When: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:00 AM to Friday, July 04, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Words written in red; Words of Jesus
Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe." Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."
John 20: 24 – 29
Look what God is doing with nothing. People must believe that it is all his, all his. We must allow God to use us, without adding or subtracting anything.
— Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Abba, Father, Lord God, I count myself blessed in so many ways, especially when I feel the ones I love notice Your work within me. For next to You, Jesus and the Holy Spirit I seek to be for them all that they need me to be and available to be it. And while there are many times when I lose what I am in myself as I have been, I know the Spirit is there telling and reminding me of what Jesus has taught and revealed to me about myself, You and the Trinity. So even in my strife I can find reassurance if I stay connected and available to You. This is such a blessed process and I am ever thankful that You would love me enough to be there with what I need and always available when I need it to show me how I must be. O that You would bless me and my love ones over there next few weeks as we travel and look forward to being together, that You hand would be with each of us to enlarge our territory, keep us from evil and causing pain. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:
The Art of Presence By: Eckhart Tolle In The Art of Presence, Eckhart guides you through seven hours of transformational insights that allow "presence to naturally arise" in you. With his one-of-a-kind instruction, you will learn how to ground yourself in the vibrancy of your "inner body" while simultaneously breaking free from the illusion of separation from the outside world.
The Brain That Changes Itself: Personal Triumphs from the Frontiers of Brain Science (Unabridged) By: Norman Doidge The discovery that our thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains – even into old age – is the most important breakthrough in neuroscience in four centuries.
The Shack Mackenzie Allen Philips’ youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack’s world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You’ll want everyone you know to read this book!
One Walk 