wherever there is love…

Wherever there is love there is no fear at all.

It’s another Wednesday for Saint Maria Faustina KoWalska (why else,) with a brief reflection…

“Great love can change small things into great ones,

and it is only love which lends value to our actions.”

(303) St. Faustina KoWalska’s Diary

 

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“Where’d everyone go???”

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You are near,

even if we don’t see you.

You are with us,

even if you’re far away.

You’re in our hearts,

in our thoughts, 

in our life,

even if we cannot be together.

Because under God’s blue sky

we’ll always be united, 

but a momentary heart-flight away,

one from the other.

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And though the miles may be many

we are (always) just a short prayer away,

just a little shared giggle away,

just a sunrise seen “where-ever,”

under the same big sky together! 

Baby,  the sun will always rise…

no matter how long the night.

Who are you missing under the big blue sky today?

hugs n’ blessings to everyone whose distance apart is shortened by love!!

Music by JJ Heller

 

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“If you lose your way…and your heart is torn…May my love sing loud…louder than any thunderstorm. Sometimes it feels like forever, when it’s dark outside.  Baby, the sun will rise. Baby, the sun will rise. However long the night.  And when you feel afraid.  And you see shadows on the wall.  Wherever there is love, there is no fear at all.”   -JJ Heller

 

Silent Battles

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“The LORD will fight for you; you have only to keep still.” Exodus 14:14

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Photo courtesy  Jared Schaaf Photography

“You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you.” 2 Chronicles 20:17

Is there anything I can pray for you today?

A friend will strengthen you with her prayers, bless you with her love, and encourage you with her hope.

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Photo courtesy Jared Schaaf Photography

hugs n’ blessings for all the silent battles being fought today!

Music by JJ Heller

the ripest apple on the tree…

It’s another Wednesday for Saint Maria Faustina KoWalska (what else,)

with a brief reflection on the Divine Mercy of God!

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Originally aired in 1965 by Paul Harvey (1918-2009.)

 

Somedays we look around us to see and hear what is happening in our communities, our country, our world and we can’t help but say…

“These are very sad times we are living in.”

And we wonder to ourselves,

“Are these the days predicted in Revelation?”

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Jesus spoke to St. Faustina and asked her to write this:

“Write this:  before I come as the Just Judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy.  Before the day of justice arrives, there will be given to people a sign in the heavens of this sort: 

All light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth.  Then the sign of the cross will be seen in the sky, and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time.  This will take place shortly before the last day.”

Paragraph/entry (83) in the Diary of Saint Faustina Maria Kowalska called “Divine Mercy In My Soul”

The Church prepares us for the end times.

Hatred never has the last word.

We already know the end of the story.

God will always win.

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hugs n’ blessings to all those who refuse to eat from the apple & keep their eyes fixed on Christ.

Jesus, I trust in you.

*this post was inspired by lafayetteangel.