Happy New Year! 2014

My People,
 

May the Peace of Jesus be with you and may the love that is Mama Mary guide you through.

Today, we are at the end of the year. It has been a wonderful year, a fruitful one at that. I am everything because of You, Abba Father. And this ones to You.

I see the Moon and behold I see Your glory,

The Lilies You promised oh God,

Will in Your time reveal a story.

Seasons they are but a few,

Abba Father, remember I Love You!

Would you say that you have looked at the pictures of Jesus? From a baby born in the manger to His crucifixion - the one thing you cannot deny is His invitation. It says 'Come one, come all'. Look at Jesus and you will find Him with His arms open.  At some other time Jesus may just be giving a hug to someone. If you look closely you will find Jesus surrounded by people and most often you will notice kids sitting comfortably on His lap. Have you ever seen anyone love in this manner? 

 

John 14:16 states: And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you.

The Holy Spirit is with us forever and is vitally important to each one of us. We cannot ignore someone who is with us forever. The Holy Spirit is not just with me, He is in me. The Holy Spirit is my teacher and is very essential to each one of us in our true knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ. We need to keep our hearts open and welcome the Holy Spirit.

Every morning, when I leave for work at 05:45, I watch people on their way to Mt. Carmel’s Church. And I think how blessed they are to be able to attend the mass celebrations.

There is so much Peace and Joy that you attain once you make it to the Church. What a blessing it is to praise God in the morning and to receive the ‘Holy Eucharist’.

Love is indescribable. Every time I think I know a little more and then I realize there is still a long way to go.

I am a trekkie – simple terms I love watching star trek. From James T. Kirk to Captain Jean Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise, I love watching it all. I think my brother gave me the best gift of all-when unknowingly for Christmas about 2 years ago he got the Star-Trek movie. The serial is all about exploring strange new worlds and new civilizations.

Just some days back I watched the 2nd part to the movie Thor. There is a line in the movie which speaks of the nine realms.

I’ll come to the point that I’m trying to make-this world we live in is huge. We have roughly about 194 countries and there is so much of un-chartered territory out there. Space is infinite. With all the expeditions in this world, I wonder if there will ever be a time when we will have explored the entire galaxy. And maybe someday we will be able to go to the ends of the universe and be back with enough fuel within our resources.

Science keeps on progressing. At the end of every century, man takes a gigantic leap towards the unknown.

The brain, the grey matter that is - is much bigger than the universe. The heart is a billion times bigger than the brain. And I am not speaking with terms of size because then the opposite would be true.

The heart is what connects you and me to God. The heart is a link, we are all interconnected. The heart follows no logic. The heart is and should be governed by God. The heart is what holds love and love is God.

Remember to make it a practise of visiting Jesus and receiving the Holy Eucharist.

Remember to pray for the holy souls in purgatory.
 

As we step in the new year, let us remember to hold on to certain values:

We need to be faithful in our ways-to God and to each other.

Lets have gratitude in our hearts.

Lets be a tender hearted people.

Lets be a people who lift and encourage others.

Lets be a people who put others need before our own.

Lets take the first step.

 

Let your heart speak the language of Love - because Love follows no logic.

Love is not magic. Love is not a mystery.

In the Bible, from the book of Genesis 1:1 states, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

God allowed a beginning, out of the Love of His heart. Knowing wholly well, all that man is and could do God still did not stop at what God planned. For every time that man ventured into the unknown and dug his own pit, God knowingly and lovingly planned our redemption at the cost of having His only Son pay the price for our sins.

The next time, you won’t to think that no one loves you, I ask you to ponder, on the Love of our Mighty God. There can never be another like our God. He is the Sovereign-The one and only God. Holy is His name.

 

Remember, you are and will always be the apple of His eyes. You are loved and His eye is ever watching you. There is no replacement for you in the world. He has created you as His masterpiece-that means you are one of a kind.

I wish you an Ephesians 3:20 - Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,

 

Have a wonderful, God filled and blessed year 2014!
 

With all my Love,

For Love Prevails!
AnitA.

 

Every moment of every day,

These are the words I wish to say,

Every moment I am with you,

Is a moment in a dream that is coming true.

PRAYER: Abba, Father, keep me obedient and always faithful. Remember, this your servant.

Mama Mary keep me humble, I pray. Amen.

 

Merry Christmas!

 

My People,

Good Morning! And yes it is a wonderful life. We are just a day away from Christmas and what a Season of Hope it is. In this season we are reminded of a promise that God made. And God honoured His promise. May the Peace that is Jesus - fill your heart with a knowing and understanding that nothing in life is ever in vain?  May the gentleness and the humility of Mama Mary teach us to always come to her – ever knowing that she will never ever let us down.

We receive graces from God Almighty and God is a generous giver.  I believe that Abba Father takes care of everything. My faith should be such that it knows and with a sense of pride says my Fathers the greatest. 

Growing up we always had a tradition in our home when it came to Christmas. The season would always begin with listening to ‘Nat King Cole’.

I love togetherness. I remember when we were kids we had gone to Mangalore for Christmas. I remember my aunts would keep awake two days before Christmas to prepare sweets. Going back to those memories, is something I look forward to.

There was this one Christmas in particular, my mom told us that when we wake up on Christmas morning, there would be a surprise awaiting us. So the next morning, both me and my brother, jumped off our beds went into the living room, there was nothing then we went to the other rooms, nothing there either. Finally after looking in the garden we were disappointed. My mom, told us she was sorry, she was not feeling that good. See, I’m not complaining. Every little experience counts.

Years later, when we were painting our home for Christmas, the Christmas tree had not yet come up. My brothers were small and a lot worried I guess. They came and asked me ‘If there would be Christmas this year?’ Normally our tree would always be up by the 2nd week of December. I felt and I understood their worries, their concerns. I had a very bad cold. The next day they had a Christmas party in school. I wanted them to enjoy their party, so I got myself a big hot cup of ginger tea and somehow managed to put up the Christmas tree in the morning by 4:00. Thank God, for all our experiences.

I love Christmas carols and I love singing it out loud. And I have fun singing it. Mary’s Boy Child and Christmas in Kilarney are my favourite Christmas carols. Whenever I would play ‘The drummer boy’ my brother would ask me to play it again and play it a little bit loud. Now whenever I play the carols this is what I do.  

Traditions are a good thing. They keep people in a family connected. Every family has their own ways to approach an event or an occasion in life. Every body has their own point of view.

When we celebrate Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Christmas, then is really a matter of the heart. To the heart a message is given.

The heart knows, Love.
The heart calls for Love.

 

 

Our hearts long to be hidden in someone who will love and protect and cherish us immensely for who we are.

Dying to the world and its ways – We are dead in itself; yet in Christ hidden and buried we become alive and fruitful! We are safe and our hearts are finally at peace.

We must be prepared to realize that we will not “fit in” by the world’s standards. For a hidden heart in Christ results in a life that is lived differently than those who are in the world. We shouldn’t act, dress, talk, or behave like the world, because we don’t seek the things the world seeks. We seek – Jesus and the virtues He bestows.

And what blessings this hidden life brings! We have Christ and His Word to comfort and encourage, us to go on and live for Him; conforming to His image and persevering in our sufferings.

Our hearts seek Jesus. For the woman whose heart is truly hidden in Christ is favoured to receive a man seeking after God’s heart in all his ways – including finding her. May your heart stay hidden in Jesus.

 

 

 

Through the day, I have heard people complain and back talk their friends. Do you know how it feels like to be the whole day surrounded with people who complain, who see nothing good in others. Who no matter how much you try to make sense to them, choose to do the wrong with words and deeds. They call themselves friends, but they are friends to no one. They are carried away by their own whims and fancies. It tears me to pieces to watch them I die a little every day.

The 14th June 2013, 7:30 p.m. mass, I am listening to Fr. Alvaro read the Gospel from the Chapter of Matthew 11:2-11.

These are the thoughts that passed my head. When two people are in love they have a question in their hearts? Is he/she the one, a question indeed marking a new phase of life?

What do you do when you don’t know what to do?

I kind of had a reflection of what it must have been for John the Baptist. He lived his whole life waiting for Jesus. And here was a question filled with Hope?

Matthew 11:2-3 states: Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, "Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?"

And I thought, you can wait your whole life, for the one you love. Supposing, you have waited an entire life time and you kind of begin to wander, just how is it that I will know this person? How will I recognize?

Matthew 11:2-5 states: And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

If I have to feel the love in my heart-for someone I have never met, then obviously it has to be Gods grace.

If I have to go with what God has made me feel, then surely I must believe.

When I say I believe then I need to have patience to wait.

And did you know the most beautiful thing about waiting is, God moves the whole Universe for you?  

FAITH AND PATIENCE GO HAND IN HAND. 

Jesus spoke of signs that are accompanied, signs to tell us we are on the right track. Signs that say ‘HOLD ON!’

 

21st December, 2013 at the 7:30 p.m. mass. Fr. Ashlyn spoke on Trust in relationships with reference to the Gospel of Matthew 1:18-24.

Trust was a major issue in my life. I have been hurt and broken so many times that the capacity to trust was completely shattered. I have no feelings of resentment or I don’t hold any bitterness. Why should I? Every experience has made me come closer to God. God is good.

When Fr. Ashlyn spoke, for the first time in my life, I felt free, I felt completely free. Later, when I made my confession, I felt I could fly to the highest level and maybe I did.

 

These were numbers that I would often see, and I understood them to be messages from God-my signs. These are now, some of my favourite verses from the Bible. I hope for this walk with you.

I thought that it was enough that I listen to the Gospel in the Church. I was of the thought that I’ve heard that before.

One fine day it all began with the number 1111. The number would be everywhere I go.  I started looking out, trying to find out what it meant. I got to the Book of Hebrews, and here it is that I found. I think I must have read it over and over.

I never wanted to get married, thought I never would get to see the thirty toes and fingers grow. If I have you confused, that means my three younger brothers – Panda, Grizzly and Polar. These are the names my brothers gave themselves when they were kids.

Hebrews 11:11- By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was too old—and Sarah herself was barren—because he considered him faithful who had promised.
This is what made me read the Bible, ever since that day, I am everything ‘the word of God’ (The Bible) says I am.

I believe In God forever. I say this, I am nothing on my own. About 10 years back, that’s when I began my walk with Abba Father, that’s when I found my whole world.

Hebrews 11:1 states-Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
I have seen this number so many times now that there should be another explanation to this, of which I am sure. But until then these 3 lines will be in this colour.  

Faith is such a simple aspect of life. Think about it, now you go and ask your sweetheart, what do you want – and most probably she would reply with a pair of gold or diamond earrings, or a finger ring etc. Maybe being a guy, you would want to own a bike or a car.

But God, He does not ask for big things. So what is it that He asks? Why is it that He asks?

He asks for us to have faith. To go to God, you have to believe He exists. And when you do go to Him, you have to know that He will give your hearts desire. He will withhold nothing that is good from you. God is faithful to His promise.

This is one of the numbers that follow me everywhere. Need I say anything, the words Jesus speaks here is plain and simple. If you still do not understand how it is to believe, then just think about Jesus, and all that He did from the moment of His birth into this world and the moment He breathed His last. He believed in His Father and He believed that He would rise from the dead. The words sum it all.

Mark 11:22-states-And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.”

 

Ah my favourite, my sweet Jesus, my Hero! Always humble, always bold, always truthful.

Every thing done for the glory of God-Supreme love.

Philippians 4:13 states-I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

The Eucharist (the Body of Christ) gives us the strength, in our daily struggles. The very presence of Jesus, in me strengthens me. The thought should be-I can take on the world.

This is one of the most recurring numbers. I see it everyday, and a number of times in a day. It took me a lot of time to figure it out. God always has a way of making you see, when He has a message. The number is 444. It refers to the book of TOBIT in my BIBLE.

This is my favourite scripture verse, the one I hold closest to my heart. It is God’s promise to me as all the others above. But this one is a promise in a promise. Praise God!

Corinthians 13:13 states-And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

 

The above scripture verse is a promise, then this is what God says,

Isaiah 55:11 states-so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

The almighty God has no equal. His plans never fail. His purposes always find fruition. He never is forced to resort to a “Plan B.”

First, it is God’s purpose that will not return empty, not ours. For this reason, we must learn to pray as Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before His crucifixion: yet not as I will, but as You will (Matthew. 26:39). We will find that when our will aligns with His will instead of our own yearnings that God will give us the desires of our heart (Psalm. 37:4).

Second, God is all-powerful and unconquerable. It is easy for us to despair when we see that many nations and people are hostile toward Christ and His gospel. We must remember, though, that nothing happens in the universe without God’s permission, and He is triumphant over Satan, sin, and death.

God the Father purposed to send His Son to pay the price for sin, and this sacrifice makes salvation possible for all who call on Him (Romans 10:12).

 

 

Matthew 1:23 states: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel" (which means, God with us).”

I never understood this number until I read it as Matthew 1:23 – When I realized what it was I asked God – If I can call my son as, Emmanuel?

Luke 1:37 - For with God nothing will be impossible."

Mark 9:23 - And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes."

Everytime that I hear the words, all things are possible with God or nothing is impossible with God, I know it to be true.

I have named this part of the blog as godofimpossibles.

 

A miracle cannot be one, if the condition for its fulfilment does not cry out impossible in humanistic terms.

Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus. But you know what it looks like-it looks like a show is on. Every body is on a shopping spree. Wants they never get satisfied, do they?

I always admire a family’s capacity to love one another. I admire people wearing their wedding rings. It’s nice to be committed. How blessed are you to have each other-and how blessed it is to have children? And what a blessing it is to have a chance to emulate our own Blessed Family (Jesus, Mary and Joseph.)

I love SantaClaus, Reindeers  and everything that is related to Christmas. Christmas is my favourite time of the year.  I have Christmas going on in my heart everyday of the year.

But Christmas, is not just that.

It is the journey of the Blessed Holy Family.

It is the journey of trials and tribulations.

It is the journey of faith, hope and love.

It is the journey of surrender to Gods will.

It is the journey from the heart of the family to the heart of God.

Heart calls to Heart.

Love calls to Love.

Merry Christmas!

With all my Love,

For Love Prevails!
AnitA.
 

 

God has bought us together,

We can build this world of love to last forever.
Being here beside you,
Theres so much that I have to say to you.

A love that is so pure,

A love that will forever endure,
A love that will always be.

I will love you forever,

Forever and ever. Amen.

I will be faithful forever,

Forever and ever. Amen.

We always will have each other,

Forever and ever. Amen.

 

 

PRAYER: Abba, Father, keep me obedient and always faithful. Remember, this your servant.

Mama Mary keep me humble, I pray. Amen.

Promise Date:

21st December, 2013. 7:30 pm  Fr. Ashlyn.   Topic-Trust.

Together, FOREVER!

 

My People,

Good Morning! What a wonderful world we live in and how blessed are we. The Peace of Jesus be yours today and every day and the love of Mama Mary lighten your heart.

To me this is what love feels like, it’s kind of like my favourite Bryan Adam’s song, Everything I do.  I can’t help it, I just love this song from the day I first heard it. These are the two verses I am going to quote. Maybe you will like it too.

Look into your heart, you will find
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am, take my life
I would give it all, I would sacrifice

Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more
You know it's true
Everything I do, I do it for you
Oh yeah

This is what it feels like in my heart. This is all the love I feel and more. I could sing along with Bryan Adams to Everything I do, but you got to believe me when I say, you got to-know I would do (anything & everything) for you. Oh yeah…………….

 

 

On a Friday, there was a part of the collection that was being made for a friend’s wedding.

I was standing there, as they were filling the card, and one of my friends wanted me to sign, and the lady retorted back it’s only for those who paid the money. He still insisted that I sign and she repeated the same thing. It hurt badly. I replied with a no both the times. I had the money in my hand and I was waiting. At that moment, I was told by the holy-spirit to pay the money and so I did. I did not sign the card. It made no sense.

Later in the evening, the Holy-Spirit blessed (Daniel & Emmanuel).

The next day, this lady, my friend, asked me if I was leaving for the day and I said yes. The other friend of mine who was aware of everything was shocked and asked me are you leaving with her? I said, yes.

I told her what my brother (cousin) always tell me, He says multiply your friends.

Sirach 6:5 states-Pleasant speech gains more friends for itself, and a sweet-speaking tongue will multiply pleasant exchanges.

I could have given her a piece of my mind. But I would have lost a friend.

See, I was told to get off my seat to pay the money, God knew fully well, what would happen next, but I had to be tested, and be obedient to God.

And maybe she was hurt by somebody too. So If I hurt her back, the hurt would just travel in circles. So maybe by not responding the way she thought I should, maybe this broke the chain reaction. I hope it did. I hope it eased her pain.

  

We might praise God with our mouths, but it may be that our hearts are far from Him. God knows our every heartbeat.  Often we don’t even know what is in our own hearts.

“the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt”—Jeremiah cried out: “Who can understand it?”  But God immediately replied: “I, the Lord, search the mind and try the heart” Jeremiah 17:9-10.

We are not stuck forever with the limitations and defects of our hearts, if we confidently entrust them to Him Who Is Greater Than Our Hearts. We can rest in His providence and mercy.

 

Let us pray for a pure heart, with which we can see God Matthew 5:8

He can make all things new within us, preserving our hearts in His grace.  The human heart may be impossible to understand fully, but it is within our free will to offer it to God for healing and enlightenment. And we can consecrate our broken little hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, that ours may rest in theirs, taking comfort and strength as we are invited to share in the continuous exchange of love between the King and Queen of Heaven. For love covers a multitude of sins and restores our hearts to their long-lost likeness to God.

 

Today, the 10th of December, 2013 as I knelt in the Church to pray I was told by the Holy Spirit, to leave that very moment, and to go sit right in the front row. I was attending the healing and thanksgiving mass celebrated by Fr. Ashlyn in the Church Annexe. I got there and saw a couple of ladies praying together, they invited me to pray and I joined them in prayers.

When I got home, I felt no different, but after dinner, I realized there is something that has changed, though I don’t know what, but I know and trust the Spirit of God, will let me know.

 

God reveals Himself in the Scriptures-One comes from the parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18, in which the master, having forgiven his servant a huge debt and then discovered that this same servant refused to forgive a fellow servant a tiny debt, “handed him over to the torturers.” Jesus goes on to say that His Father will do exactly the same thing to us if we do not forgive from the heart. In the prodigal son, the father who forgave his son without even asking for an account of his wrongs—not even giving him a chance to confess but immediately lavishing love and abundant gifts upon him.

So, I think, God Who will hand someone over to the torturers in one case and overflow with mercy and love in another, are both true revelations of who God is and what He does.

The way God dealt with them depended upon what was in their hearts. The evil-hearted man was punished and the one with the repentant heart was warmly received.

So, the nature of our encounter with God will largely depend upon the condition of our hearts. Gods ways and thoughts are not ours.

God is love, He wants to pour out his mercy upon us. He’s just looking for hearts that are turned towards Him and are thus ready to do His will.

Perhaps it is time to take a look within our hearts and see what we find. God loves us but He hates evil, so He will be unrelenting in going after any evil that is concealed within the hearts of those whom He loves. Let us be careful about what we believe and how we live.

  

 

Together, Forever.

when we're together

I know this loves forever,
From tonight until the end of time.

You will always be in my heart,

And from this day on we cannot be kept apart.
I need you to be here with me,
I wish for all it was plain to see.

I offer all that I have to give,
for all my of days that I will live,

I could search the world over,
and this I know is true,
I would never ever find what I found with you.

 

With all my Love,

For Love Prevails!
AnitA.

I Love you from the depths of the ocean.

I Love you from the extremities of the earth.
I Love you from the above and beyond of the universe.
I Love you from time infinite-from eternity to eternity.
I Love you from the heart of God – from the God of The Alpha and The Omega.
I will always, always and always Love you!

 

PRAYER: Abba, Father, keep me obedient and always faithful. Remember, this your servant.

Mama Mary keep me humble, I pray. Amen.

 

Promise Date:

10th December, 2013.    1:11
9th  December, 2013.    Luke  1:26-38      Fr. Alvaro 7:30
For with God nothing will be impossible."

8th  December, 2013.        Fr. Ashlyn  10:15am. Sunday.

What is in the heart?
7th  December, 2013.        Fr. Ashlyn  7:30 pm. Mass Sat.
Response Psalm: In his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!

 

Good will triumph!

My People,

Good Morning! What a wonderful feeling it is to know that you are loved by the Almighty God. The Peace of Jesus be yours and the love of Mama Mary follow you.

 

If I had to introduce you to someone, I would tell you what you already know. He is my world, my super hero. He is my God.

It's the only name in the world, that will remove every doubt,

It's the only name, on which you call, to break the enemy’s hold.

God created us all the same,

Just remember JESUS is His name,

He is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father & Prince of Peace.

HE is Emmanuel – God with us.

I see the pride in people when they know someone from some kind of circle-or maybe some standing in society.

They always introduce themselves as a friend of that person. People are always proud to introduce themselves to people they want to associate themselves to. This is especially true, if they are people of the top notch.

Credentials (certificates/titles) don’t make a person. You could be an individual with the highest credentials, but that don’t make you a decent, or a good person. 

 

Love is ………… the strength to fight the odds.

Love is ………… the strength to bear the unimaginable.

Love is ………… the strength to do the impossible.

Love is ………… the strength to believe that God can and Will.

Love is ………… the strength to believe that God’s promise is true.

Love is ………… the strength to surrender to His will with Love.

 

 

Peter and John had been arrested after the healing of a lame beggar. This man had been lame from birth. When a huge crowd gathered, Peter and John began to preach about Jesus and that created a stir, one that had gotten them arrested with an overnight stay in jail.

The next morning they were summoned for questioning by the Jewish elders and high priests. Peter and John were recognized as two of the men who had been with Jesus and here they were speaking and acting with great authority. These Jewish leaders were the very men who had arranged for the crucifixion of Jesus and yet Peter boldly told them to their face:

"…be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well." Acts 4:10

They said among themselves; "saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it." Acts 4:16

So they commanded Peter and John not to speak or teach anymore in the name of Jesus and threatened them and then released them because they were afraid of the people.

 

Peter and John returned to their companions and told them everything that had happened. They raised their voices and prayed in one accord ending with this:

" And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, while thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus."
Acts 4:29-30

Gone was the fear of the disciples of Jesus that was evident before and after His death. In its place was fierce boldness, authority and power.

Everything changed on the morning of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit fell on the 120 in the upper room filling them. Peter preached a dynamite sermon that 3000 were saved right then and there. They weren't afraid that they would suffer the same fate as their Lord; they were out healing the sick, preaching the gospel.

They asked, "And now, Lord, take note of their threats." They asked that God give them greater confidence when speaking His word. Their antidote for threats was boldness. Then they asked for two additional things likely to get them in even more trouble. They asked for more healings to occur and signs and wonders to take place.

 

On the 29th November, 2013, I had visited the Church, and then attended the prayer meeting. But before, attending the prayer meeting, I was waiting on God, for His approval for me to attend. And I think I wanted it so much, that Jesus did not stop me. The topic was repentance. I think I was the only one who was completely bored and I think I waited so much for it to get over. You have no idea, of how I felt.

The lady knew her topic. She seemed to have all her words spoken in a soft tone. You know sometimes, our words give us away. Goodness comes from the heart. Our heart should reflect God.

She called herself, intelligent. One does not boast when one talks about God.

My prayer my sweet Jesus: Jesus, meek and humble of Heart, Make my heart like unto Thine.

 

 

I make mistakes and I learn, with the grace of God.
If you think of me as a problem, I will never walk that way that causes you a problem.

If I am in your way and that troubles you, I want on purpose be there.

If I am not wanted you want see me around.

 

The biggest mistake, I committed, was I left my sweet Jesus, alone in the Church. I left Him there and how could I ever think that anything else is more important? Nothing ever is important-nothing ever is in comparison-to Jesus. From the moment, I attended the meeting that day, to the next day, I was breaking to pieces. I must have died over and over.

I made my confession, the next day to Fr. Alvaro and it felt so wonderful. I felt at peace.

  

On the 1^st of December, after the prayer meeting, when I came back home, my dad called at around 05:30 in the evening, and he informed us that both our dogs were poisoned to death. My dad told us that he suspected someone, but there was nothing he wanted to do. I had to be stern with my dad, I told him to call the Police and get them involved. I told my dad, that God expects us to do our duties. Following the law and what it states is a requirement. Of-course I was thinking of my dad’s safety.

The Bible says; " And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness." Acts 4:31.

This was not a request they had to pray and fast and wait over. The other side of the prayer is counting the cost of boldness. Satan is not about to put up with having his own kingdom disturbed without some payback. The early followers of Jesus thought it was worth it.

Do you have the fire in your belly to fight a good fight?

 

PRAY THE PRAYER!

The place where you are may be shaken.

The devil is devious, cunning and shrewd. He will attack. Don’t give in with your words. Be careful with what you say. Remember, Jesus says, ‘Don’t be afraid!

  

Love is ………… the Clouds in the sky,

Love is ………… the feeling of flying on the wings of a butterfly.

Love is ………… the moon in its splendour,

Love is ………… the star lit sky, the colours of the rainbow. 

Love is ………… the shower of rain.

Love is ………… the heartache and the pain.

Love is ………… the hope that Good will triumph.

 

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.