Good morning and happy Thursday, I pray your morning has been a calm one, no drama, no stress, only happiness and peace. This is a cold morning 21 degrees with a real feel of 15. The skies are clear and God's wonderful work is at hand, oh the beauty of the sun coming over the mountain top, the smell of clean fresh air and the gift of prayer in my heart.
In prayer this morning I asked God to bless each of us with his love and with compassion, to be a shield of protection against all things negative and over wash us with blessings of holding fast to our faith and reaching our hand out to him to ensure we are on the right track. Father I continue to ask that you bless us with peace, calm, and comfort.
John 14:1-3
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
This morning I have a very special prayer and ask you all to pray fervently with me. There is one near and dear in my heart who is hurting so badly today, she is filled with grief and such deep sadness. I ask that you pray with me for peace in her heart, for understanding that God's will be done with no understanding at this time, no why's until we get to our place in heaven and read our book. Pray with me for God to calm her spirit and to comfort her soul, ask God to bless she and her husband with His love, fill them with a peace that defies all understanding, pull both of them into your arms Father and allow them to feel the love that you have for them, help them to know the truths of your promises. I ask these favors and mercies in the name of our savior, our brother, our friend, Jesus Christ. amen.
May the following piece provide this mother and father with freedom from pain and heartache.
Why, my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the beauty of Your creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?
“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you why.
You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty that passes he sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face. He was created and lived a short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets of heaven unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not be filled by another. He was created for My joy and his parents’ merits. He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth.”
I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness, and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity. -- Mother M. Angelica
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