Blind trust in Jesus... 5th day of Novena of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Rose ponders her Jesus with the little lamb - the Good Shepherd!

"Love Him trustfully without looking back, without fear. Give yourself fully to Jesus. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your weakness. Believe in Him, trust in Him with blind and absolute confidence because He is Jesus."...
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Able to share morning prayer with John on this Labor day 2013...  So exciting and uplifting to share with him how the Lord is at work in his LIFE- opening doors for him to share his story of healing and finding the Faith that he had asked for.  He will speak at the Senior High Youth Rally here in our diocese to hundreds of youth!  He is signing up to work TEC retreats and to share his burning desire to help others find the Faith for the Truth!  How we struggled with the fear of the storm around us as we battled his brain cancer 4 years ago!  Yet, we learned from the first day on that Jesus is in control in the midst of the storm -Mark 4:39^" He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm."  And once again when the cancer had grown back through two types of chemo and we were terrified of the new storm all around us - Bishop LeVoir wrote us on caringbridge - Do not give in to fear but at all times repeat these words - "Jesus, I trust in YOU."  St Faustina   Once again the calm was around us as we "blindly trusted in Jesus."  As Blessed Teresa reminds us today - "trust in Him with blind and absolute confidence because he is Jesus."

With the dying corn in the background - Rose waters the birds/flowers in my Mary garden.

Just back from helping Pat feed creep feed out in the pasture with the new tractor.  There is a "small" seat in there for someone to ride along - I felt very big in it, yet it was nice to go along and have a chance to share how great it was to share the morning Lauds office with John and share in his excitement in starting working towards a job and also the opportunities to share his story!  It is becoming quite clear why John has so much wanted to stay here in our area- he has many that know him and his miraculous story, and want him to come and share it far and wide.  From those ripples will spread out further and truly touch young and old!  John is finding the effects of trusting with blind Faith in Jesus... following HIM to the seminary last year and now into the world to work and share the Truth!  He says that going back to seminary would have been easier this year, but that he did discern out for now and the he knows that work is part of it - yet the burning in his heart is to share loudly his story!  Today - Labor Day 2013 - the Gospel is where Jesus shares what He came to accomplish in his hometown...  "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord."  Luke 4

 "Jesus never changes... Trust Him lovingly, trust Him with a big smile, always believing He is the way to the Father. He is the light in this world of darkness."  Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

In the Gospel today Jesus finds a wall to prevent Him from being revealed that He is truly the Son of God...  I hope and pray that it works for John's benefit and not against it - that he is recognized well in this area as one that looked death in the eye and was healed in order to be LOUD in the Lord!  Lord, hear our prayer!

Jesus, we know that YOU are in control of our lives.  We see you at work and we totally attempt every day in every minute to give you the Blind Trust YOU deserve and need to allow the Spirit to work within us!  In this way You are able to work within first of all our inner circle - domestic Church/family.  It is there that we find ourselves most tested and most difficult to LOVE without counting the cost.  The interruptions of the day constantly call us to die to self and give lovingly and mercifully as YOU have shown us in our lives.  You remind us in the first reading today that we need not fear death, if we follow YOU down our narrow path carrying our Most Cherished Cross - although it is painful and through it we find death to self - that it how we come to LIFE eternal!  "we shall always be with the Lord."  I Thessalonians 4:13-18  Yes, Lord, we see with eyes of Faith all that you have done in our lives although we are unworthy... Jesus, we trust in YOU.  Amen and Hallelujah

Bless-bless, Barb

"In all sincerity we must be able to look up and say 'I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.' Because of this assertion of St Paul, you must have a certain confidence in doing your work--or rather God's work--well, efficiently, even perfectly, with Jesus and for Jesus. Be also convinced that you by yourself can do nothing, have nothing but sin, weakness, and misery; that all the gifts of nature and grace which you have, you have them from God."  Blessed Teresa of Calcutta - she certainly knew all about work and doing good work - She can intercede for us on this Labor Day!

Out watching the gate for a short time - got a good look at how much the calves have grown on momma's milk over the last 6 months - tomorrow they will be crying for their mommas as they are being weaned due to the dryness and lack of grass in the pastures.  There will be a lot of bawling calves crying tomorrow and for the next week to come.  They start to lose their voice they cry so much!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdcyue0bSw  Casting Crowns - Praise YOU in the Storm