Life is easier when we follow our hearts. Love takes on different shapes in our lives. Some of the acts of love are a little more challenging. For example loving a baby who is crying is easier that loving a person who has harmed you.
Its like loving your spouse and saying I do at the alter and 28 years later be responsible for taking care of him through his cancer battle. Plus working, running the house and manageing the kids. That’s my wifes story.
But love goes deep and finds its footing when times get challenging. The love that manifests it self is a more vigerous love. A love of hope. A love that does not fail. I say this once again, no one in marriage is perfect because we are human. But with Christ in the center of our marriages it turns our marriages into something not of this world. We become perfect in our imperfections. We can put down our pride and apologize when need be and continue along our paths.
I was lead to this today after I began this writing and it is once again God in action a beautiful teaching for us guy’s on marriage and I imagine some women too. Awesome .
God’s Glory In Marriage | Paul Washer, John Piper, & Voddie Baucham
For my daughter and my God daughter who are engaged to wed. God Bless you both love, Me 🙂
The wedding song.
This is how I feel ever day and my wife calls me a brat !! lol xo 🙂
I saw this amazing teaching of FR. Leo Clifford and it was so spot on with life and what awaits us when we are called to God. The link is down below.
The beauty of the pure love that God has for us is something that I know is bigger than we could ever imagine.
How do I know?
It’s quite easy for me to explain, I felt this love on a couple of different occasions in my life and the joy was more that I could handle. My heart exploded and I got a glimpse of what the love of God is.
God’s love supersedes our understanding . So many beautiful things that we experience in this life are beautiful. But none of my life’s experiences have come even close to that level of total love that I have felt in those brief encounters.
One of the times that this experience happened to me was during confession and spiritual direction a few years back. I was crying from the overwhelming joy of love that God poured through me. Fr. Said it was a gift to me from God on my journey to let me know he is pleased.
The bottom Line is this. Fr. Said it is a glimpse of what Heaven would be like with Jesus Christ/ God.
My response as I attempted to compose myself and sit up straight was, I cannot handle this love then. Fr. R looked at me with a questioned look on his face . I just said it is too much for me to handle. Too much beauty.
I have said that I would always be honest about what I write here on this blog because it is not all me.Its happening to me and I am merely relaying my journey here.
God does not want me to experience one thing more here in this life than he does for you . We are all the same in his eyes. Ask, and you shall receive.
Why I had the feeling that I could not handle the love of Heaven at that time in confession has been thought about many times through prayer since the 1st event happened.
This is my opinion on this matter,
I am a sinner in ways that I am sure that I am unaware of . When God calls me I will still be unworthy to be in his presence . I do believe we need to go to purgatory in order to be purified before we arrive in Heaven. I guess the amount of time we spend there will depend on how we lived our lives here.
Some may not believe that and that’s okay. I can only speak for myself. I know on my best day I am not worthy. I am not beating myself up I am just being truthful and honest. Amen.
We Wait For You (Shekinah Glory) & Lyrics (Shekinah is God.)
Psalm 42 versers 7-9
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.8 By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me– a prayer to the God of my life.9 I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning,oppressed by the enemy?”
The trials of this life roar at me I acknowledge that The Lord who is my rock is with me on this journey and guides me in the day as I toil. At night time when I have a worried mind he comforts me and soothes me with the music of his word. When we are at our weekest ( When we are tired) is when the evil decides I will get them upset and make them worry. We can’t sleep and are thinking God why aren’t you stopping him from this crap ?
Why must I be oppressed.
The answer in my opinion is this. pray,pray,pray talk from the heart and you will see the effect. Peace pours down through the mercy seat and we are washed by the healing blood of Christ. Nothing can bother you too much when we put ourselves in front of the one who created all. This is the world that we have as a result of sin. So, these challenges are part of of our daily journey.
I had a great day today Wednesday , I awoke up bright and early this morning the house came alive with each family member getting up, getting ready and running out the door. I was here and began my laid back routine, the one I complain about constantly since I got sick.
I have found peace with my life because it is slowly getting better and more normal. Another important thing is that I have purpose, I am not doing my business work that I was so accustomed to at this moment. But I have every intention to getting the creative juices flowing once again.
In the meantime I have this blog that I am working on and speaking with friends who have their own victories in progress fighting there illnesses!!
Another thing that is important to remember is this,
We need to be grateful in this moment, there will never be another moment exactly the same to come again. You will never breathe the breath that you just expelled again so enjoy every single moment.
One of my new milestones that I mentioned a few day ago was that I received my drivers permit in the mail a few weeks ago and have now driven with two of my kids thus far. They both say dad it’s like you never stopped driving. I had no fear and it is my next step back into a regular life where I can do more of what I want to do what God wants me to do and what I need to do. I will go for a road test at some point. When the time is right.
The driving test will go something like this ! Lol
If anyone has a convertible , an egg and some groovy music , it will be so cool.
What a wonderful experience being 16 1/2 again LOL and driving on a permit 🙂 the first time I drove was with my dad that was 36 years ago.
Now my kids are taking me in their cars. How awesome!! My daughter was telling her fiance today guess what ? My dad drove me home today she is so happy. My son let me drive his new car. They are so great 🙂
Finally me being new to the road does this following link Sum up a guy’s feelings on women drivers . Lol also do guys rule and girls drool still. Just wondering 🙂
Today despite the weather and the fact that my wife and I had to attend a funeral it was a was beautiful day. The reason I say that is because we are alive in this moment to witness and help others and because more importantly the so called funeral that we attended is looked at us by my family and Maria’s family as a victory through Christ.
So, We atteneded today a beautiful mass of celebration of her life at Maria’s home parish of the Immaculate Conception Church in Everett Ma.
We were born to love and serve oneanother.
There was a beautiful song that Maria had told one of the singers time and time again that she wanted to be played at her funeral. She reminded the singer a short while back again . And they laughed. Well, who knew that today that would happen and the song would be sung.
I will try and find out the song, I found this one that sounds similar in the lyrics but is faster and a different beat. But beautiful anyway.
Wrap Me in Your Arms
After the mass of celebration for Maria, the family invited us all to a gathering. I met my sister in law at the table. My wife was busy getting me water etc. My sister arrived and there were still 4 or 5 empty seats at our table. I am always interested in seeing who God sits with us. He does things with purpose. Well, it was not long before a very kind gentleman approached and announced who he was and asked if they could join us at our table. We began to speak and I realized that they were connected to the full table of people beside us.
I had already said hello to that table and they were from the Friday night prayer group that Maria attended. We had such a beautiful sharing. You see, we all knew other people that are connected from different parishes etc. We are all connected. As we got up to leave, we were all so happy with our sence of community and fellowship in Christ. It is a very special gift to us . Maria had that so her life was one to be celebrated. Amen.
I said to one of the lovely women as we hugged. God is behind this gathering so that we could meet and it is a Miracle how God gets these things done.
Yes , so we will miss the presence of Maria in our daily lives but she is watching over everyone now waiting for her family and friends to join her .
After Wednesday’s events involving the loss of Maria I woke up and was thinking very reflectively on life. I spent yesterday in prayer and quiet thought.
As I have always said, it is not normal in my mind that a parent should lose their child and in Maria’s case that her kids lost their mom. I feel badly for her family and I feel badly for her children and siblings as well. They are a involved and loving family always helping one another .
This situation has just served as a reminder again of how fragile life really is.
May You Be Blessed by Kate Nowak
This morning as I showered I again offered it up as a reminder of my baptismal waters and continued my prayer. After I got out of the shower I was looking at a painting done by a friend for me back 10 or so years ago and it is beautiful. I studied it as I stood there and thought to myself, each brushstroke on the wall is insignificant on its own but all of the paint strokes together create a work of beauty,
That is the way that we need to address our lives. Some of the brush strokes on my canvas are dark and strained but without those heavier strokes the softer ones would not be noticeable.
When my lifes painting is completed It would be my deepest hope that people will look at it as a beautiful attempt at humanity and love. A painting that helped people who were part of the brush strokes of my life. Amen !
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Today I wanted to thank you for the prayers for Maria. Please keep them going.
I received a communication on Wednesday afternoon to please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for Maria. I said absolutely, what an honor.
I received word that Maria passed this evening Wednesday @5:30 p.m. surrounded by her family. She is with the Lord. Amen.
Maria and my family are related through marriage. As I said in my blog requesting prayers earlier today Maria was a very good person. She was human and had some real struggles. But she was real. She had a large heart that wanted everything to be perfect but her lifes struggles made that difficult. Maria was a mother of two wonderful kids and loved her family.
You know, my mom use to say all the time that we are alway’s toughest on those that we are closest to. We know somewhere inside that we trust that they will take it. That does not mean that it is right to be difficult with those that we love but thats what we do as humans because we are all imperfect from birth. We are called to learn, grow and love here. it is a life long process.
What I find as I am getting older and seeing these situations around me is this, I think some people are so big hearted that they cannot deal with life, its almost too painful. The highs of life give way to the lows of life and that fact can become devestating to them emotionally. When this happens they fall into a depression and other things that they think will help to stop the pain. She had a beautiful family and upbringing with tons of support from her family and church every inch of the way. God had angels in her life daily. As he does in ours. Maria had a great smile and great laugh. We shared some good laughs over the years.
Her struggle in life effected her family the same as our struggles effect our families.
bottom Line,
She was loved by her family and she loved them all too . And, due to the fact that she came from a family of faith, no matter what she lost due to her illness even with her mindset being what it was , she never lost sight of her God. She loved God. And I know, that he loves her too.
I know that when God greeted her that he saw that she was broken like us and that she was his loving child. When he saw her tears he wiped them away. Her heart was yearning for peace and awaiting an eternity with our Lord and Savior where all pain is gone. Amen.
I am sure that God is well pleased with her beautiful attempt to please him.
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
Please keep Maria’s family in your prayers. Thank you 🙂
Rest In Peace beautiful Maria. Amen
God Bless You .
Danny
✝ There Will Be A Day ✝ – ( Jeremy Camp )
P.S. Look at the reading of the day. How awesome is our God !!
Verse of the Day
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Colossians 1:13-14 (NIV)
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
In this life and during our journeys we meet so many people. My family has been Blessed with meeting Maria. Like us all she too has had her own lifes struggles.
Maria, is currently laying in the IC unit in a Boston area hospital in the fight for her life. With pneumonia and a heavy infection. Her organs are apparently failing now as well.
So please pray for her healing and if it is God’s will that he take her to himself. Please pray for her children and the entire family they are all so wonderful.
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, Psalm and Prayer for the Sick (HD)
It is the time of Miracles and if we look we will see them. This link below says it all. God and his Angels and Saints are as always working in our lives.
These stories do not get the air time that they should.
The next song is one of my mother in law Vera’ s favorite songs. She too was a walking Miracle for 16.5 years beyond her six months to live diagnosis. She had the medical field all scratching their heads but we weren’t , We knew it was God. Amen.
God bless all those who served past and present to protect us and others around the world who were under threat in many different ways.
May our government remember who they are serving as they deploy our young men and women all around the globe. They are after all, the true HERO’s Amen.
Just Danny Speaks 