Tag: belief

tiny faith

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“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”

Matthew 17:20

Lord, thank You for being You. Praise be, Your plans aren’t hindered by my humanness. When my faith shakes because of my current circumstances, I know that it won’t affect Your will. You are powerful and limitless. While You long for me to be a part of Your plans, I don’t define them. But….I do want in!

Give me the courage!

Let me access the faith that moves mountains, God!

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clear understanding

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“Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one can under any circumstance claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being.”

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2258.

Just so we’re clear…

With love,

This is what my God commands.

With love,

This is what my Church proclaims.

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ducks in a row

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American Black Ducks, all in a row on Lake Edinboro. 2020

Spent another night in our tiny cottage on the Lake, as Summer rapidly winds down up North.

We have always named our habitat spaces.

I’m pretty sure this stems from all those years growing up reading books perched amongst the branches of my parent’s Chinese Chestnut trees. Laura lived in The Little House on the Prairie, Scarlett O’Hara lived at Tara, and The Cleary Family lived on the sheep ranch, Drogheda. And so it goes for Cuppycake & I that there has been The Duplex, Springland Terrace, True North, and our current home – North Star.

Along with this rather new (special) cottage space, Cana.

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