Straining toward the light

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Like a flower that opens it's petals toward the sun.

Let me always set my sights towards God's light.

I Ask

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I ask not to see

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I ask not to know

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I ask simply to be used.

Cardinal Newman

Just a thin dark curtain between us and God

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I heard a quote somewhere saying how the night sky is just a dark curtain between us and God and how the stars are pinpricks that the angels have pierced through so that we may always see God's light in the darkness.

When I look up at the endless stars in the night sky I am reminded of God's infinite reach.

I know that I may lay down to sleep within the gravity of his love.

Quotes of Mother Theresa

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the valueof what we have done

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It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.

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If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive.

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We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

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There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them.

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  You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding, not giving, not sharing.Jesus made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a littlechild, you receive me...
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  Love cannot remain by itself -- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service
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The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved they are Jesus in disguise

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Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

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There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God.

I've always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic.

What do you think the angels will say?

I do believe I've posted about my 3 year old daughter before.
She is a cupcake!

The other day she was being such a good girl helping sweep up some crumbs with a dustpan and brush that had fallen from the table onto the kitchen floor.
"Oh" I exclaimed pleasingly, thinking quickly of some encouraging words "I think the angels will be watching you help your Mummy and they'll tell God all about what a nice girl you are" :)
Not 10 seconds later her 1 year old sister toddles over to the bin, fishes out an apple peel nochalantly discarding it from her chubby little fingers onto the newly swept floor.
Daughter no 2 looks toward me wearily, places her hands upon her hips indignantly and shakes her head in solemn disapproval.
" Well mummy, what do you think the angels will be telling God about (name) then!
What could I say?

She is a cupcake!

Hope

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BABY LOVE

BABY LOVE

Our new baby is 8 weeks old already. How time flys...

I found this sweet poem and it made me smile :)

In a baby's smile,

we discover the joy

of each moment.

In a baby's eyes,

we see the promise

of tomorrow...

In a baby's touch

we feel the miricle

of Gods love.

From the inside out

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It always amazes me how God can work on us from the inside out. Every time we choose Jesus first, everytime we turn to gaze at the light of Jesus' face God illuminates the path ahead just a little more and clears the dust from our eyes so we may see it a little better.
I had my first daughter when I was just 18.
I was a very different person then. I had lived on my own since I was 16 and had become a bit of a survivalist. Some parts of my life were destructive and everything around me felt transient and fragmented, there were no solid foundations to my world. I felt consistantly empty inside. However, God new how he could call me so I would listen. His voice was steady and true amid the chaos.
My daughter was born one beautiful Springtime morning. The crisp sunlight washed over her face for the first time and I as I stared into her eyes I new there was a new life for me somewhere behind them.
That day I surrendered my life out of love for another to Jesus.
I chose Jesus :)
Slowly but surely I have felt a continuing sense of transformation from within since that moment.
And since that precious moment I have endeavoured to always choose Jesus first. To follow him first.
And as he transforms me on the inside, I find, he transforms my life on the outside too.

Beauty

beauty is often found between brokeness..