IF you just BELIEVE!

My people,

Good Morning! I wish for you a Philippians 4:7 that sates: “And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” May Mama Mary’s love overwhelm you to open your heart?

 

When I started with this topic, I knew the title should be,‘Just believe’ but when speaking with my sweetheart of a friend that she is, I realized we both had the same thoughts only she added the words ‘IF you just Believe!’ When you reach to the end of this topic you will see why?

 

I love songs and I love singing out loud. Maybe, it just makes me happy. This is the chorus from the song ‘Que Sera Sera’. Somewhere deep down in my heart I used to as a kid feel the sense of calmness come on me when ever I would hear this  song.  Come on now don’t just read, you can sing along . . .?

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

I remember, Fr. Robin Selwyn S.J. we share the same month for birthdays. His being  the 15th of January. I used to love the way he would strum his guitar and sing. Of call the topics he could speak on, his mom would always be a part of his conversation. One of the many hymns that Fr. taught us during the children’s mass, at St. Francis of Assisi was – ‘Una paloma blanca’ meaning ‘A white dove’.

I can feel the morning sunlight
I can smell the new-born hay
I can hear God's voices calling
From my golden sky-light way

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountain I fly
No one can take my freedom away.
 

The heart is the key to the Universe. Love unlocks ….  Whatever is in your heart?

I love the era gone by. Times are a changing and so are people. Change is a good thing. I will be the first to say yes we need to adapt.

But somewhere in my heart, I yearn for those days, where simplicity and love and good heartedness took preference more than anything else in the world. Would you agree? And if not, that’s okay too? See I think somewhere down the line, someone or a lot of people hurt you so bad, that you do not trust so easily and I understand that. I do. I am learning to trust. I gave my word to someone that I would try, and I am.

 

Have you watched movies from the 1940’s to the 1980’s? I think you may need to watch to know. And if you have, then you would understand that we need to be so gentle with one another.

If I have to ever hold a baby, this is what I do. If I am wearing a watch or anything that could hurt the baby’s skin, I keep it aside. The watch as an object can be at times sharp. Our words are still sharper and can break a person’s heart. But we continue to do so and bruise each other so long as our egos get satisfied.

I love going back to those movies where politeness was the theme of the day. The way they rendered their speech is something that we need to bring back.
 

The house-wife is the one who works the hardest. She wakes up early in the morning, caring for every person in the home. It’s not an easy job to do. It’s a thankless job as such. No compliments received or gratitude shown. Of-course this I know does not include all housewives.

Today’s woman works in an air-conditioned office with competitive salaries again this could differ. Between the two the house-wife’s role is the toughest. Her role is that of a person who constantly is on the giving end. She sacrifices thus letting others get ahead with their dreams. Having to work everyday I understand what it is, I so look up to the house-wife, she is not just an ordinary woman she is an extraordinary woman as such.

 

Here is a man of high status in society and a woman who is an outcast because of her physical condition.
Both Jairus and this woman are in the middle of a crisis. Jairus has a 12year old daughter who is near death. The woman has exhausted her resources and has been disappointed by every available means of help.

On the one hand we have a father who is hurting because he looks at the pain of the daughter he loves. On the other hand we see a woman who for 12 years has been suffering physically and enduring one disappointment after another.

What we need to remember is what simple faith can do.

Jesus says, “Who touched me?” “What strange words,” the disciples thought! Everyone was touching Jesus, as the crowds pressed against Him.
For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. Mark 5:28-30
The woman was healed because she touched Jesus believing that God would heal her if she could only but touch the one whom He had sent. This was the reason why God’s healing power had gone forth from Jesus just as soon as she touched Him.

Jesus asks, “Who touched me?” He calls her to confess Him before others.

Matthew 10:32-33 -  So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven..

In Mark 5:34  - And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

Jesus not only heals her, Jesus wants her restoration to be complete. What she needed was peace and wholeness in her soul. Her suffering included the emotional effects of all that has taken place over 12 years. Her faith had saved her from brokenness of body and brokenness of soul – Jesus says 'Go in peace!' God uses delays to test and encourage our faith.

 

 

Jairus came to Jesus with a request. He said, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live." Mark 5:23

While Jesus was on the way to the house of Jairus, some men came and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher any more?”

When news comes that the daughter has died during this time of delay, Jairus would naturally be shaken and would be inclined to think there’s nothing more to be done.
Overhearing and ignoring their message, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
When Jesus arrived at the house, Jesus saw a commotion with mourners crying and wailing loudly. (Jesus said,) Mark 5:39 And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping." The mourners laughed at him. They laugh because they are not people of faith.
Jesus entered the child’s room, took her by the hand, and healed her. Mark 5:41-Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Tal'itha cu'mi"; which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise.
“Sleep” is the biblical term that those who believe in resurrection use to describe death.

Jesus is victorious over the powers of darkness and death.

When you overhear negative talk, ignore the message. Don’t listen to people stuck in their disbelief. No matter what happens, don’t give in to fear. Jesus said that all things are possible to him who believes. All things are possible when you ignore fear’s limiting voice.

Matthew 17:20 states-He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."

It’s never over until God says it’s over. Impossible is not a word in God’s vocabulary, and it shouldn’t be in yours.

Listen to God’s voice. God has a purpose and plan for your life that is better than anything you can imagine. Get in agreement with God and let Him work things out. Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

 

Life is full of surprises to the one who believes.

In this journey called life, we come along with meeting so many people that we learn a lot from our various interactions with them. Funny part is that no matter how much a person believes in God, when it comes to action - you seldom will see it. Somehow they will rely on another person and believe in what they have to say rather than believing in God.

People are more interested in parties, outing etc. All extra curricular activities take precedence over God.

If you can’t love God, you won’t love anyone else. If you say you love God, you will keep His commandments.

1. You will love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul. There will be no other God.

2. You will receive the Holy Eucharist (communion) every Sunday. No excuses.

3. You will love your neighbour as your self.

4. You will be faithful to your husband or wife. The day you are married, you remain married for the rest of your life.

We all know that pigs they roll in the muck. Matter of fact they love it. Sin is like the muck. Once you get used to living a sinful life, you don’t have to hold back on anything. You become like a pig. The muck won’t matter.

You don’t have to fit in to get with the crowd.

 

Love from your heart

Love with all your heart
Love with every heartbeat
Love like if you didn’t your heart would stop.

19th of January, 2014. I am in the Church I see the face of this saint through the whole mass. I don’t know what it means.

My first birthday, the walk on the table to the cake, I remember it like it was just yesterday. I have often wondered as to why I could remember this?

After mass, the 19th of January, 2014 – the Holy Spirit made me realize something that I still need to completely understand. But in obedience to the Spirit of God I write. All I know is that the number 1 is very important. 1 (implying first) and the day 11 (my birthday); so if I had to read it, it would be 1:11-In order of the events, the second that I was made to remember was when I was in the 3rd standard, that was the time I heard the word LOVE and it impacted my life completely. When I go back to that day, it felt like I heard the word for the very first time. But that would not be true. For the word to impact me I had to know the meaning and which I did.

The third, would be the one memory, I truly love-the walk with my family. Looking for the Moon, that somehow marks the moment.

The fourth would be when I heard You, Abba Father, calling me by my name out loud.

My response, ‘Here Am I’, I come to do Your will.
Thank You, Abba Father for being the sweetest and the greatest. 3rd July, 2014.

  

Love burns your heart – it is a constant fire all through the day.

Heart seeks the betterment of all.
 

  

20th of January, 2014-my brother’s birthday and I offer all the masses I have heard of the day, for his good health.

When attending mass in the evening, I asked my mom if she would come. We were there for Fr. Ashlyn’s mass at Mt. Carmel’s Church. My mom loved being a part of the mass celebrations and I loved that we got to hear the mass together.

This was one of the best days of my life. I am where I belong. Abba, Father, Here I am, I come to do Your Will.

I had completed my topic on the 24^th itself. But I felt in myself the feeling to let it be.

In my work place, we are having an overnight trip for the coming weekend. And everybody wants the other in. I choose not to. The reason being, I would miss going to Church.
The worst is us Catholic people who don’t understand the importance of missing the “Holy Eucharist”.

It’s a Saturday morning, the 25^thJanuary, 2014, around 6:05, I am in the bus and all my thoughts are on believing. It's easy for me to suggest that you believe. But belief, it must come from the heart.

When I say I love you, it must mean that I am completely committed to you. There is nothing that could stop me from being with you. If need be I would sacrifice myself for you. Love is simple with no complications attached. Love is giving of self for the betterment of the other. It’s a desire to follow you to the ends of the earth.

Around 6:15 in the morning and on my way to work the bus driver takes his eyes of the road. A broken down truck is on the middle of the highway and we were proceeding with a speed. It’s only me and the driver in the bus. We are seconds away from near collision and as I look I know it could be the end.   

Just 20 seconds before impact and the driver pulls off the bus to another direction. And we both walked into God’s zone because that was the smoothest turn I have ever watched. Humanly that is impossible to manoeuvre.

The more I think about it the more I know it’s a miracle!

I always thought that just before dying a person has a flashback. I had no thoughts at all. Initially I thought I froze. But later I realized that I was ready to go. Just for a split of a second I hoped for the driver to pull it of and in that split of a second he did.

IF you ask me what is a miracle? Then I would only say this, in that one specific moment (in a second) I hoped with every fibre in my being to be saved and (in that second) we were saved.

When I told my sweetest friend in the world (we work in the same place) what happened, what she told me took me by surprise. She is a non Catholic, but one of the sweetest person I know. She told me that God was with me and when I would visit church this evening, to remember that. These are her words, “You let go of everything to be with God, God did not want to let go of you”.

My Beloved!

 

You are the thought that I start with each morning,
You are the thought as I walk each day.
You are in all that I do,
And everything I say.

You are all I ever wanted,
You are all I ever need.
You are every dream I dreamed of,
You are everything to me.

I couldn’t live this life without you,
Never, ever, will I let you go,
My love for you I cannot hide.
I want you forever to be by my side.

And in my heart you’ll always be,
From now until forever,

For love for when it comes true,
My memories of love will be forever you.

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.

Promise Date: 15th January, 2014--Mark 9:23 - And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes."

  

HEAVEN Sent . . .

 

My People,

 

Good Morning! May the Peace and Love of Jesus and Mama Mary ever fill your heart.

Day 2 of January, 2014 - and what a wonderful start it has been. Begin everything with love in your heart and you will never ever go wrong. Love is the answer to everything. Say it out loud, “LOVE PREVAILS”. Because what you say out loud, is what you believe and when you believe it the way you say it-then yeah you will be surrounded with love all over. Love will always, always win.

Jesus rose from the dead. “LOVE PREVAILS”.

The below words are by Constance Parker Graham. Hope you love it.

Each day has a gift to give,
Small joys and great ones too.
Beauty to see and songs to hear,
And wonderful things to do.
Enjoy each to the fullest,

For they add upto nothing less,

Than a lifetime of lovely moments and

A heart full of happiness.

 

 

 

We all want to be stars. We want the magic formula to quick success. God made you the best you can be, I want for you to believe and apply that in your life.

I want for you to know that you are a STAR.

You are worth dying for and Jesus did that on the CROSS. He died for all of us.

I want for you to BELIEVE.

God bless-Whitney Houston’s soul. The following lines are from her song “One moment in time”; I love this song, I absolutely love the words here. My advice, give each day the best you got.

Each day I live, I want to be;
A day to give, The best of me;
I'm only one, But not alone,
My finest day, Is yet unknown.

What are memories and why is it so important?

You could call it as data collected and stored in our memory bank. But really it is vital information linked to our brain-through our various experiences. Memories motivate us.

I’ll explain myself – placing myself in the picture, so that we both can understand, what and why I am saying what needs to be said. Let’s speak about Christmas, since this is the season.

Let’s take the year 2005, the year my brother met with an accident and went to be with the Lord. That year we celebrated Christmas, maybe not like other Christmas’s. We had the Crib up and avoided putting up the Christmas tree, because my brother loved that, and there were too many fond memories.

Christmas is a season of hope. How can you kill HOPE? When you celebrate Christmas together, you celebrate hope. You celebrate life. My brother’s death was a tragedy. We hurt and were broken. We didn’t give in to tragedy, believing in Jesus.

Too many times, I hear people say of how they have lost somebody in the family (a grand mother/grand father-uncle/aunt) and they are not celebrating Christmas and I think why? Isn’t it the birth of JESUS?

You don’t need to go shopping, you don’t need to decorate or jazz up the place. All you need to do is visit the Church and wish JESUS a very ‘Happy Birthday’. How difficult is that?

Death is something that comes to all of us at some time or the other. Because of Jesus we know we will see our loved ones at the end of this journey. Amen.

Children they do not understand death. But they look forward to celebrations. It’s what keeps them going. Sometimes I hear of parents who make their children go through this routine of mourning. Why?

Who can stop death? But why stop children-who do not understand what it is? And besides they won’t be forever the same age. Give them memories – that seem everlasting - so that when they face tomorrow - and that tomorrow can be tough-they will have all the memories that strengthen them and make them know that love is everlasting too. They will grow with a reassurance that no matter what happens, life goes on and we can choose to make it beautiful for others and ourselves as well. And in turn they will do right by their children. Isn’t that what we are supposed to do in the first place?

Good memories – gladden the heart.
Good memories – strengthen the person.
Good memories – make a person know he or she is loved.
A heart that is glad sings praises to God.

Lead your children to Jesus and He will forever keep them safe.  

 

 

1 John 4:18 is one of my most favourite passages in the Bible and it states: 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.  (To my sons – Daniel & Emmanuel.)

 

Day 5 of January, 2014 - 1st death anniversary of Fr. Larry Pereira. I am not going to say God rest his soul. I know he is in Heaven. …

This also happens to be the day for the kids receiving their first holy communion.

I wonder, maybe I’ll just go ahead and ask? I’m supposing you’re the kind, who knows you have guests coming. It’s Christmas time and you have prepared a wonderful menu keeping in mind the people you are preparing the meals for. Now, its time and your guests arrive.

You love to have people come in to your place. But these guests have taken you for granted they don’t even have the courtesy to address you. Being polite is a million miles away. It’s a big family with 7 kids. And you’re happy to see them. The kids go run and jump on the sofa. The parents try to maintain some order, and hence moving things around, so as to adjust the kid’s position of sitting, not even once looking or asking what needs to be done. And you want to say something but you’re too kind a person to say anything.

You have been a perfect host having taken care of everything including keeping them entertained. You gave with no appreciation shown. It hurts doesn’t it? You worked your heart out. You loved as to not say anything.

God is a perfect Host, taking care of all of our needs, we show no appreciation or reverence ever.  Have you ever understood?

 

KINDLY READ

 

After the 9:15 mass I sat in the Church to pray.

In the 3 years, that I have been for the 10:30 - first holy communion mass, the first 4 rows are always booked for the kids and their families. I understand that. You know this puzzles me, why would anyone have 3 kids sitting in a pew when it can easily accommodate 5 that too most comfortably.

The shocking part for me really was watching the ladies stick (numbers/name) on the pew. Do you remember going for the board exams and following the numbers so that you know exactly where you are seated? Well this was exactly like that.

We need to remember we are in the HOUSE of GOD.

You can always direct the kids as to where they have to be seated. But this was by means just plain bad………

At the end of the day, you may just go ahead and justify this? I give you that. But if what is an error is justified as right, it’s no wonder then that nobody says anything to anyone. When you live doing what is wrong, one more addition to the list will not seem like wrong. Will it?

And if you do understand this to be wrong, but for being so cautious to maintain your relationship and standing with others you chose to be quiet, then you do wrong by God and yourself.

Revelation 3:15-16 states- I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.

The Church is a place of worship and a place of reverence in which Abba Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit dwell. Remember to show REVERANCE.

To be filled with zeal is to grow in “holy boldness” for the glory of God. The Lord our God is “a consuming fire”.   

Zeal must be tempered by love. True zeal effects positive change and a greater life.

 

Jesus found in the temple area those who sold sheep, doves etc as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out, and he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.” His disciples recalled the words of scripture, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” At this the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?”

The first thing the crowd at the temple courts and even Jesus disciples did not understand was the idea of the body being a temple.

The other thing the people did not understand was the sign Jesus would give was that He would die and then rise again on the third day. If they knew that Jesus was the temple they would destroy and that He would rise up from the grave, they might have understood why Jesus cleared the temple. You and I can rejoice in what it says about God’s love for us.

In love, let your life be consumed with zeal for the house of the Lord.

Jesus was never a push-over; neither, should we be. Let us cast out every obstacle that places itself in-between us and the true worship of God.

My question is this… Are you with belief, ready to say “All for Jesus,” even if you don’t fully understand what Jesus has done for you? Jesus love endures for us-forever.

 

 

If ever anyone ever asked me what is that I want? What is it that I seek?
You know in a heartbeat, I would say LOVE - it is everything I want. 
You are my every wish,
My every desire, my every dream come true,

I thank God I am blessed with you.

When you love someone you are mighty proud (a state of happiness for their well being) of the person they are. It hurts to be missing their best moments and not be a part of it. 

The wonderful thing about the Holy Spirit is,

no matter how time and space keeps the both of you apart,

love engraves you forever in each others heart.

What I have learnt over time, is that when the Holy Spirit brings you together, you will be led by Divine Wisdom. There is no information that will ever go unnoticed. When I think things are beyond me, it’s never beyond the power of the ‘Holy Spirit.’ He is the greatest power in the world.

I believe in soul mates. I believe in true love. I believe in the word sacrifice. I believe in total surrender to God.  

If we maintain close fellowship with God, He will lead us and guide us. If a person is truly seeking His will, if we submit to Him and follow Him, God will lead us to our “soul mate”. True soul mate oneness is only possible by following the bible.

KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE!

That simply means give God your highest priority. Understand how to revere Him out of the love in your heart.

And when you do, then you will be an obedient wife/a caring husband, wonderful parents and so on. You will be faithful to God and each other.

Being in Church and participating in all the Church activities is a wonderful thing to do, but never at the cost of not doing your household chores.

I have heard of families, especially women who participate in all the activities  of the Church and then go home and place an order for food. Love means making an effort.

I believe in a world of love and that love is possible when you love God with a total reverence to Him. When you love God you will love everyone. No questions about that.
 

From the Beginning…

You are my strength, my every desire.

You fill my heart,
I know I've finally found my life’s missing part.

Whenever you need me, I will be here.
At your call to talk and I'll be here to care.

As I look back on the dreams I left behind;
Buried there in all my thoughts, It is you I always find.

I write, for my words are few,
I pray God, to keep me with you.

The bonds of love they grow strong,
No other can stir my heart so deep,
And in my dreams – to eternity is a promise, God will keep.

When I look back to times gone by
There is one sure thing I know
There is no other my soul will ever love,
‘From the beginning it has always been you’.

 

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.

Thank you God for (11:11) and Abba Father (help me understand 1:11)

Thank you, Abba Father.  18th June, 2014.