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Morning Offering given
Village waking
Coffee okay
Blessed Yvetta(Jutta) of Huy teaches us to avoid self-pity and to search for God’s presence in our adversity. I pray for the courage and strength to overcome life’s setbacks and difficulties as I find comfort, strength, and renewal in God.
Meditations for Each Day pg. 16: Heaven Faith teaches us that the soul which is in the state of grace (condition of a person who is free of mortal sin and is pleasing to God) and has expiated (atoned) all the temporal punishments due to its sins, goes immediately to Heaven when it is separated from the body.
Scripture Readings (yesterday’s and today’s)
Cultivating a Quiet Heart
•Day 12 James 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.f
•Day 13 Proverbs 16:24 Pleasing words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the taste and invigorating to the bones.
New Beginnings
•Day 12 Isaiah 65:17 * See, I am creating new heavens and a new earth; The former things shall not be remembered nor come to mind.e
•Day 13 Ezekiel 11:19 h And I will give them another heart and a new spirit I will put within them. From their bodies I will remove the hearts of stone, and give them hearts of flesh,
Good Morning!
Life is back to normal today. Sorry, I missed blogging yesterday. I left in the early morning hours and didn’t return until early evening. Hopefully, you continued on without me. If not, I added yesterday’s readings today.
Did I tell you that I found the Catholic Bible (Personal Study Edition), New American Bible (2nd Edition) (The Essential Resource for Scripture Students) published by Oxford, (at Thrift Books) for under $5.00? It is used, with no writing in it, but has a few wrinkled pages and a cracked spine. I unwrinkled the pages and fixed the spine. This bible has everything you could possibly need in your scripture studies. Maps, reading guides, glossary, etc. This has been an excellent purchase.
Today: dentist for my regular 6-month check, 1 copy job, and a clean-up of the office (total disaster area) on the to-do list. If I could/would just learn to PUT THINGS BACK/AWAY after using them, life would be much easier.
The new year changes are wobbly to say the least. It is so hard to change old habits and create new ones. Old habits seem to fall into place before one has a chance to even think of implementing the new.
Know you are prayed for.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 