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I clicked on an 8 min talk “Being Loved in Our Vulnerability” reminding me of the VHS  “8 Minute Abs”. Fr. Eric defined an imperfect person: Someone who is in the process of becoming the person God has called him/her to be.  He defines The Gospel as the help for people becoming the persons God has called them to be.  https://youtu.be/0Nglmfir1rw  I had never heard The Gospel put that way, and I wrote it down.   I met John 15:26 today.  This is the clip Father Eric references in his message.  https://youtube.com/shorts/VNDn6QzLb1Y?feature=share I particularly liked his helper who could bring him the spirit of truth was his wife. 

Someone today told me I looked familiar.  I was somewhere where I was Aug ‘21 in the same pants, same shirt, same hat, same hairstyle with the same friend with a group of very same people at a same event. The woman was a mother of a daughter winning her victory from breast cancer.  Jeremiah 29:11 was written on another’s daughter’s hands in stage IV.  I have been asking, “What is hope?” And I heard the answer finally come in tonight’s Rosary episode… (10/30/22 “Hope is the certainty of God’s promises.” The priest gave an example of the law of physics, and he dropped a pen.  Did the pen drop? The pen dropped.  If the pen didn’t drop we’d be in trouble.  I asked myself what would the trouble be? Doubt.  Why are we certain of God’s promises he asks, because the guarantor is more than gravity or the law of physics, the guarantor is God. I liked the Rosary’s title…Prayer is an Adventure with Jesus.” What I liked about the Rosary last night was its timing. ...

“I want you to unlearn violating your spiritual discipline and boundaries that the Holy Spirit has helped you establish so that you can please people.  You have become a version of yourself they can digest at the expense of suffocating your own authenticity.” - Jerry Flowers, Jr. I heard that today, and I had to write it down as a definition of inauthenticity that, in my opinion, says it most right for the sake of authenticity.  I liked this quote by one of the Saints:

Someone texted me to, “READ”.  I replied to the person’s spirit of demand in the spirit of prayer. While in prayer, my mom gave me a link.  Coincidentally, the link’s message was to “Read Ephesians 4”. I received Ephesians 4.  I know I did NOT make the Holy Spirit of God sad with my reply, but I cannot speak with confidence my reply made the person happy.  In my opinion, withstanding people’s reaction to my obedience is hard enough. (November 4, 2022 I came across a quote I agreed with:  “Real love is demanding.  I would fail in my mission if I did not tell you so. Love demands a personal commitment to the will of God.” John Paul II)

When it comes to authentic knowledge of God, in my opinion, the Saints are a great resource, too.  Jesus and His mother Mary’s relationship is The Way, and the Saints are like your friends walking beside you following Jesus.  Their conversation is good.  St. Theresa of Avila said the biggest mistake most people make is they think; she said one of the biggest mistakes people think is, "When I am holy enough, the Lord will be present to me."  A Capuchin Franciscan said it best, "The Lord is always with us, we are the ones who are not with Him because of our distractedness."   For me a recollectedness is inundating myself with my own thoughts.  I told a neighbor’s sister once it takes me a lot of time being alone; she replied, “You are so beautiful.” I was not expecting her response, and the message caught me off guard.  I received her compliment.  I am not anti-social, like my mom noticed about me - I can be alone.   In deepest terms of me conf...

I buttoned my jeans up yesterday for the first time in 8 weeks.   While I was cooling my workout down today, the child’s version of 2 Peter 1:5-8 circled back to the forefront of my mind,  and I heard Wilson Phillips.   …and to your self-control, add the ability to hold on… Mom sewed handles for each of our childhood Bibles. 

May we all stay out of the way of God’s Plan by being obedient to His voice and protecting each other in His ways.  The title of this Rosary episode is good for thought:  https://youtu.be/LJ9ypVbNo9Q 

Matt was taking a shower one night, and I was carrying on still behind him like a puppy. I could hear him lighting up behind the curtain when I used the word provision in the context I did.   I know that I know I have known I’ve said something right when Matt “lights” up.  And then I heard it seriously echoed… https://youtu.be/G_yCq15shPQ

One reason he is my most favorite priest is because he’s expressive; you can hear his shyness in saying what he is certain we all feel about it.  https://youtube.com/shorts/gS_RwtfoM_I?feature=share One way I have been disciplined with God is simply listening to myself tell Him how I honestly feel in moments instead of preparing my own argument; one way I Psalm 46:10. As my dad would say:  Whole-ass it, don’t it half-ass.

 "I think you will have what you need to either begin/speed up the process of (authentically) experiencing God in the real world of life.” Dr. Evans' thought on 2 Peter 1 who he says is writing in concern for the Faithful, not in concern with winning lost souls.  I’d never heard Dr. Evans begin with “I think…” so I paid careful attention, and his message sounds quiet like that. I like it so far…  https://youtu.be/0v0BTNUKq6o

I had a tiny victory last night.  I did stop the 47 minute indoor walking video at 15:39 minutes.  The intersection at my little voice telling me what my body told it, "Emily, you need to stop here" and previewing the Wacky Jack to come is where I stopped.  I was happy my chosen stop was at 15:39 minutes - my completion goal was 15 minutes, I felt like I completed 15 minutes, and when I checked, the stopwatch was just shy after 15 minutes.  I'm ready to strength train, and I know the way there is respecting what my body is telling me while it is asking for something it needs from me.  To listen. Matt called my rib fractures  the best thing that could have happened for the state my right arm was in.   My right arm had become as debilitated as it had been before surgical repair, and I remember the challenge it was to find the surgeon who was convinced it was time for surgical repair.  I had to remind the orthopedic surgeon to release my trigger...

I found a workout trail from someone who asked, “Fell off your workouts?” I answered her, “Ya, I fell off my workouts when I fell off a stool.”  Matt asked me if it was me who told him I tried Sit and Be Fit…guilty.  I was a child, though.  I am only 11 minutes into this indoor walking workout  https://youtu.be/vJS9a1mpYGw , making modifications as I go, and my body is already reminding me it has asked for 8 weeks of patience.  I’ve had liposuction before, but I have never been told what to do by my body like this before.  It is a new experience.   I am grateful for this blog.   One way I am grateful my mom and my first year teaching prinicipal encouraged me to start a blog is: It stopped me from making a bad decision.  The video is 47 minutes long.  I will stop at 15 minutes.

If returning good for evil was convenient everyone would be doing it, right? In my opinion, the good to give is created in the connection of the giver with The Holy Spirit, and while good’s intention is universal, ie faithful, the good the giver returns is individual for every receiver.  https://youtu.be/JzZVoVZZzNU Psalm 19  came to me this morning; my relationship especially with the prayer of Psalm 19:14 has always felt deep and even deeper as I have worked in developing my speaking voice.  (March 4, 2023 I heard my thoughts I wrote echoed today -  https://youtu.be/R4paslrR9Cw ) 

Truth’s goal is to be true. -Dr. Tony Evans https://youtu.be/JJpocrW_lQk

Evil’s goal is for the truth to be contaminated. - Dr. Tony Evans   One of the things I enjoy when listening to Dr. Evans speak about something that is meant to go over our heads is the audience’s silence.  In that silence, you can hear someone who knows the truth.  https://youtu.be/AEmHnZNM-Xc    Dr. Evans : If you don’t have the truth, you may have to settle for being a slave. Audience Member : uhoh  What is the truth? A knowable absolute standard by which reality is measured. - Dr. Evans How do you know if you really know the truth? You find yourself being released freed by it. - Dr. Evans I also like how Dr. Evans anticipates your question.  I remember not always having questions in class, but I remember more, hardly ever raising my hand.  When I did have a question, mostly about assignments, I had a patience with my question.  I hoped the teacher would answer my question in the explanation, I hoped the teacher would repeat the important...

“You know it’s your time when God connects your spiritual preparation with spiritual warfare.” - Dr. Tony Evans I gave someone I intuited to be intelligent the advice, find people you can agree with not so much people who agree with you.  I not only thought he was intelligent, I intuited he was a good listener, too.  I am glad my mom introduced me to Tony Evans.  I can agree with Dr. Evans on the truth of the matter and the matter of truth.  What do I think “connects” means?  God allows the temptation. What do I think happens in the connection?  God sends provision for us to receive for the victory; God protects us.   October 7, 2022 What do we become in the victory?   I like how Dr. Tony Evans put it, here,  https://youtu.be/2dQZj99IGm4   .  We become blessed to be a blessing, and blessing is not what the world leads it on to be.  I agree with the terms Dr. Evans defines blessing.  I agree God gives, but I disag...