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WEEK OF PRAYER #20: JESUS' PUBLIC MINISTRY and WE CONTINUE TO PRAY THROUGH Jesus' public ministry. Keep your eyes and heart fixed on Jesus. Use your imagination to become part of these Gospel scenes. In a colloquy, speak with Jesus or another person in the scene.
And I guess what has become so clear and powerful for me now, is that I really don't need to go into my imagination at all. Especially for a Colloquy as these Saints and Angels have really been guiding me all the time already. I remember doing the Consecration to Mary, and recognizing her voice as the Spirit of Mother Nature that guided me through the woods for all of my youth. And I know I've always been here with these constant voices and the real experience of being guided all the time. It's kinda weird when I think about it, as it's really always been there. Now more than ever, it's really about me coming to completely understand and accept this. And I feel this understanding was really only the easy part. The big challenge now is to actually accept what this really means. I mean if I can understand having a very clear and strong connection to Spirit, and even accept that I was born with it or grew into it naturally and spontaneously . . . . Much the same way as my daughter?!?!?! Now the real challenge is accepting what this really means and how I can step more confidently into whatever Jesus has before me.
I guess, I know this already, but it's really about taking action now. I mean, no more talk, no more planning, no more dreams about “what if.” It will only get better and move forward, when I slow down and take each step very carefully and very seriously.And again, you must stop and recognize you have exactly what you asked for. And again you must slow down and take each step slowly and carefully.
DAY 1, Read John 2:1-11. And what jumped out at me with this first verse was recognizing my same place again. Whatever Jesus says I must do . . . No questions, no hesitation, just do it . . . To manifest God’s Glory.
I guess, this should really be no surprise for me. Of course, my next lesson in church is about accepting and understanding how I must now step into this community more clearly and focused. I’ve always known I was sent here, and I always knew it was about teaching and leading. . . Course this just means, I’ve got more to learn!
I Love Thank You Dear Lord Jesus Christ I Love You Dear Lord Jesus Christ Thank You Dear Lord Jesus Christ I Love You Dear Lord Jesus Christ
Please lend Your Strength, Love, & Wisdom to follow the will of God in all that I do. Slowly, carefully, clear, focused, dedicated ready for any thing, in your Grace and love, I can really just love you.
DAY 2, Read Mark 8:22-26 now again I’m stepping into my responsibilities to do the tasks before me. And I take a break from class work and fix my fence. Then I do more class work and break again to do Bible work. And I see this next verse before me and know this well too.
It’s always about stepping out more and doing more. I've got three classes to do, where they are all starting the same way with a little video introduction. And the idea of others "besought me!" I’ve really felt and understood this forever and this next step before me to allow more touch and more healing is really priceless. Yes, I confess it's really challenging and almost terrifying in some sense. Not that it isn’t anything new to me, It's just that I know my place and responsibility in being inside this time and place again now. And of course to take the blind man out of the city and see Trees, is my blessing each day with the prayerline, asking people to get outside and love nature and gardens, as the first experience when God placed us in Eden. Yes barefoot is best, nothing like God placing us naked in Eden!
DAY 3, Read Luke 17:11-19. Yes, Jesus is always disappointed with how Jewish people treat him. Course to this century the Jews still deny he was the Messiah at all. And they still consider themselves the people promised of the Covenant of God. Since they never honored Jesus and continue to be arrogant I really don't think they will survive. Like Hitler killed millions as did Covid and I'm sure millions more will go too. So what do I feel from this. Maybe that I too will not be accepted and understood by outsiders and never by my own community. I'm always seeing such strong lessons here to wonder if I should expect anything different. CLEARLY NOT! Nothing should surprise me as it's obvious all will be as God commands.
DAY 4, Repetition of one of the previous Scripture wow, this week with Jesus has been really wonderful and to review and select new phrases will be interesting! Yes the first verse was the strongest for me because the mass readings were in the same vein as well.
To follow Jesus to always be in the word of God is really about always accepting and carrying the cross. We will always have a challenge and a new responsibility before us. Always ready to accept and move forward can also be a major challenge. We are always given opportunities and the insight and direction to more forward through them.
Of course, the idea and experience of giving up everything for Jesus has been very present all my life as well. I guess more so walking into my next task and responsibility with little or no regard for what is left behind. I'm not always clear about that but accept and move on all the time.
DAY 5, Read Luke 10:38-42 (Martha and Mary). Martha is all distracted with all the home duties, while Mary is dedicated and focused on Jesus. Does this show me the two ways of life? Lost in the distractions and the issues of the world or staying focused on Jesus. This is clearly the place we all need to start.
And this is where you come to grow and share more and more each day. This is your challenge stepping in more each day. And of course Apple has added new features to your iPad. It's such a pain to have your tools randomly change functionality with no warning or introduction. . . It is another distraction!
This is really kinda weird now, as I seem to move foreword a few steps and then I get stumped and perplexed by things again DAY 6, Read Mark 10:13-16 (Jesus and children): Mark 10:13-16, The Little Children and Jesus: 13People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” 16And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.
Now you’ve been able to grow and share these passages before you. Everyone is learning and growing in the same Spirit, so you are all at different places along the same journey into heaven. Your place and responsibility is to be clear on the lessons you receive to share and support your peers and friends. These Lights that shine on each of you allow greater growth and understanding for all. And again now you see this focus and power that is real and valid before you. Each of you have these challenges. Each one of you have this learning and growth simultaneously. It’s important to remain focused knowing your own place and move carefully and slowly recognizing you have peers above and below who will all love and support your growth with their own listening and humility.
Now here again in the Day 6 SEEL readings is a greater challenge, recognizing how we must be as a little Child. Or really recognizing we are children, just learning and accepting our close intimacy with Christ. Christ is leading our Guardian Angels to bring us closer to God. To do God’s Will. As Jonah must follow God’s directions, for Jonah to go to Nineveh. Whether he likes it or not!
Again you are here writing about the real power in Christ, and the selfishness that interferes with distractions that you stumble on. Each day you are given great blessings and great responsibilities. Each person, each contact. Stopping this morning for Confession was critical for your growth with Jesus. And again you were in Tears, just to admit you had missed Mass yesterday for selfish reasons:
God only wants the best for us, then why would any of us, under any circumstance, ever resist being committed to what God has called us to be or what God has called us to do? We ask that question “why,” and even while we ask it, all of us could probably point out at some time in our life, when knowing the purpose of God, knowing the plan of God for our life, we deliberately, willfully resisted God. Why would we do that?
Here again everything I hear and listen to, and experience is bringing me closer and stronger to God, and what I need to do and accept as my own responsibility. . . . Yesterday I couldn’t get out of bed. It was cold and wet and yucky out. My bed was warm and peaceful against my heating pad with the big pile of blankets and pillows. I was content to read the Bible and complete all the podcasts. I even did my exercises and prayers correctly naming all my family and brothers in my church and community which I now do regularly.
But I refused to bike and go to mass. . . Knowing GOD had Called for this!
The whole day was wasted. I checked some schoolwork, and did some work I needed to do. I stepped outside a few times, but never did much out there that I needed to do. I even turned on the engineering models and read the manuals for them. But still never got much done all day. My personal selfish arrogance interfering with my tasks before me.
This morning biking to Mass . . . Oh and the Sunrise. I realized that Jesus has asked me to be dedicated and focused on the STRAIGHT LINE dedicated to Thursday-Friday-Sunday Pobcast, Toke, Exercise, Bike, Sunrise, Mass, Bike, Mangroves and Swim! Obedience is being very clear and focused on every detail of these requests from God. Which includes the Prayerline Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 4-5am . . . Each of these details are critical and necessary. Partial obedience is DISOBEDIENCE . . . Improving on God’s Plan is Disobedience, selfish arrogantly shifting God’ plan into my Plan.
and yes you’ve been twisting things to suit your own preferences and desires. The Confession was beautiful. As you biked to mass pass the Father as he was walking up. You knew you had to do a confession. And you needed to confess the mistake you made the day before missing mass. He was happy to share the Sacrament with you, immediately suggesting you do so after he checks the morning readings and before the Mass. You were in Tears during your confessions. And You knew in your heart you were distracted instead of dedicated. Here the lesson above has not even gotten cold yet, and you are already missing the whole point.
Wow, did I really need a confession. As I was biking in this morning to Mass I had the very distinct feeling I was really doing the Love and Joy that Jesus and God wanted to see everywhere. I mean, I felt so blessed into tears as I started to Sing “Hello from my Heart” to the squirrels and trees around me as I biked in knowing that I needed to say this to everyone else I met. I’m usually very clear with “Good Morning” or “hello” but I know that I nee to get more into this stronger vibration and share this Love and Joy that Jesus seeks from everyone.
DAY 7 Savor the graces of the week. Review your journal or return to one of the Scripture passages here.
Steady we go as it’s all exactly the way we planned. It will happen like that more and more as we go. This is why you’ve been working so hard. Because it’s all coming together in your hands. Now you have to produce. Every day you have gotta get one of those tasks done. Your whole life has prepared you for this and you’ve always known you would be here sooner or later. It’s really beyond any fantasy you ever had. The home is double. The Gardens are extensive. The space and technology at your fingers is so much more than you ever thought even possible. And again all the resources and tools are easily within reach and none are too difficult or beyond your abilities. Yes things grow and shift daily, but as you are discovering all are more in tune with your needs and requirements than ever before.
I get it. I’m here now at this time and place, to do things that no one else has ever considered, as it’s really only my personal experience creating the Love and Peace that I perceive is ideal for Jesus and God . . . .
and you know it’s your own creations, your own perception and your own perspective of the IDEAL Love and Experience that you can share with ALL!
The four types of calls that God issues to His people: salvation, sanctification, service, and accountability here again I Love You Dear Lord Jesus Christ, Thank You Dear Lord Jesus Christ, Please lend Your Strength, Love, & Wisdom to bring me closer to You and DOING Your WILL for the Glory of God! Amen.
