Sunday, November 29, 2020
Hidden by the Leaves
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Never Too Late
Thursday, November 26, 2020
We Thank Thee
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Bad Parrot
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Thanking God
- I want to thank you, God, for what you have done for me. I’m not going to wait to see the results I want or to receive rewards I’d like. I’m thanking you right now.
- I’m not going to wait until I feel better or until things look better. I’m thanking you right now.
- I’m not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop doing what they’re doing. I’m thanking you right now.
- I’m not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears. I’m than...king you right now.
- I’m not waiting until my financial situation is better. I’m thanking you right now.
- I’m not going to wait until my world is quiet and peaceful. I’m thanking you right now.
- I’m not going to wait until I get the job I want or the promotion I’d like. I’m thanking you right now.
- I’m not going to wait until I understand every situation and experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief. I’m going to thank you right now.
- I’m not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed. I’m thanking you right now.
- I’m thanking you because I’m alive.
- I’m thanking you because I made it through another day.
- I’m thanking you because I have walked around difficult obstacles.
- I’m thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and to do better.
- I’m thanking you because you have not given up on me.
- God is so good – in so many ways – all the time.
Monday, November 23, 2020
Thank God
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Best Sermons Never Preached
Hope you enjoy them as much as I have.
The Best Sermons are Lived Not Preached
1. Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I'm working on for my Psychology class. When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, "Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile."
2. Today, I asked my mentor - a very successful business man in his 70s- what his top 3 tips are for success. He smiled and said, "Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing."
3. Today, after a 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery store and gave me a hug. When I tensed up, she realized I didn't recognize her. She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and said, "On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World Trade Center."
4. Today, after I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of the road holding him and crying. And just before he died, he licked the tears off my face.
5. Today at 7am, I woke up feeling ill, but decided I needed the money, so I went into work. At 3pm I got laid off. On my drive home I got a flat tire. When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too. A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job. I start tomorrow.
6. Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother's hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, "I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often."
7. Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.
8. Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked, "Why?" She replied, "So you can help me save the planet." I chuckled again and asked, "And why do you want to save the planet?" Because that's where I keep all my stuff," she said.
9. Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter's antics, I suddenly realized that I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.
10. Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me. He helped me all the way across campus to my class and as he was leaving he said, "I hope you feel better soon."
11. Today, I was feeling down because the results of a biopsy came back malignant. When I got home, I opened an e-mail that said, "Thinking of you today. If you need me, I'm a phone call away." It was from a high school friend I hadn't seen in 10 years.
12. Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe. He said he hadn't eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinny and unhealthy. Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating. The first thing the man said was, "We can share it.
13. Today, I had the opportunity of sharing these with you. Did you get anything out of reading these. I learned that the best sermons are lived, not preached.
I am glad I have you to send these to.
Friday, November 20, 2020
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
If I Went Back
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
God Speaks
By John Kirvan
Monday, November 16, 2020
Look to This Day
The very life of life.
In its brief course lies all
The realities and verities of existence,
The bliss of growth,
The splendor of action,
The glory of power.
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today, well lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
Sunday, November 15, 2020
How Much Do We Notice as We Go Through a Day
Saturday, November 14, 2020
It's You!
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Quiet Time
Well, here I am Lord
Waiting to hear your voice
Thank you for this quiet time
And helping me make this choice
There are so many things that need to be done
They cry out to be done, today!
Help me to realize the first thing to be done
Is to stop, and listen, and pray
What good is it all without your call?
Where does the activity end?
Calm me right now, calm my feverish brow
Your Holy spirit send
Thank you that you're always speaking out
So our quiet hearts may hear
Your healing word as you call us by name
May we hear it loud and clear
-Rosalind Renshaw in "Conversations"
Waiting to hear your voice
Thank you for this quiet time
And helping me make this choice
They cry out to be done, today!
Help me to realize the first thing to be done
Is to stop, and listen, and pray
Where does the activity end?
Calm me right now, calm my feverish brow
Your Holy spirit send
So our quiet hearts may hear
Your healing word as you call us by name
May we hear it loud and clear
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
A Military Heart
For complete and total strangers, they have truly cared.
My admiration for you all will never ever cease.
I feel that God took extra care with certain hearts He crafted.
He knit them in their mother’s womb and knew them each by name.
To kiss and hug good-bye with Old Glory on their mind.
For every man, every woman, every girl, and every boy.
Who’ll stand for life and liberty, so we can speak and pray.
For the heart that beats within them is a gift from God above.
For giving so unselfishly, although it may be tired.
For that heart is full of love, as deep as it is wide.
We thank you for allowing us a life of hope and laughter.
It’s hard to find the thoughts to share - there isn’t just one word.
A debt we just cannot repay.
I’ll pray for you - thank God for you. That’s certainly a start.
I’ll make a daily effort with a thankful attitude.
And I’ll thank the Lord everyday…for your military heart.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Miracles
Monday, November 9, 2020
Heaven and Hell
A very old man knew that he was going to die very soon. Before he died, he wanted to know what heaven and hell were like, so he visited the wise man in his village.
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Morris and His New Car
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Essential Knowledge
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Feast Day of St. Charles Borromeo
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
All Saints Day
A saint is anyone who tries to live their life according to the way of God. The Church has always honored those who die in the Lord. The history of the Church is filled with stories of these people, some remembered throughout the ages, and some forgotten and never to be remembered again. They may be people we know right now and try to imitate. Some have been canonized or recognized by the Church; others have not been recognized but tried to live as God revealed he would like them to live. We honor them all on this day.