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So, I am posting a lot.. Have you noticed?! In times of anxiousness and unrest I continue to seek truth, as I find some of my favorites I just can't help but share them with you :)

Today God is revealing to me that He does not play favorites, He loves unconditionally, He gives all of Himself, if we seek Him... this is the definition of who He is, the great I AM.

I have probably shared this with most of you, it is written on my heart. Hopefully this prayer blesses you the way it has me for many years...

Saint Theresa’s Prayer

May today there be peace within

May you trust God that you are exactly where you need to be

May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born in faith

May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you

May you be confident knowing you are a child of God

Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise, and love…

It is there for each and every one of us!

--Amen

Luke 23: 39-47

One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.

The centurion [the Roman soldier "in charge" of the execution], seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man."

For you, for me

"He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less."
— C.S. Lewis

ASK!!!

God hears our prayers, He responds to them and He is deeply invested in the desire of our hearts.

When I truly grasp this, when I live from the reality of His promise and devotion to me it changes everything. I no longer feel alone.

Luke 11:9-11

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks the door will be opened. “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Sprit to those who ask him!”