1. Prayer Life....the central most important part of our day....this is the fertilizer to the ground for all we look to accomplish.....it is our Prayer Life that plugs us in to God....it fills our cup....it soothes and heals as only Our Creator can......it clarifies what is important to do that day...it is joy giving....strengthening....correcting....teaching....loving....healing....life giving....the list is endless...so let's look at the first and most important part of any moment in our lives....prayer...including things like...spiritual reading...talking to God...Bible....Mass....silence....a good book on the life of a saint...the Divine Office...Confession....Worship music....the list goes on and on....take some time to look at this today, so the next week can get even better....
2. Actions: This is a direct result of number one. We can make a list of things to do in a day...but if we pray first...that list might be very different....God's will for us differs from our own...He will surely include self care, reaching to those in need, motivation, and very creative things we might not have done or thought of on our own. We are all here for a purpose...we may understand some of the purpose, but logically we cannot understand it all. God, who made us...has something very important for us to do while here on this earth. So let's really re-evaluate our Lenten Journey with Him...seeking His Counsel, His Guidance, His Wisdom, His Perfect Will, and have courage to follow that counsel and do life His Way!
These are the two....prayer life coincides with Jesus' Words, "Love the Lord Your God"...and Actions with "Love your neighbor as yourself"....
till next time....let's read this Scripture and apply it to our lives...Mark 12:28-34
a very fruitful and blessed Lent to all of us! (click on one post subject line....ck below, something new.....there is a comment box at the end of each blog if you are interested..i have to preview and approve any comments, before they are published... and if you scroll all the way down, you can subscribe to this blog on your email by putting your email address in the box at the bottom of the page...you will be notified every time i write...God bless!)
28 One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
29Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!30You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’31The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”32The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, ‘He is One and there is no other than he.’33And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”34And when Jesus saw that [he] answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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