I'm Ready!

Yesterday when I picked up Jackie from school, her teacher was very excited.  She said Jackie had a wonderful day and when her teacher Heather asked her "Are you ready?"  that Jackie actually replied correctly... "I'm ready!".

Now you may ask what's the big deal?  Jackie does not talk in complete sentences and she will "parrot" the last word of the sentence.  Jackie would respond to Heather's request with either no response at all, just a stare or just repeating the last word heard... "ready".  So, this was a first for Jackie to respond "I'm ready."

A question to all of us... "Are you ready?"  

Jesus is coming soon.  Are we ready?  Truly ready?  Jackie says...

"I'm ready!"

She most certainly is!

Praise God!

Have a Blessed Day and stay ready!

Gratitude...

It's all in the Attitude!

We've been very busy with life in general and also with preparing and doing some planting in our garden.  

Jackie and I are still experiencing static shocks.  On Sunday I got a shock from ground beef sitting on a plastic plate!  I was telling my son, Bryan about getting a "snap" from his hamburger-in-the-making and he said that he's been getting some "pokes" lately too.

He is a nurse tech and he said the night prior at work he was pushing a patient through the hallway along with his IV pole.  When he touched the automatic door opener he received a rather large shock that traveled through him and shut down the IV machine he was holding onto.  He said it actually hurt!  They had to plug the IV machine in for a recharge for the battery was totally "dead".  They all were "shocked"!  They had never seen that before!  Now that is being "supercharged!"  Something strange is going on.

I also want to tell of what happened to me last night.  I know that many of us have lots of aches and pains.  I've been waking up feeling like I'm 99 instead of 56!  But, over the last couple months my right arm has been bothering me a lot.  Sometimes I have a hard time lifting my arm and need to assist it with my left arm. It's not a real big deal, mostly a nuisance.  However, last night I awoke in the night with pain radiating up and down my right arm.  Pretty severe pain.

It did not matter how I positioned myself or how much I massaged it, it really ached to the point that I most certainly could not go back to sleep.  After dealing with it awhile I asked Father God if He would please take away the pain for I was very tired and the pain was not letting me sleep.  Within seconds the pain was totally gone!  Gone!  I then went on to a peaceful sleep.

I thanked Father God over and over again.  I sensed that I heard... "I am here for you."  And upon getting out of bed in the morning I heard one word... " Gratitude!"

Actually the word "Gratitude" has been placed upon my heart a lot lately.  I've been working on being thankful no matter what the circumstances.  Not so easy to do sometimes!

In the morning while in the car with Jackie driving to school we thank Father God for everything He has done for us and everything He continues to do daily.  We praise His name!  Jackie has been doing a lot better at school lately, and for that we are truly grateful!

While thinking upon these things and how grateful I was that Father had taken away the pain in my arm last night, I randomly opened "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young to page 215 it read as follows...

"Thankfulness opens the door to My Presence.   Though I am always with you, I have gone to great measures to preserve your freedom of choice.  I have placed a door between you and Me, and I have empowered you to open or close that door.  There are many ways to open it, but a grateful attitude is one of the most effective.

Thankfulness is built on a substructure of trust.  When thankful words stick in your throat, you need to check up on your foundation of trust.  When thankfulness flows freely from your heart and lips, let your gratitude draw you closer to Me.  I want you to learn the art of giving thanks in all circumstances.  See how many times you can thank Me daily; this will awaken your awareness to a multitude of blessings.  It will also cushion the impact of trials when they come against you.  Practice My Presence by practicing the discipline of thankfulness." End

WoW!  What a confirmation for me!  When I woke up this morning I heard the word "Gratitude" and then when I was going to start this post I felt led to entitle it "Gratitude"  then to open up to the above passage was amazing!

When we ask for a healing and if it is according to Father's will it happens... sometimes immediately.  Sometimes we ask and we are not healed, or at least not right away.  We are all in the process of His healing His way every day.

Father knows best. 

 Help us Father to be thankful in all circumstances.

Help us Father to have an Attitude of Gratitude.

Thy will be done. 

God Bless!

"...And as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride, so shall your God rejoice in you."

Isaiah 62:5

"I rejoice heartily in the Lord; in my God is the joy of my soul.  For He has clothed me with a robe of salvation, and wrapped me in a mantle of justice. Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, like a bride bedecked with her jewels."
Isaiah 61:10

Come...

"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."

Luke 11:9

I Will Pluck Them Out!

My brother and his wife and family live in an area on the east coast that is not safe.  When we begin to worry, we then remember what we've been told when there is danger...

"They're safe" and "I will pluck them out!" 

We entrust our loved ones into the palms of God's hand. 

They are safe.

  

We are worry free.

  

The Pearl of Great Price

Like the beach after the tide
 are the opportunities of each new day.

The wise beachcomber looks only for those things that are precious.

"Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant, seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price,
went and sold all that he had and bought it."
Matthew 13:45-46

Christ of The Abyss

"To swim on the surface of the ocean is to be subject to the passing storms.  Swim in the depths of My Love and mercy for you.  For at these depths I am in control."

(Random Rhema Word)

There are numerous undersea statues of Christ around the world named Christ of the Abyss.  Read more about it here... Christ of the Abyss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5oNrkh1uac

"Swim in the depths of My Love and mercy for you."

May God Be Gracious to Us and Bless Us

"May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His Face shine on us so that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.

May the peoples praise You, God; may all the peoples praise You.  May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth. May the peoples praise You, God; may all the peoples praise You.

The land yields it's harvest; God, our God blesses us.  May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear Him."

(Psalm 67)

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Christ The King of Everything!

For You Are My Strength

"I do not fear anything, although the storm is raging, and frightening lightening bolts strike all around me and I feel quite alone.  My trust grows, your grace upholds me.  With You Jesus, I go through life amid storms and rainbows with a cry of joy singing the song of Your Mercy."

(Sister Faustina Kowalska)

This morning while pondering the "Dark Night of the Soul" experience I had.  I sensed hearing...

"Satan was counting on your human weakness, however you came back even stronger.  You reached out to Me!"

Then shortly thereafter I came upon the above quote by Sister Faustina Kowalska, which for me was a confirmation. 

"Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy."

(Rhema word)

Give Me Jesus!

"The simplicity aspect of our life of contemplation makes us see the Face of God in everything,

everyone, everywhere, all the time and His Hand in all the happenings, and makes us do all that we do whether we think, study, work, speak, eat or take our rest in Jesus, With Jesus, For Jesus and to Jesus under the loving gaze of the Father, being totally available to Him in any form He may come to us."

(Rhema Word)

The Dark Night of The Soul

I have a couple more confirmations on my "Dark Night of the Soul" experience, which I explain in my post "You Reached Out To Me!", which I reposted below...

Go here... "Beauty In The Dark Night of The Soul" by Dannette "Diamonds from the Dust"  and here... "It Is A New Season of Favor! My Favor is Falling On What I Forged In The Fires of Adversity" by Lana Vawser.  Taking a quote from Lana Vawser...

"The Lord showed me that many faced fires that almost "took them out".  Many faced intense fires of adversity where the enemy came ferociously to steal, kill and destroy and many were left in that place of wondering whether they were ever going to make it out alive.  The fire was so intense, and the Lord showed me that these fires of adversity were some of the most intense battles of their life.  For many, they were fires that catapulted them into dark nights of the soul, others into a level of warfare they had never experienced..."

And another quote from Lana Vawser... "The Lord showed me that He was So Moved by the Faithfulness of many hearts towards Him in the fire.  When the enemy came so strongly, when everything was going crazy, and so much was shaken, lost or broken, their hearts remained Faithful to Jesus.  Their hands still lifted in Praise to Jesus for who He is.  In the intense fire and intense darkness, they still stood on His Word, they still held on, they still whispered His name in the night hours when terror surrounded.  His heart was moved." End

Wow!  What a confirmation of what I experienced!  Below I am reposting that post I made about the events of December 31, 2017 New Year's Eve...


You Reached Out To Me!

On December 31, 2017, New Year's Eve we had a little celebration planned with our family at home.  As the night progressed we started noticing some strange behaviors from our daughter Jackie, with Down Syndrome.  Quickly her behaviors worsened and then she became violently ill.  All through the night I dealt with puking and diarrhea.  We did not sleep a wink.  The next morning I told Nick we needed to bring her in the Ambulatory Care.  It was New Year's Day and there we were sitting at the emergency room.

They diagnosed her with Influenza A and prescribed Tamiflu.  I started her immediately on the medicine.  She continued to be sick and by the second day of medicine she started acting violently, compulsively, throwing things, destroying things.  We were awake all through the night and Jackie was acting as if she needed an excorcism.  It is hard to explain the radical change in her personality.   I was so tired that in exhaustion I dozed off only to awaken to her bedroom totally destroyed.

The next morning I called her doctor and they told us to bring her into the emergency room because it sounded as if she was having a bad reaction to the Tamiflu.  We went to the ER and they confirmed this notion and prescribed Xanax to settle her down until we could her into her regular doctor.  I saw on the news reports of other people experiencing this reaction with Tamiflu!

The Xanax helped, but she still acted strangely for many hours later.  Going into that night Jackie still did not sleep much and in my exhaustion I felt myself going into a deep, dark place.  All through that night I felt a heavy oppression.  A darkness that I have never felt before in all my life.  It was so heavy and depressing.  I felt as if I were condemned.  I felt that God had left me.  I cried out to Him, but could not feel His presence any longer.  I felt He abandoned me.  I felt myself slipping into a deep, dark wet pit.  I felt myself despairing.  I heard horrible whisperings of satan of how horrible I was.  Then suddenly, I heard in my spirit...

"Do not despair.  That is what Judas did.  Do not despair!"

It is truly hard to relate just how despairing this situation was.  But, throughout it all I cried out to Jesus.  Even though I felt that He had left me, I knew in my heart that He had not.  In the morning the darkness I was feeling began to lift.  However, I felt as if in a fog for a couple days later.  I kept turning on all the lights in the house because I felt like I couldn't get enough light in my eyes.  It was then impressed upon me to ask my mother to start praying everyday the prayer to our Blessed Mother, Untier of Knots.  The oppression was so thick, like a thick, dark cloud.  I myself had a hard time praying.  It took fervent prayers by my mother to break up the darkness.    

After the experience was over, I felt a little numb for some days later.  I sensed the Lord tell me that satan attacked me heavily.  What was truly amazing was I told my sister what happened and she stated that she went through something similar to this.  However, not quite as severe.  It was impressed upon me that satan knew that I was already weak and exhausted (having not slept for 2 days) with Jackie's sickness and he was kicking me while I was down.  It was also impressed upon me that I was allowed to feel this darkness for this is the type of darkness that the world is fast descending into.  People will cry out... "Give me Jesus!".  

I sensed the Lord telling me that He was pleased how I did not despair throughout this darkness, but still called out to Him.  I never gave up on Him.  I continued to reach out to Him. I knew without a doubt that Jesus is my everything!  I said that many times.  He is absolutely Everything!

This is an experience that I will never forget.  I have had it impressed upon me that people are going to feel this type of darkness in this ever-darkening world and that I will understand and can be a comfort to others in their despairing hearts.  For this is how it will be.  It will be easy to despair, but we need to know that even though we feel that God has left us, He will never leave us, nor forsake us.  We are to hold onto this absolute truth.

A few weeks or so later I was amazed that I came across a woman who had also experienced what I did and she said that there are others that have experienced this.  I sensed from the Lord that He allowed this for me not as a punishment, but to help me realize just how dark it will get.  So dark, that we will fear that He has left us.  However, continue to call out to Him for He will never leave us no matter how much we feel so.  We have to get past our feelings, emotions and know that no matter what happens He will always be near.

I did not even want to post about this for this memory is painful.  But, I felt nudged heavily to do so.  To continue to tell my story.

No matter what happens reach out to Him!

Have Faith in Him!

God Bless

Regarding The Below Post "A Princess Knight"...

The below post has been in my "draft" section since March 20, 2018.  I only printed it for my own personal journal.  I didn't know if I should post it or not.  After reading the below posts by Diana Pulliam and Kerry Lebrun today, I reflected words given to me in the past... "They will come in droves", (given to me longer ago) and "My Love, extend your heart and hands to them.", and "My Graces flow throughout you like a river of living waters." (given to me recently) I thought "Wow, what a confirmation!"  Then I heard... "Post it.  Now is the time."  So I did just that.  Here below are the two posts I'm referring to...

Instructing Many-What Given  

"They Will Come Unto You!"

Now read below... "A Princess Knight"

A Princess Knight

A couple of weeks ago at Eucharistic Adoration as I was praying and talking to the Lord, I sensed I was asked to bow my head.  As I did this I had a vision of Jesus standing in front of me and I sensed I was going to be anointed.

However, this time was different, I saw Him with a sword in His hand and He placed the sword on my right shoulder first and then over my head and onto my left shoulder and I heard...

"I am anointing you as My Knight, you are now seated at My Roundtable."  

Then I sensed Him bless my forehead with a sign of the cross.

I was perplexed because I thought a Knight was male, then I heard a "Princess Knight".  I found out later that day upon further investigation that their is a group for Blessed Mother Mary called "Mary's Knights".  I sense we are a part of this group.  At least I hope so!

What makes this more interesting today while I pondered what I sensed happened that day.  I thought, I know I heard "Princess Knight".  I then at that exact moment look up at the television and a children's show comes on the television, it is called... "Nella the Princess Knight".

Also, on February 11, 2018 I received this message...  "Come here, sit down I have much to tell you.

What is coming is unprecedented.  All will fall.  It is by My Hand.  Do not fear the arrow that flies My Knight.  I am ever so near.

All is in My Hands.  All will go according to My most perfect will.  Hold tight, My Love for all will commence shortly.

I asked, "What am I to do?"  I heard... "Pray and stay close to Me and your Blessed Mother.  Blessed Mother has Her mantle of protection over you as well as I.

You are safe.  So safe in the refuge of Our Hearts.  All will go well for you and yours, although at times it may not seem so.  Stay near to Us for We are always next to you.

We love you and yours.  Everything will be shaken.  But, you and yours are deep in the recesses of Our Hearts, the absolutely safest place to be.  Though the road is rocky, with Us by your side it will be smooth sailing for you will know without a doubt that we have your best interest at heart.

Close, close, so close We are to you and yours.  Know this to be absolute truth."

I said, "Thank you Lord for the privilege of the dark experience you allowed for me.  Even though it was so hard, I learned so much." Read about that experience here... "You Reached Out To Me!"

Then I heard... "Yes, My Love it was permitted by Me to help you to understand just how dark it can get.  It will help you to have complete compassion and empathy for those I will send to you.  It is a darkness, an emptiness that unless you yourself has experienced it cannot relate.  Not truly relate.  You now know.  However, some that will come to you will have this experience to a much greater degree.

My Love, extend your heart and hands to them.  I will be there for them working through you.  They will cry out for Me.  They will see Me through you.  It will be a help for them that you cannot now truly understand.

You are a chosen vessel, My Love.  I will pour My Love out to My People through you at first and then also through your entire family.  Yes, you are the Noah of your family.  Your prayers over the years has availed much for you and yours.  The fruit on your trees are ripe for the picking and pick you must.  For the harvest is wide and deep.  An abundant one.

Go now, My Love.  I bless you abundantly.  My graces flow throughout you like a river of living waters."  End of message


*Side note - When I originally received this message a sentence in it befuddled me... "Do not fear the arrow that flies by night".  That is what I originally thought it was and knew that was not how the scripture reads.  So I asked the Lord about it and my understanding was that He actually said, My Knight.  Oh, I thought not night but Knight.

I asked for a confirmation and at mass I received it!  In the bulletin for that mass there was a flyer in it that read, "A Knight for All Preview".  It was a flyer regarding a "night" of games and prizes.  Our parish school team are the Knights.  It hit me that in both the message I received and in this flyer the word night, was actually "Knight".  Get it?  How awesome!

Another confirmation... that same day my mother informed me that my dad randomly talked of how the english language can be so confusing with two words that sound the same but are spelled different and have different meanings. I think he was referring to that Sunday's bulletin that substituted "Knight" for Night.

How awesome is our God!

God Bless!