02.05.2025

5°F ESE12mph SR0714 SS1720

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee good

Today
-Read Psalm 40-42
–Day 4 – Our Lady of Lourdes Novena
-RIAY Day 36 – The Kingdom and the Gospel
-Memory Verse – none today, however, I would like you to open your bible and highlight the verses on the list. As you do this say them out loud. I use a special highlight color for memory verses so I do this routinely when I see them as I read the bible.

We successfully finished reading the Book of Job yesterday. We will continue to read Psalms. I don’t know about you but the Rosary podcast has really touched me and the way I look at the Rosary. We are now in the monthly theme of the Holy Family. My hope is that you are finding your family in the process. We get so wrapped up in living that we let our spiritual life die. In allowing this to happen we are watching eternal life slip away. Oh, I know baptism, believing, confirmation, good soul, etc… but how can those be “true and vibrant” without a relationship with Jesus. I can sit here all day and tell you my thoughts but, I fail daily in my relationship with Christ. I still fully rely on ME first, when I should fully rely on Christ FIRST. There is so much work left to do with my soul. Much more work left to do with my humanness.

Yesterday I found a bible in a wooden box that had been given to the family of a deceased military man back in 1999. The Catholic Bible inside the box had never been opened. For 25 years the words of wisdom given us by God had not been read. The Bible is a tool to [be used in] helping you in your relationship with Christ. Inside can be found his family history, his hope and dreams for you, his willingness to give up his life for you, and a blueprint on how you can give your life to/for him.

Know you are prayed for.