is.... I thank You, Holy Spirit!


 
 
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! – Galatians 5:22-23 
When we operate in the Spirit, we have a supernatural ability to overcome. And the more we draw near to God, praying and reflecting on His Word, the more we will experience the fruit of the Spirit in our life.
All the fruit of the Spirit are held in place by love. Jesus said that loving God and other people is the most important commandment. “You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.”
He added, “A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” Matthew 22:39.
God loves you so much. Choose to believe the best about people rather than automatically assuming the worst.


 
 
  • God is never defeated.
  • When things get worst that means it can only get better.
  • The Bible is the most supernatural book ever written. It is dynamite. It is supernaturally inspired-with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. There are no contradictions.
  • The secret of a great leadership by Moses-is the power of the Holy Spirit. Moses had counsellors and advisors but they would be only a hindrance unless they too were of the same mind and had the same purpose. So the Holy Spirit that indwelt on Moses, God took of the Holy Spirit and put it onto the 70 men, so that now they would have a oneness in purpose, a oneness of mind and of Spirit of God.
  • The Holy Spirit is the revealer of the deep truths of God to you and me. The prophet Simeon was told that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord. And he was led by the Holy Spirit into the temple and when Mary and Joseph brought in the Child Jesus, he took Him in his arms, and blessed God and said, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;  for mine eyes have seen thy salvation” Luke 2:29-30
  • To be filled with the Spirit, we need to do a complete surrender.  There can be no love without an inward self surrender. When you have surrendered completely, the Holy Spirit will fill your vessel (you).  There is no power in the world today greater than the power of the Holy Spirit and when the blood of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit are linked together, we have an energy that is unstoppable. 
  • Miracles are bound to happen!
 




With all my Love,
For Love Prevails!
AnitA.

PRAYER: Abba, Father, keep me obedient and always faithful. Remember, this your servant.
Mama Mary keep me humble, I pray. Amen.