Author: Faith

“And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.” – Romans 8:28

Jesus said, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

It is so easy to Trust God when times are good, but what about when times are really bad? Perhaps our country is at war, perhaps someone we love is really sick or even dying, perhaps we lost our job…

There really are so many bad and frightening times that we go through in this life, but Jesus said, in this life you will have troubles. And we certainly do!

But whatever troubles we have in this life, we can sure that God will use them well! Just as we can Trust that Jesus WILL overcome them and with His Help, we will too!

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things!

There is no greater gift, nor sacrifice, than laying down one’s life for another. Our soldiers do it every day. We are all, each and everone, so very grateful for their courage and sacrifce, and praying not only for those who serve but, their families as well. Amen.

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things!

Mary, Our Blessed Mother, Jesus’s Mother, helps to strengthen our Faith in Her Son – Jesus Christ. She helps to sustain our Faith in Her Son, even when times are difficult.

She brings our Prayers to her Son Jesus in a special way. And whether our Prayers are for ourselves, someone we love or a country we fear for or a country that is suffering, it does not matter. Mary loves us all and will help us 🙂 Especially when it comes to strengthening our Faith in Her Son – Jesus Christ 🙂

Mary, Our Blessed Mother, was declared the Patroness of America many years ago, in 1846. What is a patroness? Someone who especially guards us, and someone who especially helps us!

We need to remember that and Pray the Rosary.

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There are children, parents, and grandparents in Kyiv. There are newly married couples, couples who are engaged, and single people who help so many.

Can you imagine being a child of 6 and finding out that your parents can not always protect you. Or being a Mother and realizing you can’t keep your six year old child safe! Or being a grandparent who is caring for your young grandchildren because their parents are away fighting a war they do not support and realizing you can no longer keep your grandchildren safe!

This little girl was once happy and safe, but where is she now? Don’t make the mistake of thinking this can not happen here!

So many things are happening in Kyiv, Ukraine, but American news does not report many of them. Nor do we hear about the horrific suffering happening both in the cities and at the front.

Please Pray For All Of Them, Each And Everyone!

“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”-Galations 6:10

As Christians, we have to find a way to rise above country versus country or right versus left, and help all, and especially help those who are Christian. There are those who might take exception to the words “especially unto them who are of the household of faith”

But that is what the Bible says so that is what we need to do 🙂

Peace comes from Trusting God. Trusting that God loves us and will help us. That doesn’t mean that life will be perfectly easy. That is Heaven lol. It means God will never leave us! Jesus will walk with us, right next to us, as we walk through the hard times.

It means that any situation will resolve or help someone else. But if we Trust that God will not give us more than we can handle (with His help), we will not fear. If we Trust, really Trust, that our life on this earth ends in Heaven, we will never ever fear death. And since God is with us, we need not fear life either.

If we truely Trust God, we will have Peace, God’s Peace 🙂

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things…

Prayer to the Holy Spirit:

O Holy Spirit, Beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strenthen and console me. Tell me what I ought to do and command me to do it. I promised to submit to everything You ask of me and to accept all that You allow to happen to me. Just show me what is Your will, O Holy Spirit.

“Accepting ALL that You allow to happen to me.” Sometimes things happen to us that we do not like. At all. But part of this prayer is that we accept ALL that the Holy Spirit allows to happen to us.

And there is a certain Peace in that acceptance, no matter what happens to us: we know that the Holy Spirit loves us. He is not going to allow anything to happen to us that is beyond us, with His help. And we will never go through anything that happens to us alone. Most of all, if we can “accept ALL that the” Holy “Spirit allows to happen to us”, we can be sure we will grow closer to God!

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things…

Prayer is so very important. Sometimes God changes us; sometimes God changes the circumstances we are in. Sometimes God helps someone we love. And sometimes God changes the circumstances in countries far from us.

But God always answers Prayers. Sometimes God answers yes. Sometime God answers No. And sometimes God simply answers: not yet.

When God answers yes, or just not yet. We rejoice. But when God answers no, we sometimes find it harder to accept. That’s when we need to remember that God knows more than we do. We only know yesterday and today, but God knows all of our tomorrows 🙂

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things…

Peace seems like such a huge thing to pray for. So vast, so hard to define in our minds. So let’s define it. First, there is the peace among countries. So many are at war. Israel and the Palestinians. Ukraine and Russia. Syria. Sudan, Kenya, India and Pakistan have been fighting…Some say the Southern Border of America is under attack! So there’s that…

Then there is also Peace among men (and women :). How many countries contain people who are busy attacking each other physically and verbally? So we can pray for Peace among mankind.

And there is Peace in the souls and hearts of each individual. The kind of Peace that only God can give. The kind of Peace that is needed for Peace among mankind and countries to grow.

So how do we pray? We pray for complete Peace. The kind of Peace that only God can give. And we begin by sharing that Peace. We can reach out to each other, whether we like each other or not, whether we know each other or not, and be kind to one another, help one another and pray for ourselves and and each other.

For after all, Revival must begin with us.

Mary loved Her Son, and She loves us. Her love is special. It never lessons and it never leaves. We can count on it. And when we are hurting, we can turn to it.

Mary, our Blessed Virgin Mother can pray for us in a way that we probably don’t fully understand. Jesus is Her Son, so when She turns to Him and ask Him to help someone, it matters in a way that is special. Because Mary is Jesus’s Mother.

I think if Mary our Blessed Virgin Mother could share one thing with us, it would be that prayer is so much more important than we realize. Because prayer is what keeps us close to God, no matter our circumstances. And that is exactly what we need and Mary, our Blessed Virgin Mother, knows this.

I think that Mary would share with us that it is prayer that connects us to God, and reconnects us when we have drifted away. She would teach us that because She knows that we need to stay connected to God. She, more than anyone, knows how important it is for us to persevere in faith and prayer until the very end. And we can, but we need to stay connected to God to do that! And because she loves us so, She wants us to always be connected to our Lord.

This Mother’s Day I just want to thank Mary, Our Blessed Virgin Mother, for all that She has done for us. For the amazing way She loved Jesus and loves each of us. For always being there for all of us. And for the wonderful example She set for each of us!

Thank You Mary & Happy Mother’s Day!