MAYFLOWER's Blog

                   There comes a time in our life when we realize:
                               who matters,
                                                who never did,
                                                       
        who won't anymore...
                                                       
                              and who alway's will.
                       So, don't worry about people in your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.
Alway's keep your heart with the Lord. No matter what others think, it is their loss...

                      Remember, it is not to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

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Remember what St. John says: "If our heart condemn us, God is stronger than our heart." The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is a particular sin in your conscience, repent and confess it. If there isn't the despondent devil not to be silly. You can't help hearing his voice( the odious inner radio), but you must treat it merely like a buzzing in your ears or any other irrational nuisance.
Remember the story in the Imitation, how Christ on the crucifix suddenly spoke to the monk who was anxious about his salvation and said, "If you knew that all was well, what would you do, today, do or stop doing?" When you have found the answer, do it or stop doing it.
You see, one must always get back to the practical and definate. What the devil loves is that vague cloud of unspecified guilt feeling or unspecified virtue by which he lures us into despair or presumption.

The sense of dereliction cannot be a bad symptom, or Our Lord Himself experienced it in it's debth---"Why must you forsaken me?"

"The Son of Man* is the farmer who plants the good seed. The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one. The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world., and the harvesters are the angels.
"Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will be removed from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. And the angels will throw them into fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!

Sometimes were faced with several options, and we don't know which way to go. In Psalms 25, David asked God for guidance. Perhaps he remembered when, as a shepard boy, he had to be show the right path to his sheep who were wondering away.
  Just  as he knew which path would lead him to safety for his sheep. God knew the path that would lead to everlasting life. Just as those sheep that looked to him for direction were in the least danger, so David knew he needed to look to God for direction.

Today, God still leads us by his truth---his written word and his Spirit, which helps us to understand it. Are you not sure which path to take?
Pray as David did and read what God has already said in his written Word. He will show you the right road to follow.

Bombing from Russia leaves military bases and homes in the U.S. ally smoldering. Americans are asked to leave due to the bombing in Georgia. It is said there are 170 Americans in that country.

It was an amazing opening in Beijing. They went all out for the Olympics. I watched as all the nations entered the gate. And the most amazing sight was when America entering the gate, and how proud, and how many. It was breathtaking to see.