by Inspiration | Sep 25, 2023 | Archives, Featured, Relationship
Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you get a… Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you get a closer look you will notice something quite interesting… One of the horses is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down but has made him a safe and comfortable barn to live in. This alone is pretty amazing. But if you stand nearby and listen, you will hear the sound of a bell. It is coming from a smaller horse in the field. Attached to the horse’s halter is a small, copper-coloured bell. It lets the blind friend know where the other horse is, so he can follow. As you stand and watch these two friends you’ll see that the horse with the bell is always checking on the blind horse, and that the blind horse will listen for the bell and then slowly walk to where the other horse is, trusting he will not be led astray. When the horse with the bell returns to the shelter of the barn each evening, he will stop occasionally
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by Inspiration | Sep 24, 2023 | Archives, Attitude, Featured
The famed German writer Goethe offered a list of nine requisites for contented living. They are as timely now as they were when he wrote them 200 years ago. “Health… The famed German writer Goethe offered a list of nine requisites for contented living. They are as timely now as they were when he wrote them 200 years ago. “Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbour. Love enough to move you to be useful to others. Faith enough to make the real things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.” Goethe showed wisdom in these thoughts, perhaps especially in the use of the word “enough.” Often we seek something more, when contentment could come with gratitude for having enough. There is great gain in godliness with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. – 1 Timothy 6:6-7 “Grace me with contentment, Jesus, for after all I do have everything in You.” — By Fr. John Catoir You will succeed in Jesus Name! Also
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by Inspiration | Sep 23, 2023 | Archives, Featured, Spiritual Growth
More Than A Touch “Are you Brother Bo?” asked the nervous fiftyish woman. I was peacefully seated, waiting for the prayer meeting to start when this frenzied lady appeared before… More Than A Touch “Are you Brother Bo?” asked the nervous fiftyish woman. I was peacefully seated, waiting for the prayer meeting to start when this frenzied lady appeared before me. “Uh…gee…,” I stammered, “I don’t know. What will you do to me if I say yes?” “Oh my gosh! You are him!” she cried aloud. She started jumping up and down, her hands shaking. “Ma’am, whatever you’re accusing me of, I didn’t do it!” “Brother Bo, I’m Liza, and ever since I read KERYGMA, I’ve always dreamt of seeing you face-to-face… and here you are! Oh my goodness…” her breath caught in her throat, “I think I’m going to die!” “No please, don’t! Not here! They’ll think I did it.” “Brother Bo, can I just touch you?” “What?!” “Just one slight tiny touch,” she pleaded, “perhaps your holiness will rub off on me…” Her trembling forefinger was now poised aloft, ready to touch me on my right shoulder. Believe me, I had never felt so creepy in my entire life. Suddenly, I felt like an ancient relic being venerated. I stood up abruptly. “I’m afraid that’s not possible, Liza.”
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by Inspiration | Sep 22, 2023 | Archives, Attitude, Featured
In the years since Mrs Baughman class, I have struggled with giving and priorities, But whenever I recall the “Crummy Sunday School Lesson”, I know who should and must always come first in my life!
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by Inspiration | Sep 21, 2023 | Archives, Featured, Relationship
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.
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