Sunday 20 November 2022
Happiness.
Happiness
“Happiness
is a journey not a destination, work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve
never been hurt, and dance like no one’s looking.” Author Buddha
We all
want happiness, we all want our children, families, and friends to be happy.
When
we feel as though we have failed in life or failed at life, ok that is a little
harsh. Instead, when things aren’t going the way we want them, or it’s simply
not working in our favor and when we are at our lowest all we want to do is runaway,
hideaway or just be alone in silence, switching off the noise to one hectic world
we all live in.
We
have spoken about liberation and salvation and now that we are saved and freed
how do we plan on living our lives? Do we strive for happiness? Do we wake up
with a grateful heart that is thankful for everyone and everything one may have
in their life? I can honestly say that I don’t always wake up like that because
sometimes I dread the day I may have.
Let me
go back to the word fail, I know that deep down I am not a failure. Life is
hard, and if life is a journey, it is one bloody hell of a journey, please
excuse my language and forgive me.
But
that is what we must come to understand that happiness is a journey not a
destination. It’s something we must work on and practice every day of our
lives. You know, I love this time of year; I love how enthusiastic I can be
when it comes to decorating the house or the amount of cooking, I do and not forgetting
to mention how I love buying new outfits to wear for Christmas Eve mass and
Christmas Day.
So,
why am I not happy?
Nobody
stops me from being happy, the only person stopping me is me.
Am I
terrified?
Am I
planning appropriately?
Who am
I waiting on to make me happy?
This week
we wait on the Lord, but I say we don’t have to wait for he already walks among
us so let us rejoice and be glad for he is the one who is to come.
Matthew
11:4-6
Jesus
answered, ‘Go back and tell John what you hear and see; the blind sees again,
and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are
raised to life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the
man who does not lose faith in me.’
So, don’t
lose faith, happy are those who believe, and trust in God. Have confidence in
knowing that one day we will see again, we will walk again, we will be cleansed,
we will hear again, and we will be raised to life eternally with our Savior
Jesus Christ.
Happiness
comes in different shapes and sizes, I say to you all stay awake, be alert and
appreciate the small things and be happy because God shows up when we least
expect it. Never forget that God shows up and that is what makes my soul happy
and complete.
Thank you,
God.
John
15:11
I have
told you this so that my own joy may be in you and your joy be complete.
May
God Bless Always, Women of Faith and Hope by My Mother Rose.
Written
and created by Katie Robinson
Friday 18 November 2022
Promise Tree Day Eight
Genesis
37:31-33, 50:15-20
Our
God is good, celebrate Women of Faith and Hope by My Mother Rose.
May
God Bless Always,
Written
and created by Katie Robinson
Promise Tree Day Seven
Genesis
28:10-22
God
always provides for us; he provides what we need when we need it.
May
God Bless Always, Women of Faith and Hope by My Mother Rose.
Written
and created by Katie Robinson
Promise Tree Day Six
Genesis
22:1-14
His
sacrifice taught us to be good, to love, to honor and to serve one another with
great joy and peace in our hearts.
May
God Bless Always, Women of Faith and Hope by My Mother Rose.
Written
and created by Katie Robinson
Promise Tree Day Five
Genesis
21:1-7
Promise
is a huge word, so many in bible trusted in God’s words. Why did they trust so
much in God’s promises? Is it because they believed, and had faith? Why do we
sometimes struggle to believe that God will keep his promises?
I was
thinking about this that God does keep his word and he does show up I suppose
we need to be more alert and awake to recognize the promises in the little things.
May
God Bless Always, Women of Faith and Hope by My Mother Rose.
Written
and created by Katie Robinson
Promise Tree Day Four
May God Bless Always, Women of Faith and Hope by My Mother Rose
Promise Tree Day Three
2 Corinthians
5:17
And
for anyone who is in Christ there is a new creation; the old creation has gone,
and now the new one is here.
May God Bless Always, Women of Faith and Hope by My Mother Rose
Written and created by Katie Robinson
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Promise Tree Day Two
Genesis 3:5-7
Salvation
Salvation
Acts 16:30-31
And escorted them out
saying, ‘sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ They told him, ‘Become a believer
in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, and your household too.’
Salvation is where we
are set free and delivered from harm, danger, or any possible risk of being injured.
However, considering what salvation means in the bible or in the life of a
Christian we receive salvation and deliverance from the consequence of our sins.
It is also an act of forgiveness for our sins, a new beginning, a fresh start.
According to Acts 2:21
and Romans 10:13, all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved. I believe
that to be good news, don’t you? It is our faith and hope in God, it is loving our
God with all our heart, our soul, our strength, our mind, our neighbors, and ourselves
that we will one day inherit eternal life and the gift of salvation Luke
10:25-28.
How do we ensure that we
will be delivered and set free?
Remember what we are
taught, keep growing in love, in your faith, never lose hope and as St Paul prays
to the Philippians 1:9-10, May the love we have for one another increase more
and more. Always improving on our knowledge, deepening our perception so that we
can always recognize what is best. This will help us to become pure and blameless
and prepare us for the Day of Christ.
Because one day we all
will see the salvation of God.
Luke 3:4-6
As it is written in the
book of the sayings of the prophet Isaiah:
A voice cries in the
wilderness:
Prepare a way for the
Lord,
Make his paths
straight.
Every valley will be
filled in,
Every mountain and hill
be laid low,
Winding ways will be straightened,
and rough roads made smooth:
And all mankind shall
see the salvation of God.
May God Bless Always,
Women of Faith and Hope
by My Mother Rose.
Written and created by
Katie Robinson
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