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6月29日
Comfort of the soul - how much we all want it and need it. God often gives us comfort and sweet grace but He also needs our sympathy and our comfort. Jesus the Savior is still offended and hurt every single minute by all the sins committed all the time all over the world. This innocent, unconditional Love is suffering with our repeated constant rejection. Mine and your rejection and of the milliards of other similar sinners. Every time we choose the sin of hate, pride, egoism, aggression, bitterness, lust etc. we hurt ourselves, our brothers whom the sin touches directly and also indirectly but above all we hurt God who is Love. The Only True Love is hurt. Jesus Himself suffers. His pain is not bitter. He did redeem us. Still this fight between Good God and Evil Powers is taking place in human hearts, which are the true battlefields, and every time we turn to evil Jesus cries. Let us not be surprised that very often He will call souls to give Him comfort. He will call souls who will not pay evil for evil, who being humiliated and oppressed, in their great suffering will share His suffering able to win evil with good, all through His power and love.
Think of all the times when someone hurt you very badly, when someone might have been very unpleasant to you, maybe completely blind to your needs, ignorant, even aggressive with bad words. Every time you did not pay evil for evil but when you prayed for the oppressor asking God for love and healing for them Jesus let you experience a tiny mini mini fraction of what His non-stop rejected Love feels all the time. How much the rejection of the mankind hurts Him!!! Let us not only expect sweet graces. Let us be glad when Jesus shares his such a tiny fraction of the pain of Love which is rejected. How great is this God-Love !!!!!!!
 6月25日 My dearest hidden God!!! I know you are everywhere and I am all immersed in your holy , loving presence. Still my eyes are blind. I know you are there by faith. I know that You love me more than I can even imagine or realize. I know it all by faith . There is not much that I feel. The fire of your love is there sometimes but most of the time it is gone. I am walking through a dark valley. There is often so much pain and there are many trials I experience. I love you even more in those trials. My dear beloved daddy- how I miss you!!!!! How I want to be with You forever. I am so happy with all these moments when I sit down in the evening and pray to you telling you of my complete dependence on you, of this dark valley and my great trust in you opening my whole soul in front of you. Then I feel that in this quiet darkness there is another bottom. There You are. Quiet , patient and loving. I am happy to be resting in You and I have the feeling that You are also resting in me. Or the two of us just meet , unite-You the God of the Whole endless Universe and me - a little sinful speck that You love so much.
6月5日
'When Jesus wants to make me happy, He fills my heart with that spirit which is all fire, and speaks to me about His delights; but when He wants to be consoled, He speaks to me about His pains, and invites me in a manner that is both a request and a command, to offer my body to alleviate His sufferings."
Padre Pio  4月8日 
If our greatest need had been information,
God would have sent us an educator,
If our greatest need had been technology,
God would have sent us a scientist.
If our greatest need had been money,
God would have sent us an economist.
If our greatest need had been pleasure,
God would have sent us an entertainer.
But our greatest need was forgiveness,
So God sent us a Savior.
--Author unknown 4月1日 
Lord, thank you for this sink of dirty dishes; we have plenty of food to eat. Thank you for this pile of dirty, stinky laundry; we have plenty of nice clothes to wear. And I would like to thank you, Lord, for those unmade beds; they were so warm and comfortable last night. I know that many have no bed.
My thanks to you, Lord, for this bathroom, complete with all the splattered mirrors, soggy, grimy towels and dirty lavatory; they are so convenient. Thank you for this finger-smudged refrigerator that needs cleaning. It has served us faithfully for many years. It is full of cold drinks and enough leftovers for two or three meals. Thank you, Lord, for this oven that absolutely must be cleaned today; It has baked so many things over the years.
The whole family is grateful for that tall grass that needs mowing; we all enjoy the yard. My kids are healthy and able to run and play. Lord, the presence of all these chores awaiting me says You have richly blessed my family. I shall do them cheerfully and I shall do them gratefully.
Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings, Thank you, Lord, that I can hear. There are many who are deaf. Even though I keep my eyes closed against the morning light as long as possible, thank you, Lord, that I can see. Many are blind. Even though I huddle in my bed and put off rising, thank you, Lord, that I have the strength to rise. There are many who are bedridden. Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks are lost, toast is burned, and tempers are short, my children are so loud, Thank you, Lord, for my family. There are many who are lonely.
Even though our breakfast table never looks like the pictures in magazines and the menu is at times not balanced, there are many who are hungry. Even though the routine of my job is often monotonous, thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to work. There are many who have no job. Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day and wish my circumstances were not so modest, Thank you, Lord, for life.
Addendum -- Ephesians 5:20 (GNB) "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father."
Author Unknown
 3月16日
TO: EVERYONE
FROM: GOD
Effective immediately, please be aware that there are changes you need to make in your life. These changes need to be completed in order that I may fulfill my promises to you to grant you peace, joy and happiness in this life. I apologize for any inconvenience, but after all that I am doing, this seems very little to ask of you. I know, I already gave you the 10 Commandments. Keep them. But follow these modern TEN COMMANDMENTS, also.
1.) QUIT WORRYING
Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for you? Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little thing that comes your way? Get over it.
2.) PUT IT ON THE LIST
Something needs to be done or taken care of. Put it on the list. No, not YOUR list. Put it on M Y to-do-list. Let ME be the one to take care of the problem. I can't help you until you turn it over to me. And although my to-do-list is long, I am after all, God. I can take care of anything you put into my hands. In fact, if the truth were ever really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize.
3.) TRUST ME
Once you've given your burdens to me, quit trying to take them back. Trust in me. Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs, your problems and your trials? Problems with the kids? Put them on my list. Problem with finances? Put it on my list. Problems with your emotional roller coaster? For my sake, put it on my list. I want to help you. All you have to do is ask.
4.) LEAVE IT ALONE
Don't wake up one morning and say, "Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think I can handle it from here." Why do you think you are feeling stronger now? It's simple. You gave me your burdens and I'm taking care of them. I also renew your strength and cover you in my peace. Don't you know that if I give you these problems back, you will be right back where you started? Leave them with me and forget about them. Just let me do my job.
5.) TALK TO ME
I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy. Forget the worry and the fretting because you know I'm in control. But there's one thing I pray you never forget. Please don't forget to talk to me - OFTEN! I love you. I want to hear your voice. I want you to include me in on the things going on in your life. I want to hear you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with me. I want to be your dearest friend.
6.) HAVE FAITH
I see a lot of things from up here that you can't see from where you are. Have faith in me that I know what I'm doing. Trust me, you wouldn't want the view from my eyes. I will continue to care for you, watch over you, and meet your needs. You only have to trust me.
Although I have a much bigger task than you, it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing your simple part. How hard can trust be?
7.) SHARE
You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? That rule still applies. Share with those who are less fortunate than you. Share your joy with those who need encouragement. Share your laughter with those who haven't heard any in such a long time. Share your tears with those who have forgotten how to cry. Share your faith with those who have none.
8.) BE PATIENT
I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child to an adult, have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades, travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much. How can you be so impatient then when it takes me a little longer than you expect to handle something on my to-do-list? Things occur on MY timetable, not yours. Trust in my timing, for my timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush.
9.) BE KIND
Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for my sake. I created each of you different in some way.
It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please know I love each of your differences.
10.) LOVE YOURSELF
As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself? You were created by me for one reason only -- to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of Love. Love me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself. It makes my heart ache when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to me. Don't ever forget that!
With all my heart I love you, GOD
Oh, don't forget to TALK to me.
P.S. I LOVE YOU ALL !!!!!!!
taken from: http://www.christianlifestories.com/stories/s-z/tencommandments.
3月13日 I work in a school as a teacher of English. In my school we have some kids from the nearby orphanage. My heart often breaks to see how much these children suffer and how much disfunctional in most cases they are. They are often hyperactive, disobedient troublemakers who find it hard to socialise. These kids usually have their parents who, because of their strong alcoholism, have got more or less limited parential rights. These young people used to be beaten, humilated, abused and most often knew real poverty. Orphanage is slightly better for them as they have safe shelter, enough food etc but still it is no real home for them. It is one big place , where a group of equally disfunctional children is kept together and where they often learn new disfunctions from one another.
Ever since one orphan six-year-old girl from a class I teach in jumped on the table and streched her arms towards me shouting: "Mummy, mummy' and repeated that a few more times I started to think hard about it. I would wake up at night and imagine my own kids abandoned and miserable like this little girl. I had more and more sleepless nights and I knew I had to do something. God was calling me to act. I was trying to fight with this thought as I have four kids of my own and it all seemed pretty crazy. But then I realized that when I die one day and look back on my life I will regret not having taken any action. Well, I could of course accumulate more money and goods or spend the money God is blessing me with by sharing it with one or two more kids regulary.
So having talked to my husband we agreed to invite some kids at weekends to our place regulary. When I went to the orphanange to talk about it with one of the therapists there and to find out about the procedure she said that for some time she had been looking for some 'friend family' for two kids, all in vain. And now when she almost lost hope there I was asking for kids. She called me an angel sent by God. (lol)It was just a few days before Christmas. We got two kids ,a brother (7) and a sister (10), the boy being one of the worst troublemakers in the whole orphanange. They have come to my place many times now. They have slept overnight several nights and now come here regulary every Friday to stay for the weekend. Although my hands are really full of work I am so happy to know these kids feel so good here and look forward to their next time in our home. The boy has not become an angel yet (just joking) but I can see an enormous change in him. I will tell you more about it all soon.
Please pray for us.
 2月25日 I can do no good at all without Him and I can do all the good with His help. This good goes far beyond me and my weak natures often disbelieves it and fears it . But still, by faith ,I know it is actually the Lord who takes the action. I am just an empty vessel -left on its own it is good for nothing. However, He can do all the good He wishes to do through me if only I open up for Him. The empty useless vessel becomes filled up with the Living Water. Jesus power is enormous.
2月12日 A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
We do not exist for ourselves.
We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.
There must be a time of day when the man who makes plans forgets his plans, and acts as if he had no plans at all.
There must be a time of day when the man who has to speak falls very silent. And his mind forms no more propositions, and he asks himself: Did they have a meaning?There must be a time when the man of prayer goes to pray as if it were the first time in his life he had ever prayed; when the man of resolutions puts his resolutions aside as if they had all been broken, and he learns a different wisdom: distinguishing the sun from the moon, the stars from the darkness, the sea from the dry land, and the night sky from the shoulder of a hill. 1月28日 
Going through life is like a journey by train. You pass various places- not all of them nice, some of them crowded, others completely desolate, you meet all types of passengers there with you , of different walks of life, age, financial status , values and beliefs, you sometimes change at different stations before you reach your final destination. And one day you will have to leave this train when your life journey finally ends at your last station. We must always bear it on our minds. We are only passing by through this life. Life is just a stage. Follow Jesus on the train of your life and He will certainly lead you to the right station, to your true Homeland called Heaven where God the Father is already awaiting you with great love.
1月6日 Every day I am figthing with my greatest enemies: my pride and my egoism. The battle starts again every single day. How lazy and shallow I am inside!!!! Thanks to God's grace I am rescued from many sins I am not committing only because God is helping this miserble sinner over and over again. But left by my own strength I am only capable of being self-content and so lazy spiritually, so materialistically-oriented and indifferent to others, selfish and very proud. There are many more worse things I could turn to were it not for God's grace. I know who I am without God!!!!
 12月18日 Infant Jesus is going to cry bitter tears again this Christmas. All He wants is to be born and dwell in your and my heart. And so many hearts are still closed for Him. They are open up for so much litter, for some so called Christmas magic and splendor and do not even want to hear about Him.
Lord Jesus, do not cry anymore!!! There is place for you in my heart!!! I know my heart is as simple and plain as a manger. It is no palace, for sure, as I turn to sin so often but Your holy Presence will make it like a shining diamond. You are the true Jewel, the Light of the World.
2 Sam 22:29 ' You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light'
John 12:46 "I [Jesus] have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness."
The light is come into the world and men love darkness and will not come to the light because their deeds are evil," John 3:19 12月17日
It is Christmas soon. Yes, we are getting ready. There are so many various preparations: shopping, cooking, cleaning, decorations, presents etc. Let us not forget, though, that what we are actually celebrating is not some commercial holiday but Jesus' birthday. If it is His birtday what present are you going to give Him this Christmas???
 12月14日
A place where God does not rule is called Hell.
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Enter the Silence of your soul
I do not mean emptiness
but the Silence where this Love dwells
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God is everywhere.
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we are moving in Him all the time , the Holy of Holies,
the Puriest and the Most Mighty One and the Only True Love.
We are moving in a Holy Sanctuary all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't that I N C R E D I B L E?
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This Holy of Holies has one place which He cannot enter unless invited. A human heart!
 12月13日 Time is short. Life is soooooooooooo short. Before you even realize your time on Earth will come to an end.
What are you spending this most precious time on? Maybe you are desperately looking for love. You may be sad that others do not love you strong enough. You may be concentrated on your own pain so much that you may close the doors of your heart for them. Instead of loving the first you are licking your own spiritual wounds ,like a dog, and telling everyone around of your pains and sorrows. Or perhaps you are so busy with yourself and your own family that earning money and consumption take out all your time and energy. Satisfied and self-content you waste your time counting your money. In the evening you sit down in front of your beloved TV and spend hours there eating hamburgers in your cosy sofa.
You see there are so many people who are waiting so much for your love. Look around and open up your eyes. In fact, if you look well ,you may see a whole army of people hungry for love, hungry for true love.
How are you going to spend your most precious time that is left for you?
When you see Jesus face to face to give report of your life will you tell him of all those hamburgers you have eaten as a couch potato? Will you complain about others and how little they loved you? Think about it.
 12月10日
'What else can I do for You my Lord and my Love?'
'What else can I do for you my Child and my Love?'
You see, God has done it all for you and me; all the creation is there to teach us praise and worship Him. He rules with Love, Power, Wisdom and Mercy, all for you and me. More than that He has offered His Son to save you and me from Hell . He laid upon that Pure Innocent Lamb all the sin and dirt of our souls and the highest price for sin, that is death, was thus paid. All your and my sins were washed away with His holy blood (holy Love). Great news: the gates of Heaven were opened up wide for you and me.
The Holy Spirit is still there for you, to lead you to Father's kingdom, to this Only Kingdom of Love. He will do anything , well actually He will do everything to help you get there. Some of these things He is going to do you will not understand or like at first but they are all for your and my good.
What are you going to do for your Merciful, Caring and Loving God in return???  12月5日
The Cross has an ugly packaging. Yes, speaking in commercial terms of our contemporary times the Cross looks repulsive. But that seemingly disgusting Cross, associated with enormous pain and suffering, carries the One who loved you and me beyond His own life. It holds the One who took upon Himself all my and your fault, all my dirt, sin and misery and offered His agony for your and my salvation so that you and I can be God's children again. What great Love that Cross holds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love greater than death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love stronger than anything else.
Love that stands it all, never fades and never rejects!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What most magnificent contents that hideous Cross has!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 11月26日 In 1990 I was working as a volunteer with some handicapped teenagers and in that year the Pope came to Poland with a pilgrimage. With a group of the disabled I went to take part in one of the meetings with John Paul II. It was in Lomza, close to Byelorussian boundary where, in a cathedral, the Pope had gathered to pray together with some representatives of other Christian churches, mainly from Russia and former USSR republics. The cathedral was too small for everyone to enter so only those with invitations stood inside. Together with my group I was outside listening attentively and praying. When the Pope left the church I saw him walking about 20 meters away from me and heading for his car. Although it seemed a bit crazy for me I just stretched out my hand towards him. But seeing I was the only person in my place doing so I had very little hope for him to notice me and react. But to my enormous surprise that humble VIP noticed me, and did not ignore me but ,on the contrary, he started walking towards me and when our hands met in one great shake of love I was numb with happiness. He went on to bless the other people who were there around me. But you know what surprised me most???? When I was holding his hand I had a feeling I was holding a great cloud of light and love. Yes, a walking cloud of LOVE. Hard to explain or hard to compare it to anything but that man's aura was full of actual, almost physical light, warmth and delicacy. That man was an actual representative; he seemed a real messenger of God's love.
Never again have I met such an angel!!!!!!!!! Such was this humble servant of all and one of the most important VIPs of this world. A great pope, a great man and a great Pole!!!!!
 11月23日 How come God is everywhere if we cannot see Him? How come air is everywehere if we cannot see it?
Padre Pio , a great mystic who had many visions of God ,said God the Father is the Light that fills it all. He added that now our souls are still too blind to see this Light well once our eyes recover we will see clearly as he once said. However, meanwhile God still lets us experience His presence and Love when we search for Him with all our strength and with lowered hearts.
Since this Holy Presence surrounds us so much have you ever wondered that you actually move in God although you do not see Him? Have you ever tried to imagine this caring, loving, personal Presence that fills it all.????
Why don't you go for a walk but a different one from all that you have ever gone for??? This time , preferably in some quiet place , every step you take try to remember that you actually move in Him. Visualise it. Open up your soul .Let your every fibre be filled by this Magnificient Presence. Feel amazed!!!! Do try and be blessed!!!!
I have had such walks several times and every time there came so much peace, joy, reflection, thankfulness and happiness into me. Although I did not see it I was actually walking in heaven by faith. Yes, beacuse where there is God there is Heaven.
God bless you today!!!!
 11月21日 Have I done everything today to praise the Lord with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, even with my whole body ??? If I have not praised Him all that time whom have I worshiped??? He never rejects me, He never stops loving me, he always listens to me, He always gives me the best He can, He always cares and He always has time for me. Do I also give Him the best I have or just some 'rotten' leftovers??? Even if I all have for Him is like leftovers I am so amazed He still loves me and does not scorn me. Our Lord is so good. That makes me feel like praising Him more and more!!!!
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