When: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:00 AM to Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Words written in red; Words of Jesus
Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her."
Luke 10: 38 – 42
It is not in human nature to deceive others for any long time, without in a measure deceiving ourselves also.
— John Henry Cardinal Newman
Abba, Father, Lord God, thankful, humble, my mind is a wonder, while I wrestle to stay conscious in each moment feeling for what Jesus would do and thinking with feeling. While today’s readings from Jeremiah and Psalms remind me of all the questions I have, it is clear that like my forefathers I too tend to be more conscious, more aware of my need to be connected and be present with You when faced with the reality of the toll my sins have on me, in that as I have done and failed to do with and to others, so I have done and failed to do myself. The result is as Cardinal Newman states ‘I have deceived myself’; for sin as we think about it and have been taught it, isn’t just being disobedient to You, and causing pain in others, while only thinking of what I may want first and or above all at that unconscious moment, sin is at its source not my nature and despite what my human form may lead me to think as it has been shaped by my experiences under the sun, and my human nature is not my nature for what is natural and is what is true to my source. Thus that which I do against my nature and contrary to my source, sin, affects me most. I know what I believe, and I believe what I know, my faith is that process of believing and knowing and knowing and believing; this I know and believe that only in and through Jesus can I heal myself; help me Abba Father, in Jesus name complete the healing process and help me move to that next state of consciousness where I am my source and think, talk and walk accordingly in every way, with everything. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, I lift up in pray my love ones traveling, in pain and needing comfort. For the sake of His sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world, 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!
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