January 4 - Humility

As we look forward to a new year, setting resolutions and goals, let us remember our humanity, realizing the greatest goal we can set for ourselves is to walk humbly with our God.

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.’ Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.’ - James 4:13-15

Thursday, April 4, 2013 - Gift

Every act in life is commissioned by God. We are unable to take any breath, make any movement, or move forward in any capacity without the aid of God. No accomplishment is ever our own. We are given talent. This talent is a gift from God. Our purpose is to grow our talent and to use it in thanksgiving. A beautiful practice of any Christian, when showered with praise for a job well done, Is to graciously and simply say "thank you". May God be given all glory, honor, and praise.

With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. - Jeremiah 27:5

Monday, March 25, 2013 - Love

God has commissioned each of us with a purpose. Some are blessed to realize this purpose and are able to move forward with a clear and conscious vision. Others still seek, wondering and hoping to find their fit in life. Within everyone's journey lies the key to success. We hold the ability to claim our goal and to protect its purpose as sanctified by God.  This key does not hold a likely name. Fortitude, Tenacity, Strength, Perseverance; all of these are great virtues that lead us closer to our ends, but the true key to success is Love. In Pope Francis’ inaugural homily, he states “Let us protect with love all that God has given us! … To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope…” As we seek our niche in life, let us embrace our journey with an open heart, filled with good intentions and compassion for all. Let us Love.

 

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. – 1 Corinthians 13:2

Saturday, March 16, 2013 - Attitude

An attitude of grace and humility is a lot easier to choose if you accept the same from others.

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. - Colossians 3:12