“One Day at a Time”
“the final analysis”
“Pure Absolute Love”
Hello Brother! I have to say first of all it’s not anything I take lightly to see you appearing so disappointed. Life is a most precious gift and yet there is this harsh reality of the dichotomy of life’s endless battles even within our own bodies running smooth and then others times not so good while yet still for others not so good all of the time! It appears at times to be a losing proposition at best with highs and lows. Never quit is an adage my Dad taught me that is time tested and proven to be a better plan than I don’t care or what’s it matter maybe it’s better not to be born in the first place. Another acquaintance said that recently just as countless others have in this world.
I was talking and entertaining over the weekend with a sister of mine talking about great movies and stories with awesome sound tracks or musical scores and we both thought this old tune was so prophetic in that it was talking about the time it was written in but how it could also apply to now in basic terms of the subject matter of the song, of its ideas; conflicts between peoples across the globe. Listen to this and then read on please. I’ll tell you I watch and listen to this and I cry. This life and world does beat us up and gets all to the grave eventually, but it is all still totally worth it; because there is a purpose and plan. We’re in the quagmire or between that rock and a hard place but we must never quit.
Personally I look at a man like you from what I can ascertain from your genuine thoughts and feelings in your writing and say you have so much to try hanging in for; taking it like Saint Mother Teresa said, “One Day at a Time;” who saw so much destitution of the human condition in all ages of human beings suffering and struggling nonstop, even just to obtain the bare essentials and health if they were able to. She once was talking to an outcast in Calcutta who was found in the street dying, even had leprosy and he asked her “why are you helping me I’m dying and just a rejected man with nobody!” Those are the basic words as I recall but she told him “you are a human being and child of God’s and if you are dying you still should die with dignity.” Man I tell you that woman was a Saint in spades; a true Angel of Mercy! You’re an intelligent man and I can see sensitive with a good heart so just think what Jesus sees in you! He knows us through and by our hearts and there will be no fooling Him by anyone.
I noticed you said you were wrong about Trump, but even though I knew he was a best option going and a more Godly driven man than anything the Democrat party was offering up and even most Republicans; you saying this now showed you have character and can own up to your “successes and failures,” take ownership as it were, God loves that, because you do know that nobody is perfect and we all make a mistake or drop the ball from time to time. It is like a high wire act at times it seems, trying to carry-on in such a tumultuous conflicted man made system that is very poisoned and afflicted with corruption, hatred, sins and evil. People like you and me with so many others are the counter measure that keeps it at least going on with hope for a great outcome in “the final analysis,” because I know its true God will judge all and everything will be made to be in its proper place.
I just wrote something on the 26th and I really would appreciate it if you read it over and take all the time you want but let me know anything you can about it and what thoughts and feelings you got out of it. You can even write to my email lmor3@aol.com to keep it more direct to me if you prefer.
For now I will leave this excerpt from my blog posting that comes at the end of the long essay, “Why are We here; Is it Worth Being Born?”
But I hope you read all of it and think about Dismas when you get there and consider the Truth and message God gave all of us with His plan and most profound event in all of human history!
“I Lawrence say with absolute confidence God is with us right now and never leaves our sides, but we do have crosses to carry while here which is absolutely worth it! He Jesus Christ overcame all of this conflict and suffering and did it out of “Pure Absolute Love” and I tell you as I look around this world, me an imperfect nobody, I see so much I wouldn’t want to be any part of, yet I’m so happy to be dealing with the blood, sweat and tears of it all; because I have a shot through Jesus Christ of making sure that my life a gift from God was and is all worth it because He overcame all obstacles to Paradise; our path is to follow Him our Lord Savior and Redeemer. Amen.”
God bless you and yours!
Originally posted on hopesongblog: Way Maker I’ve had this song on my heart this year, and I really believe it was written for such a time as this to remind us of who God is. The devil is trying is best to make us forget and believe all that God isn’t. In all the fear…
A beautiful perspective Hope! I know you are right and speak Truth from God here!
This morning the first commentary after waking and praying is what I’m going to share here verbatim as I believe it applies profoundly! It was in response to this beautiful posting!
Very good! I’ve thought the same thing especially when as I approached years in age that one would think the difficult “got a lot to learn” was behind me and was mature and older and wiser, yet that’s when the worst difficulties and attacks upon my life came at me! A time when things got so bad that even with a severe health injury that occurred in a work environment set like a trap by a most devious sinister man with some earthly power; and it got even worse when I had to fire the lawyer and represent myself!
I only made it through all of that because of Jesus Christ, that is the true take away not that I won my own case and went onto a stable life again even improving all of my health damage to practically being free of it, but still damaged and having suffered severely, which beat me up.
Look at it this way my Christian friend, my Dad said many times, “I’m only here because God still needs me here, but, when He wants me up there with Him I will not be here another second.” Former President Anwar Sadat of Egypt I had noticed in video and written text said basically the same thing to his wife when she asked him why he won’t listen to his security experts about wearing body armor! I wondered if Anwar was tuned into Jesus but being in the Muslim world and having grown up as one on the Nile River he was being sensible and diplomatic and not telling anyone. When he was assassinated moments after He was looking up into the sky after military jets had flown overhead during a ceremony and in that moment he was murdered!
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I think God is at work of course in many things we sometimes take for granted and here I am talking about a man I think I liked a lot who was a supposed Muslim but spoke like my own father. It is an established fact that in many predominately Muslim nations there are those who walk around and act as Muslims but are hiding their desire to be and belief in Christianity, but cannot be open for the obvious reprisal concern or extreme danger to themselves and family.
Our true Armor comes from our Lord Jesus Christ who is with us and if He wants us to wear additional protection because it’s necessary to carry out the Father’s will then so be it; otherwise we can rest assured that our faith in our Savior is what we always need and is absolutely necessary. Amen.
I’ve had this song on my heart this year, and I really believe it was written for such a time as this to remind us of who God is.
The devil is trying is best to make us forget and believe all that God isn’t. In all the fear and uncertainty surrounding us, we must be sure of this one thing—God is Good—and He is a way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper, and light in the darkness (hope) to this hurting world.
I want to break down this chorus phrase by phrase and back up these titles with biblical truth. Please feel free to listen to Way Maker while you read.
You are…
Way Maker
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:19)
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You probably won’t like what I have to say but I don’t sugar coat things if I can be so blunt like that in the right circumstance!
The whole social media concept is flawed and leaves way too much to the imagination or to the nefarious minds lurking everywhere in the world! So sorry to say that anyone on the medium is responsible for any problems or hassles that result; this is not knowing people like say in college or at work for years and actually being able to gauge what you are dealing with, with a great enough certainty, because even people we know in person or think we know can turn out to not be quite the person we thought they are!
Back in 1845 a writer I’ve enjoyed reading in my teens and watching some movies based on his fiction said something back then that spells out what I mean! Edgar Allen Poe said “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.” Now in the context of what was his own troubled mind and the character in his story trusting and knowing what is really so, and what isn’t, was a dilemma as he saw it! Now today I can honestly say that back then people could lie to one another face to face no doubt and that was the only venue, so how much more exponentially do you think the problem is today with these realms’ of wizardry and high technology that I’m sure if Poe could be here now would say we are all lost souls fooling with black magic and the devil.
My point is this is a very slippery slope if taken carelessly or to any significant level of importance in one’s real living day to day life! To me it’s a web of potential trouble and danger no matter who you are; so parents have a lot to worry about with their children being in this world no matter how safe they think they can make it! This can be a huge time waster for younger children too, and they can be absorbed with alternate artificial imagined realities that mess them up totally! I have to say it’s not good! Older adults can be taken advantage of in these places let alone children who have so much to learn. Besides that the Big Tech moguls and operators or governments that use them are not angels or great people that care about you or me, far from it; they are for the most part Greedy overly materialistic drunk with power and influence ruined people, who got so much so fast which is so unnatural and destructive for a human being!
Because I believe absolutely that its ill-gotten gain and gain should come from long hard work and dedication to proper principles in the Bible! But these so rich and powerful overnight individuals in this cyber Big Tech Business World makes no sense scenario; corrupts the soul it’s not natural or healthy for any soul, so they are corrupted to the core and prove it all the time with their nefarious undertakings of manipulation or exploitation! So you talk about exploiters dirty old men and such, but, that isn’t even scratching the surface of what problems are inherent in this modern running rampant open communication venues or platforms realm; the whole business is exploitative to the core! Do you think it was set up to help you and me to make the world a better place for all? Are there some angelic beings running this up above that only will allow it to be a wonderful thing; impossible. It’s not a good thing over all! I could go down a list of many things that make it not good, and just one example is that too many people are addicted! Like old timers sitting in front of a slot machine in a casino; do you see how much human capacity and time gets frivolously burned up with this technology? The old adage that comes to my mind is as in film acting, “less is more.”
Back when things were simple and straight forward the world was a better place for it, but, now it’s the opposite and way freakier and scarier than anything Poe imagined in his fiction! Like for example one of the pioneers of this digital world Gates a sociopathic lunatic would love us all to be chipped and tracked! This is not science fiction it’s on the planning agenda table with some very bad powerful influential people in this world pushing it. Say like China’s CCP and others that want totalitarian control over all human beings! Where does that kind of wicked thinking come from? We know as Christians only one place; Satan. This is not going in a good direction for sure, because for any of the good that some of us derive from it, this tool, there is an enormous underbelly and building corruption by nefarious evil men with power that are going to use this to the hilt; to control! Sorry if my view on what is ahead in this regard isn’t pretty; but it can’t be and will never be!
One big caveat to all my spiel is the only reason I’m on this platform basically and that is if I or you and anyone who is truly sincere, genuine and from the heart serving Jesus Christ here and helps to facilitate in this what I believe to be the End Time; the saving of souls, that is HUGE! Me as a Man following Jesus and knowing my own shortcomings as a man; basically a good one, but, still a darn sinner and not worthy enough; without Jesus Christ who can save my soul in order to make it to heaven. So as I see it right now, perhaps if I’m truly inspired by His Holy Spirit and do a bit of discipleship to “perhaps save one soul” from hell; my hope is God will smile upon me and judge me fairly; as I do believe it right to fear God, but nothing else!
“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 25:41,46
God bless and thanks for getting me going on this! I hope you see clearly what’s going on. That is my only offering in speaking out!
Brother in Christ Jesus, Lawrence Morra III
Just a n essay I wrote last year that does pertain!
Just the day after posting this article I received notification of a new article from another follower that got into some of the specific points i had said here are reasons not to put much hope in Social Media as being anything but trouble moving forward! These ladies said it accurately and forthrightly so I commend them! here is an except and the link!
Hey everyone!! I’m so happy to finally write about the topic which I had always been wanted to talk. This is a collaboration post between me and Nivithasri from Fairy hacks. She is a lifestyle blogger who gives amazing beauty and health tips.
We are not going to give advice or explain the cons of social medias which everyone knows. Instead we will let you hear our stories, experiences and why we both are not that interested in social medias. We shared 5 questions to each other so don’t forget to visit her blog to read the other half of our collab.
Her questions:-
1) Which Social media platform do you dislike and what made you do that?
I don’t know why out of all platforms I hate Facebook the most. I still don’t have an account there. I think it’s because how insecure it is and how anyone can create fake profile and id’s to bully, blackmail and stalk others. The idea of chatting or getting to know my friend’s friend didn’t bother me. I just wanted a private platform to have one way conversation with my friends or relatives but facebook is like a open book for anyone to get to know even if you play safe. I know how it can be used as an powerful tool to teach, help, share knowledge or empower people but if I look back at my friends, they only use it for gossiping, stalking or flirting.
Social media has also given us so much freedom to ‘show and tell’ whatever the hell that we want but there is beauty in privacy. It’s okay to keep things private to yourself.
2) Have you ever come across someone whose real life is very different from their social media life?
Yes, totally!! It’s like they are a completely different person in social media compared to real life. I know a girl who continuously takes pic all the time so that she could post it for her followers. She also create many fake scenarios to get likes. It’s kinda toxic to see her posts because I know her true colors but her online friends don’t.
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“Total humility is the beginning of acceptance and understanding”
First this life and my thoughts now aren’t about believing in Santa Claus or not!
Let me ask you; do you really prefer to think that not being born would be better for you and your children? Because I can absolutely guarantee you that is exactly what the Devil wants you to believe, that master of all lies wants any of us to think we are defeated before we start. Start what you might say, how about the greatest and most magnificent journey that the brightest of minds couldn’t imagine in a million years! A way for everything to add up and come out perfect! Who else can sort all of this out, but the author of existence, certainly we mere inklings of a shadowy concoction of energy, matter and substance don’t have a fart in the winds chance of coming up with The Solution to all that has, is and will be happening on this planet our home we call earth.
You see I’ve learned that God absolutely exists and God’s purposes and Plans are all that matter not we free willed sometimes foolish, silly or arrogant creations of; His.“Total humility is the beginning of acceptance and understanding” that we are here for a God given reason not our imperfect sometimes self-righteous thinking or vision of what this has to be about living among the dead as we do; for I say to you this isn’t really living not with a price on all of our heads that says nobody gets out alive! We are looking with eyes half shut or in many cases wide shut in which case even though we think they are open they see nothing, not the Truth of God; never really seeing the length and depth of all that is really going on, and is always beyond our grasp; yet it’s as plain and simple as the morning turns to night and after the night a new dawn comes. No degree in rocket science required, only a genuine humble heart on bent knee which will open not only your heart to God but will open up the ultimate world of possibility and endless love! Something must bridge that enormous GAP for us and that can only be the One who set this all in motion to begin with! Being BORN into this at times so chaotic and even rotten world is I assure you a Blessing and no matter who it is or what they have or don’t have being able to exist is our one sure ticket to the Ultimate Destination which is to be with God the One who made this all possible and is always waiting first for our recognition of Him to acknowledge we know we are helpless babes in the woods and need Him above all there is in this existence! That He must be our primary focus and then to learn with His unrelenting undivided help and attention; to Trust in Him! If we are making this connection as individuals that I’m speaking about to you placing Him front and center in our lives, then that will ensure us of our lives being worth something and a whole lot more than we can ever come up with or concoct on our own for being here in the first place!
Life is the most beautiful incomparable gift and blessing of absolute LOVE! We are suffering here and some so much more than others;many through NO fault of their own but the world is riddled with sin and evils that effect even the most innocent among us! What’s fair and fun about that you might ask, and I say not much, that at times to me really sucks, that so much pain and suffering is going on and so many dreams and hopes getting dashed or crushed under the enormous weight and burden of sin, imperfection, stupidity, hate and the list goes on as you are well aware I’m sure! But for this to all get sorted out and for any of us to make heads or tails of it all to try is a fool’s errand, unless we have God on our side; you hear that; God on our side. He actually is, that is why this whole damned world didn’t get wiped away like so much chaff in the wind long ago to our concept of time but a flickering flame to God which He hasn’t extinguished yet! We are absolutely at His Mercy and He wants us with Him in His Glory! How do we get that you might wonder here, we start by wanting Him so badly that it becomes our life force and breath our very REASON for LIVING so we can be a part of His heavenly eternal Glorious and totally wonderful kingdom! I see it clear my friend, we are so lucky to be here and each of us will be nothing but dust these bodies in the end, with our souls damned to oblivion or complete separation from God’s glory, his eternal kingdom; not even being a memory without God setting the record straight and bringing absolute Justice to all things in His good time when it is appropriate for any of us!
Now that was coming from my own heart that God has opened and restored countless times because due to my own errors and shortcomings, He knows I belong to Him though I don’t deserve to in a sense, yet I do; because I decided with my Own Heart that I want to and must if I’m to be worth anything after it’s all said and done and this carcass I occupy is eventually in the dirt where it belongs, “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak;” but my soul belongs to Him my Maker, who Gives, who gives all things to those who love Him back! But how much grander is what comes for us if we stay strong in our faith no matter what, and keep Jesus Christ front and center in our hearts and minds!
The star-forming region NGC 3603 – seen here in the latest Hubble Space Telescope image – contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way. Bathed in gas and dust the cluster formed in a huge rush of star formation thought to have occurred around a million years ago. The hot blue stars at the core are responsible for carving out a huge cavity in the gas seen to the right of the star cluster in NGC 3603’s centre.
1 Corinthians 2:9
9 But as Scripture says:
“No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined
the things that God has prepared
for those who love him.”
Love must be a two way street and we can never give a fraction of what God is giving or ultimately offering!
Saint Dismas a scoundrel of a man and bad dude before he met Jesus Christ who was nailed to the cross next to his, he Dismas to the right side of Jesus saw all that transpired that day his final day, when his heart opened up like never before watching this man who said He is the Son of the Father in the heavenly Kingdom saying things like, “Forgive them Father for they know not what they do!”Dismas was so rapt in awe he asked this dying man the Savior to just remember me when you join your Father in Your kingdom. He as then in that moment being honest and humble having admitted he deserved every bit of what he was getting being tied to a cross and crucified for all of his crimes against men as well, wasting his life being a scoundrel, but, then surely as Dismas correctly said to Jesus, in essence his meaning being; you deserve none of what they have done to you, you have to be who you say you are, just by how you are forgiving these same people doing this to you, you have shown not even one complaint or modicum of anger or hatred, you are praying for them instead!
“One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
—Luke 23:39–43 (NIV)
And so Dismas then asking Jesus in all humility and heart felt compassion not thinking in the slightest that he deserved even this opportunity to ask, the Messiah; “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise” (verses 42-43).
“As Jesus was hanging on the cross, paying our penalty for sin, He made a promise to a dying, repentant thief. By the grace of God and the power of Christ, that promise was kept. The thief’s sins were washed away, and his death that day was his entrance to paradise.” gotquestions.org/today-paradise.html
What does “if God is for us, who can be against us” mean in Romans 8:31?
Romans 8:31 says, “What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” The “things” are the dozens of amazing proofs of God’s unfailing love listed in the preceding verses. Romans 8 contains many of the cherished verses that comfort us, such as “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (verse 1). And the one that gets us through difficult times: “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (verse 28). Verse 31 of Romans 8 is a culmination of all those wonderful promises. It reminds us who God is and how He helps us. When we grasp the truth that God is for us, we have nothing to fear.
God is “for” us in the sense that He is on our side; He is working on our behalf and for our good. He has proved His benevolence in that He has adopted us (Romans 8:15), He has given us His Spirit (verses 16–17, 26–27), and He has determined to save us (verses 29–30).
The follow-up question, “who can be against us?” is rhetorical. It’s another way of saying, “There is no one who could possibly be more powerful than God”or “No one can destroy us.” The idea is not that we will never face opposition; it’s simply that our opposition is doomed to failure. They may be against us, but not successfully against us. Since God is on our side, we have nothing to worry about.
Romans 8:31 is an echo of other passages that say the something similar:
• Psalm 118:6 says, “The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
• 2 Kings 6:16: “‘Don’t be afraid,’ the prophet [Elisha] answered. ‘Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.’”
• Psalm 56:9: “My enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.”
• Hebrews 13:6: “So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?’”
• Psalm 27:1: “The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”
Sometimes our hearts respond to verses like this with consternation: “I’ll tell you who can be against me! The IRS, my in-laws, terrorists, corrupt politicians—” and the list goes on. Our real-life enemies seem to overshadow the ideas conveyed in Romans 8. Despite spiritual promises, we still have to endure physical, mental, and emotional struggles—so much so that we may wonder if God is truly for us.
The man who penned Romans 8:31 (Paul) faced the same struggles we face and many more. He lists some of his sufferings in 2 Corinthians 11:22–28 as proof that he did not write from a plastic bubble of ethereal peace. However, his intimate relationship with the risen Christ had become his all-consuming passion. He said he considered everything else “garbage” compared to knowing Christ (Philippians 3:7–9). He had learned the secret of contentment, whether he was celebrated or imprisoned, and he stated that secret: “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13, BSB).
So when Paul writes, “If God is for us, who can be against us,” he is comparing earthly opposition to the eternal power and presence of Almighty God—and he declares the winner. No one can overcome God’s love for us.
Jesus taught the same thing. In Luke 12:4–5, Jesus said, “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.” His point, as was Paul’s, is that, no matter what may happen to us here on earth, there is a higher reality. There is a bigger war than the one we think we face, and God is the ultimate winner (Ephesians 6:12). If we are on His side, then we will win, too. (Revelation 21:7–8, 27).” gotquestions.org/if-God-is-for-us-who-can-be-against-us
I Lawrence say with absolute confidence God is with us right now and never leaves our sides but we do have crosses to carry while here which is absolutely worth it! He Jesus Christ overcame all of this conflict and suffering and did it out of “Pure Absolute Love” and I tell you as I look around this world, me an imperfect nobody, I see so much I wouldn’t want to be any part of, yet I’m so happy to be dealing with the blood, sweat and tears of it all; because I have a shot through Jesus Christ of making sure that my life a gift from God was and is all worth it because He overcame all obstacles to Paradise; our path is to follow Him our Lord Savior and Redeemer. Amen.
I knowing through and by my own heart with Him Jesus Christ that we are going to make it there to the Promised Land, Hallelujah!
Originally posted on Catholicism Pure & Simple: The pursuit of true happiness is always linked to the Cross, which the sublime last words of Saint Andrew the Apostle express so well.?“I know the virtue of Thy Holy Cross.” The Latin adage grasps reality so well, talis vita, finis ita. That means the way you live…
This all quite beautiful and Divine Truth from God. I’m very certain as all of these Saints stand out to me but one in particular Saint Isaac Jogues who a blessed feast day commemorates when he was Martyred which was the same date a devious scheme was conspired against me in a situation whereby I would be so seriously injured I would either be killed or crippled and that day I was attacked by a very nefarious person who was possessed with evil from Satan which happened on North American Martyr day October 19 which is the memorial of Sts. Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf, priests and martyrs and companions, otherwise known as the “North American Martyrs.” On that day was so injured that it altered my life drastically and I had to fight for several years to survive. God made sure I did and by his grace I was able to serve His plan and not be destroyed as those dark forces wanted.
I want to share these words I wrote a while ago which were pertaining to all of this matter of saints and serving God’s will and purposes; which I see do connect to this beautiful article from CP&S.
“God comes to us often in obscurity, through unexpected events and persons.” God bless you and may He continue to bless you to do His will on earth as in heaven! I was just talking with a sister of mine early this morning about this very subject of how we are given many such opportunities and I indeed have had this happening in my personal life profusely and knew without a doubt that God was giving me actual messages and help to see my way on the very path which I walk here on earth. He doesn’t only beckon to us but guides us always if we will only take heed and watch as well as listen to all the opportunities He provides to us, so we not stumble but move forward in our life mission to serve Him and be ever so faithful to His will. Those monumental humblest human Icons like “Thomas Aquinas” or “Joan of Arc,” were chosen but they too paid close attention as Joan even when so young to God’s subtle messages being provided and we know what great good it did in her case!
Anyone that is interested please take a look and perhaps our heavenly Father through Jesus Christ is reaching out through your Blog and our shared words to others who just need that message or those tidbits of information to shed light upon their paths! I hope and pray this does some good for someone. Amen.
“We Never Walk Alone,” He our Creator through Jesus Christ told us He walks with us holding our right hand, and I know it for a fact from all that has happened to me over the last dozen years that I’m still here sharing my words and insights to others because He has given me all that I need and should be while on this earth to serve Him until such time that He God will take me away from this hard life to everlasting JOY and PEACE! For now I must hang in there and be in the ready to do whatever it is He asks of me one day at a time, like you even stated yourself my Friend; but never quitting and only doing what we are capable of however little or big a thing it is we can do it by having Faith in Him who gave us the greatest thing a LIFE, which is growing to be even much better than this, A Miraculous Eternity!
“Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. 13 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you: “Do not fear, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13
Footprints in the Sand, a beautiful poem!
“One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
“Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You’d walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.”
He whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings’.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you.”
A few readers wrote about this poem on a web site:
“This little poem, though I had seen it several times throughout my upbringing, really hit home one day about 30 years ago. It completely and utterly changed my life.”
“Greetings in Jesus name!
When first I saw this poster, some ten years ago, I thought “Wow!” How good and faithful is our Lord. What He promised He will do, He really fulfills His promises. He is not a man who should lie.
Even today I am still thinking about the single pair of footprints: Our father’s! When we are tired He picks us up and carries us. Who else can do this? Nobody, but God.”
“Shalom Aleichem (Shalom Aleichem is a spoken greeting in Hebrew, meaning “peace be upon you.”), my dear friends, this is my greatest comfort in time of my low moment. Shalom Aleichem.”
“Been divorced for 3 years been married for 33 years and all in a sudden divorce comes don’t see your kids no more don’t see the grand kids really thought it was the end for me until I read this poem mean so much to me it carries me on to the next day making me realize how good God is he will be by your side every minute of the day thank you Jesus.”
“I love this reading “Footprints in the Sand”. As a child dying of meningitis, He was carrying me. I was given last rites at the age of 18 months and here I sit today, because He loved and was carrying me. Even today, He continues to be with me daily.”
“Everyone on display is beautiful, I know my Lord walks with me every day to guide me, I just love the second one which is the pillow and would have that next to me on the bed every night to give me strength and comfort. Thank you Lord for everything and never leaving me, praise to Jesus, the only real love of my life always.”
Psalm 37:23-24 (NIV)
23 “The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,
for the Lord upholds him with his hand.”
(Credit given readers’ content: onlythebible.)
Interwoven into the fabric of the beautiful God given tapestry of my day came along at just the right moment another notification from a writing friend who apparently God wanted to make sure we both saw each other’s written words and do some connecting of DOTS!
Then during the unfolding of my words through Divine Providence a clear immediate purpose for them came into view and this following letter was directed to a friend in need; who like all of us can use any “inspiration that God will send.”
Dear friend and brother. This is a most beautiful masterpiece of precious love from the deepest heart expressed in a literary work of art. A gift from you to others here on earth and of course those who loved you the most who are where we can’t be until we should be with them; but they would ask us to stay on course and grow in faith that all will be made right. But, I also see that your words sound tired or weary and I feel that you are lacking the JOY of your being created in the first place my dear Friend. Seek and you will find and we are all lost in this world as we have no ultimate control over anything. We truly are in the hands of our Maker or Creator which is a truth that I know for sure and is always worth investigation by anyone who is unsure or even those that need no convincing, because we never know enough nor could we living in just a temporary imperfect state of being. I have learned through my life that even though I’ve been kicked to the curb and then beat upon by many situations, and the ones that hurt me the most were those inflicted upon me by other humans, my own race or species of beings! Yet, I still have joy in my heart because I know that the bigger picture is the key, putting things in perspective; and that there is God Almighty who will judge all things accordingly leading all of those that desire Him above all things; to an everlasting Salvation with Him and all that is good.
We must think about how grand this miraculous, mysterious so precious a gift, this life is, even with all of the pain and sorrow it is, the best thing that ever happened; an expression from a Divine Creator with “ABSOLUTE LOVE” that produced from that love a masterpiece of never-ending sharing love for intelligent gifted brothers and sisters who are and will be members of an eternal fulfilling kingdom! We must be hopeful and vigilant to get there, not giving in to sin or failure as best we can; because no matter what happens “we can make it to the promised land,” He has promised us that, and if we will seek Him out of Love for Him as well one another while asking for guidance, He will never let us down; we will be fulfilled beyond imagination!
I’m telling you after all I’ve had to deal with I would suffer it all again if I must, because I’m positive what awaits at the conclusion and after the final analysis of it all, I will be so happy and complete forever, living eternally in a glorified state of being! For now I must carry my cross.
The figure of Jesus Christ carrying the cross up Calvary on Good Friday. The sky is dark and the theives crosses are on Calvary.
God bless you.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
The pursuit of true happiness is always linked to the Cross, which the sublime last words of Saint Andrew the Apostle express so well.“I know the virtue of Thy Holy Cross.”
The Latin adage grasps reality so well, talis vita, finis ita. That means the way you live is the way you die. If one lives well, a good death is likely with the grace of God. Whereas those who live a sinful life are unlikely to make a last minute conversion and die well.
The saints stand apart. They embrace death with confidence, even joy. They know what awaits every faithful soul who heroically fights the good fight on earth: Heaven. The ten saints here featured display such a high degree of union with God and the Blessed Virgin Mary that they already seem to experience a foretaste of Heaven on their deathbed.
Instead of pushing CRT in children’s schools lets teach children CTA (critical thinking ability) so they can Learn to Discern Truth (LDT) from all of the Lies being spewed in this world these days.
Don’t you dare be doing this to Our Children you freewheeling criminals!
Absolutely Truth from God our Father in heaven! So beautifully said and all of this wisdom tugs on my soul; making me want to try so much more and harder than I ever did before; because I can never do well enough, not even close! That is why Jesus God Himself said; I’m going to carry the burden and curse of sin for you and will not leave your side all the way through this life of finality or death to the Gates of Heaven, I will be with you; but, you must believe and try to work with me through your lifetime being a disciple and follower of me; your Good Shepherd! Thus, you become an instrument of God Almighty, to perform as He would have it, in accordance with His Holy and Perfect Will.
By my life experience and trying to discern the meaning of it all simply to see myself and realize I’m so helpless unless I have Jesus Christ to not only comfort me, but, to help me grow in the knowledge and wisdom which is a free gift from above to those who will open their hearts completely and surrender them to Jesus Christ, always humble, and on bent knee, so that the Devil that father of all lies can find no access to us; rather he cowers and flees in trepidation of the Almighty!
I look around and see the clear evidence that Satan and Hell do exist just by the simple fact of what I see many individuals doing in this life that is so obviously wrong and wicked, which is the Devil working through them, just as he has been in Biden, Bergoglio, Gates, Fauci, Soros, Clinton’s, Obama and so many others which I see so clearly, the absolute evil in them, beyond any shadow of a doubt, many possessed!
But, I contrast what I see in them with what I see looking at New Born Babies and just as much, but, so brokenhearted for the Unborn who are attacked by this cruel and wicked world and its many agents of Satan these days; being ripped apart and even used for a variety of monetized and even actually all unimaginable diabolical purposes; and I say of course Hell is waiting for the perpetrators of all this horrendous evil taking place; and it is complete and utter damnation forever!
“23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. 25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?”…Matthew 6: 23-25
Originally posted on Catholicism Pure & Simple: From Fr Z’s blog: In 1950 my late pastor, Msgr. Schuler, was in Rome on a Fulbright working on the manuscripts of Giovanni Maria Nanino, the successor of Palestrina for the Sistine Chapel.? He had great stories about being a priest in Rome in that Holy Year and,…
I just loved seeing this woman’s genuine, love, happiness and heart beaming as it were 58 seconds into the clip; at such a monumental and hopeful event for the world, at a time that in most respects was so different than the one we now occupy; so obviously!
Much humanity seems to have waned and been lost in the shuffle of modern secular materialism and focus on Self; not serving others or even one’s country!
Rather sad to honestly reflect now, but, I also see the hope that was so radiant back then is alive, because no matter what this at times desperate tumultuous world is doing, our Lord Jesus Christ lives with the Father and our beloved Holy Mother Mary; He reigns above wanting as many of us here to join them for eternity!
God bless the world that we your children are caught up in, and pray for us Holy Virgin Mother Mary that we can make it there to the Promised Land in God’s heavenly kingdom; I ask this in our Savior’s holy name of Jesus! Amen.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
In 1950 my late pastor, Msgr. Schuler, was in Rome on a Fulbright working on the manuscripts of Giovanni Maria Nanino, the successor of Palestrina for the Sistine Chapel. He had great stories about being a priest in Rome in that Holy Year and, specifically, of the Proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption.
It was a different world. Think about it: the war had ended just 5 years before.
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August 8, 2021
Alleluia praise God Almighty!
God our Creator the Supreme Being gave Dust immortal Life in His Image!
This is such a beautiful baby but also he is so special serving a God Sent Purpose with his precious innocent life to tell the world He wanted to live just like any of us do even from his first moment of existence when God infused a soul into that human life conceived in a blessed woman’s soul and womb as any mother has a special grace and gift from our Maker to carry another human life in her. Every breath you and I take is a precious gift from God so look at it that way, would you or I want anyone to say your next breath will not come or happen and you must choke and suffocate to death and then probably be gone long before you were ready or wanted to and more importantly before fulfilling God’s purpose He has built into each of our unique souls?
You know full well you want that next breath and opportunity to LIVE and we all have had a time or moment when we were ill or something was causing us to be short of breath and in some cases perhaps almost die! I absolutely can tell you that and what it’s like because while recovering from an industrial chemical injury that occurred in a work setting, my pulmonary system actually a couple of years after the initial injury, I suddenly without warning was developing an adverse autoimmune response from a medication I was injected with, which nobody apparently thought was going to trigger some odd internal change! But, while at home after spending a nice afternoon at a family cook out I brought some seafood items home for later snacks. I always knew I had a slight allergy to some specific shellfish, only this time was going to be life threatening, while alone and settling down for the evening having decided to eat some of those delicious items in the fridge. Within a minute of eating some I began to have a total full bore anaphylactic shock reaction which I never had in all of my life, no matter what I ate or how much, but would only maybe get a skin rash or watery eyes. I stayed calm and sat myself down to think as my trachea began to close like someone had reached into my neck and grabbed it and was squeezing it shut harder and harder to strangle me to death; I had only moments to live and knew if I resisted or struggled in any way I would sure be dead in minutes, as well, even if I called 911 it would be way too late by the time anyone would be by my side to save me! But, Jesus Christ was by my side; in the form of the Holy Spirit, and I prayed for Him to help me please.
Suddenly I recalled having bought an 8 ounce bottle of Benadryl on a whim one day just a few weeks earlier to help with the water eyes and nose I would get mowing the grass at certain times of year, but, usually never bothered buying it thinking I can take the aggravation no big deal! And yet for some reason I decided to buy some, because, I recalled that a Pharmacy Proprietor neighbor and friend of my family’s who lived next door had once told me that Benadryl elixir is good to control that histamine reaction I would get occasionally. But, I just never bothered keeping any around until this one time; like a last chance to wise up! I walked toward the cabinet where I had put it not knowing if I used it all or not, and just said, “Dear Jesus please let there be a bit left for me now!”
I was losing my breath and consciousness actually, almost unable to even swallow or move but at the last second I grabbed the bottle and yes there was nearly a 1/3 left and drank it all down slowly so as not to gag and spit it up, then while siting on the floor, when almost as fast as the choking began everything like a miracle reversed, letting go of my trachea and my breathing was free and clear once again! I cried a bit and told Jesus I love you and thank you for helping me giving me another chance to live, and even said thanks to the wonderful old neighbor who had passed on years before for being so kind and offering me such good advice and showing loving concern; a good man and soul there!
I’ve lived many years already like many of you, having all the opportunity we each get to grow and learn in order to know God and understand our purpose and His plan for us.
Why does anyone think they have the right to interfere and intentionally snuff another human being’s life out? They DO NOT! “God Giveth and God Taketh Away,” not up to us at all! Let these poor helpless little sweet babies live and see the miracle of life continue on to its fullness of purpose and beauty that God planned for that life on earth to fulfill, and has waiting for us in heaven! Amen.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
I say surely this little fighter may very well be a Richard the Lionhearted; a true Brave Heart for God and His will for Life!
Praise God! World’s Most Premature Baby Just Celebrated His 1st Birthday
Beth suffered medical complications during her pregnancy and ended up giving birth to a baby boy named Richard…
… who was born when he was only 21 weeks and 2 days old.
Doctors gave this precious baby a ZERO chance survival rate, but wait until you hear the miraculous story of where he is now.
He was so tiny, he weighed 11.9 ounces and could fit into his mother’s palm.
The chance of him surviving looked bleak, but his faithful parents never gave up hope.
Despite their initial doubts he’d actually survive, they watched him grow stronger and stronger each day.
And as their faith strengthened – the doctors too were stunned at the miracle before them.
Not only did Richard SURVIVE, but he ended up growing strong enough to be discharged!
Amazing.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS reported:
“It’s incredibly rare for a baby at 21 and 2/7th weeks to be resuscitated, let alone survive,” she said. “I think Richard has surprised everyone at Children’s Minnesota. He’s taught us all how resilient tiny babies like him can be.”
Pro-aborts argue a baby isn’t “really a life” – and therefore see no problem with ripping a 20-week baby from the womb.
But little Richard showed the world his life is valuable, and he deserved the chance to be born.
So many people give up right before the miracle happens.
Other doctors are quick to encourage pregnant moms to get an abortion if it’s determined their baby will have special needs or “not make it.”
As if somehow a baby with special needs doesn’t deserve to live.
And let’s be honest, typically, doctors who claim the baby will “never make it” – end up being stunned at the fact they were wrong.
Thankfully these mothers ignored doubting doctors and went through with their pregnancies.
So where is Richard now?
At home, with his loving family.
In fact, he just celebrated his 1st Birthday!
Even more amazing, according to Guinness World Records Richard has become the most premature baby to ever survive.
His mother is delighted.
Live Action reported:
“It doesn’t feel real,” Beth said about Richard breaking the record for the most premature baby to survive. “We’re still surprised about it. But we’re happy. It’s a way we can share his story to raise awareness about premature births.”
What an incredible story.
Little Richard shows babies can make it in this world, if they’re simply given the chance to be born.
So moms, if you’re pregnant and going through a difficult pregnancy, please be encouraged.
Push back if doctors encourage you to get an abortion (or find a new doctor altogether).
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Additional thoughts on this subject from past writings.
Originally posted on It's a God thing…: The tough thing about being in lockdown is that we don’t know what the future holds. That’s why giving ourselves a strong home routine is so important. https://youtu.be/Oo9bxEqLscg
Hi again to sister in Christ Jesus Ali. Also to anyone else listening to her or reading these words I offer my prayers to all of you to be in good standing with God Almighty by first acknowledging Jesus Christ’s love for you and then to give Him your heart by placing your faith in Him to bring you to Salvation and everlasting life. Amen.
Immediately after sending this message out to Ali I realized this is all too important to not make my best effort possible to in a sense sing it from the roof tops to anyone who will lend an ear to these absolute truths!
So here I reblog the original message with these added words from my own heart to all of you with my humble prayer that it will reach many of you in the heart and bring peace with fortitude to see this life through as a child and servant of God Almighty bringing you ultimately to everlasting life in heaven. Amen.
Brother in Christ Jesus, Lawrence Morra II
I love Jesus Christ with all of my heart and I also love all of you; how can I do less when Jesus suffered for every single human being’s sins feeling all of the deserved pain, hearts full of sorrow, then died on that cross going to hell for all but rose from that what can be final fate for any sinner, to His Father’s kingdom leading the way for all to follow Him there! Amen. 😊 🙏 ❤
Hi there Sister Ali…so beautifully explained, very helpful, encouraging and needed! You know fairly well my position with regard to the pandemic AKA plandemic with subsequent restrictions on our personal freedoms and actually our happiness or as well sense of security! The devil is at work overtime in this event injecting insecurity, uncertainty and fear in our lives to throw us off balance and set a trap for many but only if we allow him the master of all lies to gain a foothold by weakening our resolve and even faith in the truth, which is actually we have nothing to fear but fear itself as many great leaders have said during world calamities, but moreover, Jesus told us in this verse; Romans 8:31 says, “What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
And you sister are a soldier for Christ as I see you doing a fine job of serving God and advocating for the faith which is a blessing to any who hear you! I want to leave one more item a video of our fine Military Soldiers in their musical band not only being ready to take on enemies on earth if needed but praising God in His glory in this music to inspire as you are doing; all of you doing as I see it stating clearly what a legend of a man said Abraham Lincoln one of my all-time favorite historical figures and a man of God who said so beautifully said these words as the new nation a republic under God was heading toward Civil War these words regarding The Better Angels of our Nature; “The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
I also want to leave you with these passages of beautiful scripture my dear sister and hope many will gain from you what I have. Amen.
Romans 8 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” Romans 8:28: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Philippians 4:11 “I am not telling you this because I need anything. I have learned to be satisfied with the things I have and with everything that happens.”
Psalm 27:1: “The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”
Be strong through faith in Him who overcomes all and is the only path to eternal life with the Father in heaven; nothing else matters, He loves you! God bless you. Amen.
The tough thing about being in lockdown is that we don’t know what the future holds. That’s why giving ourselves a strong home routine is so important.
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