"I cant help the poor if I'am one of em" - Jay Z. So I guess everyone made it through friday. Now not everyone was freakin out but some people were, but what if the world really was going to end? Would you be freaking out or not? Would you be attached to your life here? Or would you be able to let it go?
See I think a lot of people don't realize that it is a good thing to have wealth, without it its a lot harder to help others. That having wealth is a sin, and yea it can lead you to sin, but if you have wealth and are ok with giving it away at any moment then its not bad. The reason being that your not attached to it and treat it as your God rather you use it to help others.
So if the world were to end would you be willing to give up everything you have? Can you give up the things you have now to help others? This week give some money in the collection box at mass. It can be tough but if you can give a little then you can give alot. Remember its the season of giving :) Will you Take the Challenge?
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Mountains and Valleys
The world is filled with mountains and valleys, things that are built up and things that are deep. Making it hard to travel. People are also like this. Some people built them selves up while others tear themselves down. But also like the world these peoples hearts are hard for the Lord to travel.
People build themselves up by building their egos and crushing others. While others tear themselves down, hiding behind a veil of untrue humility.
In order for the Lord to easily pass into our lives we must level our mountains and fill in our valleys. Humility doesn't mean tearing our selves down. It means realizing our God given talents, rejoicing in these talents, and bringing people to God with these talents. This is also the second week of our journey of Advent to Christmas. This week think and utilize ways to bring others on your journey towards Christ. Will you Take the Challenge?
People build themselves up by building their egos and crushing others. While others tear themselves down, hiding behind a veil of untrue humility.
In order for the Lord to easily pass into our lives we must level our mountains and fill in our valleys. Humility doesn't mean tearing our selves down. It means realizing our God given talents, rejoicing in these talents, and bringing people to God with these talents. This is also the second week of our journey of Advent to Christmas. This week think and utilize ways to bring others on your journey towards Christ. Will you Take the Challenge?
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Trust
Each on of us are on a journey. Where were going God only knows, but along that journey we come across people places and ideas that we can't even imagine happening. Sometimes those people places and ideas are just things that pass through our lives, strengthening us and others. While other times those things need to be grasped before they slip away. So many people are given amazing ideas and gifts but because of fear are to afraid to do anything about it. The world was and never will be changed by people sitting around coming up with ideas. Action and trust is what moves society in what ever direction it is going. This past week a friend of mine was in adoration and was given an idea to make a facebook group and he made it. He took action. This week if an idea or person is put in your life, don't let it slip, take action, to better the kingdom of God. Will you Take the Challenge?
*Disclaimer*
Any and every outcome that occurs after said action is taken with out the discretion of God, can and probably will be not a wise choice.
I also encourage you to follow my friends group! Just starting but sounds like its going to be really good.
https://www.facebook.com/
*Disclaimer*
Any and every outcome that occurs after said action is taken with out the discretion of God, can and probably will be not a wise choice.
I also encourage you to follow my friends group! Just starting but sounds like its going to be really good.
https://www.facebook.com/
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Pur-Ga-Tory
The communion of saints is everyone on earth, in heaven and in purgatory. The souls in heaven can pray for us and the souls in purgatory. While we can pray for the souls on earth and in purgatory. What we don't realize though is the power we have to help others with just a few words. Earlier this week I put a post up about a prayer that releases 1,000 souls from purgatory. Its a paragraph and it releases 1,000 souls in purgatory! These same souls will then be with you at the time of death and in the face of God. Like what the heck?!? I few words and you've helped 1,000 people! This week say a hail mary, or a whole rosary, or offer up a mass, everyday, for some one that is stuck in purgatory and needs that one more prayer or one more mass said for them to get to heaven. Will you Take the Challenge?
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I WIll Wait
Our society tells us, through music, tv, etc., what we are to be. What we are to do. Basically the message is go out and do what ever the heck you want. That what ever you want you can have now and who cares what happens. YOLO :P
But this song, firstly gives me hope for society, but also shows that good things are worth waiting for. This is a message of chastity intermingled with one of the best bands. It also shows integrity. This guy is singing to his wife! So I'll be bold
As well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart
But this song, firstly gives me hope for society, but also shows that good things are worth waiting for. This is a message of chastity intermingled with one of the best bands. It also shows integrity. This guy is singing to his wife! So I'll be bold
As well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart
So tame my flesh
And fix my eyes
That tethered mind free from the lies
Like what?!?! He stepping out from what society tells us, being bold as well as strong! Hes choosing to use his heart, not by itself but along side his head! (Eros and Agape love. Look it up if you don't know it. Start by looking at theology of the body)
Hes choosing to take hold of his flesh and fix his eyes, from what this world shows us, to things of greater glory! Freeing from the lies!
If a man, with this much popularity, can step out and say these things why can't you? Will you allow yourself to be used and abused by society? Or will you be bold as well as strong? This week pray for you future spouse. Who knows what they are going through. Also, if the opportunity arises to talk about this topic, then take it. The holy spirit will guide you on what to say. Everyone can restart and everyone can be forgiven :)
Will you Take the Challenge?
And fix my eyes
That tethered mind free from the lies
Like what?!?! He stepping out from what society tells us, being bold as well as strong! Hes choosing to use his heart, not by itself but along side his head! (Eros and Agape love. Look it up if you don't know it. Start by looking at theology of the body)
Hes choosing to take hold of his flesh and fix his eyes, from what this world shows us, to things of greater glory! Freeing from the lies!
If a man, with this much popularity, can step out and say these things why can't you? Will you allow yourself to be used and abused by society? Or will you be bold as well as strong? This week pray for you future spouse. Who knows what they are going through. Also, if the opportunity arises to talk about this topic, then take it. The holy spirit will guide you on what to say. Everyone can restart and everyone can be forgiven :)
Will you Take the Challenge?
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Something to Chew
You ever thought about what rumors do? What they do to you and what they do to the person your rumoring about?
A Post By You
This weeks challenge is presented by one of you guys :)
Have you ever wondered where God is? Have you ever had decisions to make, big or small, that confuse you so much? God wants us to be happy; He wants us to be at peace. The turmoil and the anguish are all because we are fighting Him. We are fighting His Will for us. I never understood this until now. I never “wanted” to follow God’s Will with my whole being. I was just afraid of being alone. I was afraid of not having anyone. All my friends had abandoned me, and I was having trouble finding new ones. I wasn’t happy where I was in my life. I was afraid to lose what little I had. I was going through school, boy, friends, and most of all family problems that were hurting me every day and instead of pulling me to God, I let them push me from Him. But then it was like lightening hit me! I didn’t have little, and it didn’t matter if I was all alone and even if I had nothing. I ALWAYS had God. And if that meant me sacrificing for a while and having no friends or no one to hang out with at least that must be what God wanted of me at this moment. Maybe God wanted to lead me through a desert before He took me to the Promised Land. If that meant loving family through all the pain and the past and the mistakes then that was what I was going to do. I have loved and I have been hurt, as have all of us.
We need to stop worrying about ourselves, stop caring what others think about us. At our judgment day, God isn’t going to say “well this person thought this about you, and this person said that.” It will be between YOU and GOD and that’s it! What will matter though is how you treated others, how you became Christ to them, how you sacrificed and offered the little things or a quick prayer when you saw someone down in the dumps. Don’t be afraid of God’s Will; don’t be afraid to be alone! God can guide you but you must move your feet. Everything happens for a reason, and that reason is God’s. He decides what’s best for us, even if it seems like it is the hardest thing in the world. I have spent so much time not being open to God, just ignoring Him. Please be open to what God wants. Please talk to Him, spend time with Him, even if it is just five minutes.
I’ve trusted many people that have let me down. But I’ve never trusted in God. I’ve never just let go and known that because God loves me and gave His life for me, that He will not abandon me, He will make everything OK. But I was scared of His timing; I was scared of how long He would take. But most of all, I was scared of trusting and being let down. God won’t let you down, He will give you peace, He will give you happiness. Within Him, is love. True love. That will lead you to the greatest happiness you can ever fathom. I have failed and messed up SO many times in my life, but it all always leads me back to God. God will strengthen us, He will only ever give us what we can handle. I am still scared, I am still imperfect, I am still a sinner. I have still not made all the changes that I want to. I am still figuring out what God wants me to do. Yet I want to be a sinner who loves God, who trusts Him, and who runs to Him whenever I am afraid or lost or confused or in pain or happy or full of joy. I am still a work in progress and if I wasn’t, if we all weren’t, then God would have called us home by now ☺ If I could say one thing to you is that no matter where you are in life, no matter how “messed up” you think you or your family are, no matter if others think you aren’t good enough, GOD KNOWS YOU’RE WORTH IT. He died for you, He is there for you ALWAYS. This week just trust in God. Be open to what He wants instead of what You want. Know that it will be ok. Let go of the things that hurt you or don’t give you peace. God will hold you in the palm of His hand ☺Will you Take the Challenge?
Have you ever wondered where God is? Have you ever had decisions to make, big or small, that confuse you so much? God wants us to be happy; He wants us to be at peace. The turmoil and the anguish are all because we are fighting Him. We are fighting His Will for us. I never understood this until now. I never “wanted” to follow God’s Will with my whole being. I was just afraid of being alone. I was afraid of not having anyone. All my friends had abandoned me, and I was having trouble finding new ones. I wasn’t happy where I was in my life. I was afraid to lose what little I had. I was going through school, boy, friends, and most of all family problems that were hurting me every day and instead of pulling me to God, I let them push me from Him. But then it was like lightening hit me! I didn’t have little, and it didn’t matter if I was all alone and even if I had nothing. I ALWAYS had God. And if that meant me sacrificing for a while and having no friends or no one to hang out with at least that must be what God wanted of me at this moment. Maybe God wanted to lead me through a desert before He took me to the Promised Land. If that meant loving family through all the pain and the past and the mistakes then that was what I was going to do. I have loved and I have been hurt, as have all of us.
We need to stop worrying about ourselves, stop caring what others think about us. At our judgment day, God isn’t going to say “well this person thought this about you, and this person said that.” It will be between YOU and GOD and that’s it! What will matter though is how you treated others, how you became Christ to them, how you sacrificed and offered the little things or a quick prayer when you saw someone down in the dumps. Don’t be afraid of God’s Will; don’t be afraid to be alone! God can guide you but you must move your feet. Everything happens for a reason, and that reason is God’s. He decides what’s best for us, even if it seems like it is the hardest thing in the world. I have spent so much time not being open to God, just ignoring Him. Please be open to what God wants. Please talk to Him, spend time with Him, even if it is just five minutes.
I’ve trusted many people that have let me down. But I’ve never trusted in God. I’ve never just let go and known that because God loves me and gave His life for me, that He will not abandon me, He will make everything OK. But I was scared of His timing; I was scared of how long He would take. But most of all, I was scared of trusting and being let down. God won’t let you down, He will give you peace, He will give you happiness. Within Him, is love. True love. That will lead you to the greatest happiness you can ever fathom. I have failed and messed up SO many times in my life, but it all always leads me back to God. God will strengthen us, He will only ever give us what we can handle. I am still scared, I am still imperfect, I am still a sinner. I have still not made all the changes that I want to. I am still figuring out what God wants me to do. Yet I want to be a sinner who loves God, who trusts Him, and who runs to Him whenever I am afraid or lost or confused or in pain or happy or full of joy. I am still a work in progress and if I wasn’t, if we all weren’t, then God would have called us home by now ☺ If I could say one thing to you is that no matter where you are in life, no matter how “messed up” you think you or your family are, no matter if others think you aren’t good enough, GOD KNOWS YOU’RE WORTH IT. He died for you, He is there for you ALWAYS. This week just trust in God. Be open to what He wants instead of what You want. Know that it will be ok. Let go of the things that hurt you or don’t give you peace. God will hold you in the palm of His hand ☺Will you Take the Challenge?
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