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FLYING HIGH NOW :)

24 Monday Nov 2014

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Went Dana Farber today for a scan  Still clear. Praise God. Still healing as well . Dr. very pleased .

This summs up my feeling and my brides too 🙂 LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubH5BDOaD8

God Bless You. Danny  🙂

Angels among us.

23 Sunday Nov 2014

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I would like to touch on a subject that is very near and dear to me. I have always been very effected even as a young child when I saw a special needs child. When I was very  young I would see them here and there while out with my parents. My mom said that when a person had a handicapped child in her day that the child did not regularly go out. Almost like it was a shameful thing. Well as I got older and was high school age I met 3 kids that were high functioning Down syndrome. I watched them at first from afar as I got a little more secure with how to interact . I would make attempts to just say hi as I passed :them in the hall. At first they looked but did not respond.

I do not blame them because they were taunted by some of the kids and made fun of. Over a period of time I got them to trust me and we got to talking in the cafeteria and we made small talk. For me it was about the connection. I had a teacher named Mr. Myerow who used to shoo kids away from them if they were being teased. He was so thrilled to see these amazing kids being acknowledged as being loveable and having value. And, they truely did.

SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Q__bpfOZaR4

My biggest heartache as I graduated was that they would be okay after I was gone. I ran into one 15 or so years later when my business was called to work in his home. Duggie now works at the school and was still in a high school routine taking the bus with all the kids and coming home after school the same way. He recognized me as I reminded him who I was and it was a very special moment.

The years kept rolling on and my eldest brother and his lovely wife had their 3rd child , a son. My nephew S. The Earl of Alpine as I call him was here on the Earth. Everything appeared well and at the age of around 3 he began taking seizures. It was a horrible time for my entire family network. My nephews greatest gift is his family. His mom,dad,two sisters and grandmother who are with him constantly. Not to mention all of his aunt’s, uncles and cousins and his grandfather. God could not have given S better parents who could cope with raising him with his special needs and his special requirements. My brother and his wife N were able to do it because they have a sturdy foundation of faith from their mom’s and dads and continued to grow that foundation of faith by their desire to serve God.They are both God Strong and when people would say to my  brother oh, what a cross to bare that you have  been given to  bare he would  tell them that his son S was the best gift that  they ever had received.

There are angels among us.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=3HbCI-cqGvQ

S. is the heart of our entire family all 40  so of us. We have laughed and cried more because of him and because of his situation everyone of us is a better more loving person.

S brought a personal face to what being special is all about. My whole family witnessed what true sacrafice is by watching my brother,sister in law and nieces raise S together.

S was raised so regardless of what people thought about his limitations he was like everyone else and he was accountable. He did not get a pass for bad behavior, he did not get a pass for talking back. He knows Jesus Christ and believe me, Jesus loves him. As a matter of fact S does the Holy Rosary with his mom and dad. 🙂

My brother and sister in law were amazing as  were their daughters in pulling the wagons in around him and walking in step to make him the best most  secure person that they could make him.

Well, S is not a spoiled developmentally autistic child that he could be. S is love, everyone loves him , he is an angel. This guy is now I believe 23 and has been through heck and back with health issues and is currently in a Boston area hospital with the emergence of diabetes. So please say a prayer for him as they adjust his life once again for another restriction.

 

During my writing  for the church that I did through the Holy Spirit 5 or so years ago I wrote that the handicapped and special needs children are special gifts from God. They have highly evolved Spirits and are teachers to us.

We learn what true love is, what true sacrafice is and they are angels. I consider S as one my most favorite people in this world.

S is love, S is kindness, S is compassionate, S does not see a handicap he does not judge. S and other people like him are really what God calls us to be.

S is a special Olympian as well.

S has a lovely girlfriend that he has had for years. K and they show us how beautiful love , and caring is. What being supportive of one a other is. It’s not a sex thing. It’s a love thing.

The saddest  thing about S and K ‘s lives and those special like them is that they are truely the forgotten in society. They are the poor crosses to bare for their families. Thank God we do not see it that way.

My brother has even tried to get him a little something to do for him at places including church and there is nothing available. S goes to a program and he is bright and so good . I am honored to have him in my life. Thank you GOD. He has been multiple bricks in my foundation. When I came down with cancer, S did not see a cancer patient who was looking bad,  he saw his uncle Danny. He smiled and showed compassion to me he then began doing everything I needed and he never complained once. He just smiles and runs back and forth. He is my buddy an angel.

My mom always said she had 13 grandchildren and S was the only one she was sure was going to go to Heaven.

You know, God said the last shall be first and in this society. S and his friends like him are the last. But their  LOVE and goodness put them 1st in my book and I am sure God’s too.

God bless you buddy and K too. 🙂

Love your favorite Uncle, Danny

P.S.,

Remember, we never know when God will send us an Angel to teach us, challenge us or to see how we respond to them or their needs.

WHAT WE DO FOR OTHERS , WE DO FOR CHRIST.

WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AMEN.

P.S.S,

 

SORRY FOR TYPO’ s, no energy left to correct.

 

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

DANNY

Alabama. Angels Among Us. 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Ao_GFVduAVA

 

Following Your Heart. There Is Love

22 Saturday Nov 2014

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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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZbhrO4IEtI

This is how I feel ever day and my wife calls me a brat !!  lol  xo 🙂

Seeing her for the first time again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqebEymqFS8

 

God Bless You All.

Danny

Living Vibrantly And Being Reminded

21 Friday Nov 2014

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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.
Fr. Leo Clifford

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?”

<< Psalms 42:6Psalm 42:7-9
This scripture in my opion said this,
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.
God Bless You,
Danny

IS FAITH JUST SOMETHING WE TURN ON ? NO, WE NEED TO LIVE IT.

20 Thursday Nov 2014

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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.

 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=qjoiUHFih3Y 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=kjAPRZgOMrQhttp://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=jElVDJ2iV8c

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 🙂

 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=DGSXaDr4JV8

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 🙂

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=cMnM0ddiAqA 

So yes, it’s a beautiful life 🙂

God Bless You,

Danny

Gift of The Holy Spirit HOW BLESSED ARE WE.

19 Wednesday Nov 2014

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In continuance of the subject gifts of the Holy Spirit, I have been wanting to speak more personally of my observations of the medical profession. The ones  that I have witnessed.

When we take a step back and really look at what God has selected for their life’s calling and what they have to do everyday it is astounding. They are after all only people like us but with a different and special gift.

For us non medical professionals just think of the personal nature of what they have to do to care for us  in our lives. For a doctor meeting a patient and 5 minutes later they are conducting a physical on a stranger. For the person in the blood lab trying to find the vein of a patient with small veins due to treatment all the while saying sorry like it’s their fault.

There are times when I could see their pain as they were preparing me for my awake brain surgery/ biopsy. Can you imagine being a surgeon and standing at the foot  of a patient’s bed that you have  just met. And then having to say sorry to that patient as you drill a hole in their head and then saying sorry you are going to feel a very sharp pain behind your eye as they pushed the probe into My brain to the tumors location.

That’s what happened to me at  The Lahey Clinic.

That’s is what I call a display of bravery born out of brotherly love. A supreme gift of God through the Holy Spirit. They were given the mental capacity to learn and understand the complexity of the science necessary and the wisdom necessary to discern what treatment protocol may be best for our anatomy and cancer in order to  aide their patient.  And, while they are trying to decide what protocol to use you can bet The Holy Spirit of GOD IS assisting in this process.These beautiful people are blessed with steady hands, healing hands of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Beyond that they need to be able to keep their emotions in check. They need to be personal without being too personal for their own psychological protection. You know a doctor or any medical staff dealing with life and  death situations can feel very responsible when a patient passes. My mom’s family doctor was her primary for over 30 years, I know that her passing effected him but I also know that she trusted and loved her doctor. He knew that too.

I have gone to my physical therapist many times and during the treatment thought to myself , God I could not do this. The  therapist stretches my left side out all the time and over the period of my healing has had to stretch out the muscles and joints in order to bring my body back as closely  to its original state.

I think as a patient the most important thing that we can do is to thank  anyone who is helping us and serving us and to validate what they are and have done and are doing for us.

There is an old saying a person in the medical practice  is only practicing medicine. I believe that . I do not mean that in a derogatory way.

Doctors and people in the medical field are human and are not God, and mistakes and human error can happen.

I know first hand that things can happen medically that are simply out of our and our doctors control. I learned that over 25 years ago when I lost my son Brad Michael. Brad had the best medical care possible. Despite that fact, it was 14 days of the most painful and yet beautiful days of my life. The doctors were very kind and comforted us. The day after my son passed we were notified by my doctor of a article that had come out the  day after he passed in the journal of medicine warning of a certain type of suctioning  that could cause cardiac arrest and death. Well, that is what happened to my son. It was not there fault it was a cruel twist of life.

My wife and my response at that time was simple, we saw them in action , all the medical staff at my son’s bed space loving him and supporting us. The doctor on more that one occasion put his arm around us as we walked down the hallway to a private room to discuss his case.

So, when we found out about this article we thanked them and said we do not blame you, you are not responsible. You see, they are not God.

My son’s illness and passing was not God’s original desire for us. Original sin caused this world’s imperfection. So, this is the world and state of living that we have as our lives.

But, you know what? God used our son and his situation for his purpose and our  good. Out of the 5 children that my wife and I have had Brad changed all of our lives here at my home in a profound way the most He brought both my wife and my life’s journey to find God to a new level. Did we want this situation in our lives ? No way. But we are better and stronger for it, that is for sure. It has prepared us for anything that could  happen, including my brain cancer. God’s here, Brad’s watching over my family . So thanks to Boston Children Hospital for your fine care of our son so long ago.

This is a new singer that I found through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, of course! 🙂

Julie sings the psalms and many healings from Jesus have occurred to people who listen to it. So it has been said, so think positive and we will see 🙂

It is the time of Miracles !  Amen.

 

Please pray for all the sick, AND PLEASE PRAY FOR ISRAEL. AMEN.

 

Julie Meyer beyond tomorrow’s

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Pdz5xUqVNk8&list=PLmuFPDUjulVDESvIlpFQRcN50Y8FSiMYk

Julie Meyer praise and worship. Excellent.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=WyMG7SEQFcQ 

 

 

God Bless You All,

Danny

 

 

Witnessing Humanity

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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Everyday that we live if we look we can see the Miracles happening and the love and humanity brought into a brilliant focus by others while doing the works of God.

People giving  to one another for one purpose only to affect a change in someones life. This act is  borne out the one element, love.  

Yes , these people are working to feed their families etc but the Desire to be part of something such as healthcare takes a special calling.

You know,

Thanks to this cancer diagnosis I have been in a position to view many different medical moments. These moments were not just mine I watched my doctors and staff treat so many patients and saw the care, professionalism and compassion that they gave everyone in their care. They have a ministry whether they realize it or not. And, their desire to help people is based out of what I believe is brotherly love.

I have met a few doctors and others along my path that were science based and not God based. My feeling is that they have their right to believe what they choose to. The thing that I would say is this.

What these doctors and staff are doing is still demonstrating  love.  So, I need to follow their thought process to its next progression. Where is love from?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love

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Love

For other uses, see Love (disambiguation).

Archetypal lovers Romeo and Julietportrayed by Frank Dicksee

Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection (“I love my mother”) to pleasure (“I loved that meal”). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be avirtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection—”the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another”.[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one’s self or animals.[3]

Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love: kinship orfamiliarity (in Greek, storge), friendship (philia), sexual and/orromantic desire (eros), and self-emptying or divine love (agape).[4][5] Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of romantic love.[6] Non-Western traditions have also distinguished variants or symbioses of these states.[7] This diversity of uses and meanings combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.

Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.[8]

Love may be understood as a function to keep human beings together against menaces and tofacilitate the continuation of the species.[9]

“unconditional selflessness”.[14]

Love is sometimes referred to as an “international language” that overrides cultural and linguistic divisions.[clarification needed]

The children of Adam are limbs of one body
Having been created of one essence.
When the calamity of time afflicts one limb
The other limbs cannot remain at rest.
If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others
You are not worthy to be called by the name of “man”.

Christianity

The Christian understanding is that love comes from God. The love of man and woman—eros in Greek—and the unselfish love of others (agape), are often contrasted as “ascending” and “descending” love, respectively, but are ultimately the same thing.[31]

There are several Greek words for “love” that are regularly referred to in Christian circles.

  • Agape: In the New Testament, agapē is charitable, selfless, altruistic, and unconditional. It is parental love, seen as creating goodness in the world; it is the way God is seen to love humanity, and it is seen as the kind of love that Christians aspire to have for one another.
  • Phileo: Also used in the New Testament, phileo is a human response to something that is found to be delightful. Also known as “brotherly love.”
  • Two other words for love in the Greek language, eros (sexual love) and storge (child-to-parent love), were never used in the New Testament.

Christians believe that to Love God with all your heart, mind, and strength and Love yourneighbor as yourself are the two most important things in life (the greatest commandment of the Jewish Torah, according to Jesus; cf. Gospel of Mark chapter 12, verses 28–34). Saint Augustine summarized this when he wrote “Love God, and do as thou wilt.”

Sacred Love Versus Profane Love (1602–03) by Giovanni Baglione. Intended as an attack on his hated enemy the artist Caravaggio, it shows a boy (hinting at Caravaggio’s homosexuality) on one side, a devil with Caravaggio’s face on the other, and between an angel representing pure, meaning non-erotic, love.

The Apostle Paul glorified love as the most important virtue of all. Describing love in the famous poem in 1 Corinthians, he wrote, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.” (1 Cor. 13:4–7, NIV)

The Apostle John wrote, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16–17, NIV) John also wrote, “Dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:7–8, NIV)

Saint Augustine says that one must be able to decipher the difference between love and lust. Lust, according to Saint Augustine, is an overindulgence, but to love and be loved is what he has sought for his entire life. He even says, “I was in love with love.” Finally, he does fall in love and is loved back, by God. Saint Augustine says the only one who can love you truly and fully is God, because love with a human only allows for flaws such as “jealousy, suspicion, fear, anger, and contention.” According to Saint Augustine, to love God is “to attain the peace which is yours.” (Saint Augustine’s Confessions)

Augustine regards the duplex commandment of love in Matthew 22 as the heart of Christian faith and the interpretation of the Bible. After the review of Christian doctrine, Augustine treats the problem of love in terms of use and enjoyment until the end of Book I of De Doctrina Christiana (1.22.21-1.40.44;).[32]

Christian theologians see God as the source of love, which is mirrored in humans and their own loving relationships. Influential Christian theologian C.S. Lewis wrote a book called The Four Loves. Benedict XVI wrote his first encyclical on “God is love“. He said that a human being, created in the image of God, who is love, is able to practice love; to give himself to God and others (agape) and by receiving and experiencing God’s love in contemplation (eros). This life of love, according to him, is the life of the saints such as Teresa of Calcutta and the Blessed Virgin Mary and is the direction Christians take when they believe that God loves them.[31]

In Christianity the practical definition of love is best summarised by St. Thomas Aquinas, who defined love as “to will the good of another,” or to desire for another to succeed.[12] This is the explanation of the Christian need to love others, including their enemies. As Thomas Aquinas explains, Christian love is motivated by the need to see others succeed in life, to be good people.

Judaism

In Hebrew, Ahava is the most commonly used term for both interpersonal love and love between God and God’s creations. Chesed, often translated as loving-kindness, is used to describe many forms of love between human beings.

The commandment to love other people is given in the Torah, which states, “Love your neighbor like yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). The Torah’s commandment to love God “with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:5) is taken by the Mishnah (a central text of the Jewish oral law) to refer to good deeds, willingness to sacrifice one’s life rather than commit certain serious transgressions, willingness to sacrifice all of one’s possessions, and being grateful to the Lord despite adversity (tractate Berachoth 9:5). Rabbinic literature differs as to how this love can be developed, e.g., by contemplating divine deeds or witnessing the marvels of nature. As for love between marital partners, this is deemed an essential ingredient to life: “See life with the wife you love” (Ecclesiastes 9:9). The biblical bookSong of Solomon is considered a romantically phrased metaphor of love between God and his people, but in its plain reading, reads like a love song. The 20th-century Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler is frequently quoted as defining love from the Jewish point of view as “giving without expecting to take” (from his Michtav me-Eliyahu, Vol. 1).

Look up I love you in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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Because we all need to laugh.

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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Life is what it is as the old saying goes.

Amidst the sorrow and the difficulties is always the joy. Yes, there is also joy in the suffering as well if we can see the good that comes from the suffering.

The Laughter in my life allows the suffering to be lessened. My wife and I had  dinner with friends the other night and we were discussing what the elements were to having a peaceful Spirit. At peace with this life. We all have stuff going on. I admit that my peace was given by God, I take no credit for it. But I said that laughter is a big part of the peace that we feel. Laughter is healing to the body, mind and Spirit.

SO, remember to laugh everyday whether it be with a friend, something you read ,hear or watch. It is important to seek things that bring balance and healing to our lives. Laughter releases tension stress and anxiety Amen. 🙂

 

Please pray from Anne K, Jenn C. , Paul S., Teddy, Maria C.,  and their families and all of our special intentions we pray to the Lord.

 

God Bless You,

Danny

Check out these links. For a few good laughs. 🙂

 

Very funny

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=xQ39WeJpDLQ

 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=bVLOjBSQ-G0

 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=uVqBzP0xdKk 

 

 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=fzArmFf_Ekc

A Four Letter Word…. Rely

15 Saturday Nov 2014

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You know there are many 4 letter words, love, hope and rely are just a few. 🙂

I would like to speak about the word rely today.

  1. depend on with full trust or confidence.
    “I know I can rely on your discretion”
    synonyms: depend on, count on, bank on, place reliance on, reckon on; More
    • be dependent on.
      “the charity has to rely entirely on public donations”
      synonyms: be dependent on,depend on,be unable to manage without

      “we rely on government funding”

I touched on this subject a few weeks back and I guess today is the day to revisit this topic.

From the minute that we are conceived we begin to rely on our first human being our moms. Our futures are in their hands. They hold our lives in their hands.

We then rely on our moms and dads and their families if necessary to help to protect us ,raise us and help to gives us the guidance and support to find out who we are in so many ways.

We rely on our teachers, houses of worship, our friends and those that God brings our way to teach us valuable life lessons. There are other individuals in our lives periodically that are not Heaven sent and challenge us in ways that we do not want.

Nobody wants these people in their lives because of the pain and negativity that they create. The truth is as we grow in faith and become more comfortable and confident in who were are in Christ those people cannot rattle your cage.There is a peace that radiates from us and we donnot speak of these people in a derogatory way, we just let it go. So, in essence these people teach us a valuable lesson. They are necessary in our Spiritual growth towards Heaven.

I need thee oh I need thee.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=T3wSbLa2uGg

When I was diagnosed with terminal cancer 2 years and 8 months ago, I for the first time learned the meaning of the word rely. I relied on everyone for everything. I could not feed myself, nor did I care to eat. I knew I needed to take meds but was too tired to worry about them. I was fading quickly and just wanted to sleep and just prayed with a very soft voice to God saying , God how am I going to take care of my family ? What am I going to do? As I said before I was too tired and too weak to scream out in despair. But my reliance on God allowed Jesus Christ to answer me with my first profound vision of the boat in Galilee.

God does work in mysterious way but they are wonderful and they work to an amazing end if we submit our destiny to him who created us all. God. 🙂

 

I have begun to fulfill yet another milestone in my recovery process that I will get into next week. I am very happy for this .

Matt Maher – Lord, I Need You

God Bless You,

Danny

 

A Quiet Day.

14 Friday Nov 2014

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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.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

On Day Star( a christian cable station)  look it up 🙂     This  program is called Relections. Just beautiful.

I use this for prayer and it is very peaceful.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Bb64v-XXI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp2BXcXBJjA

 

God Bless You !

Danny