03/07/2024
Take Up Your Cross.
This has always been a great way to start your day, no matter what work you do in this World.
We live in a very complex Society and expectations are set very high to many.
We should never forget to pray and read our Sacred Holy Scriptures and seek guidance.
Happiness comes in many ways and it's not always by riches, but rather blessings of the small things in life we have. I know how l feel as when l listen to the rain or gaze upon beautiful flowers or simply listen to the Ocean.
These are things in us others can't give us as they are gifts from God.
In my ministry life often l hear, critical and sarcastic whispers over others. I see people competing and looking down on others that have less. People ask me how can you prove in the existence of God.
If l could anwser them, what kind of God could l show them. I can surrender myself and say look around and open your eyes, heart and Soul to the intangible as not everything in life is tangible.
Can l place God into a bottle and show them. lf l could what kind of God could my tiny mind be able to give them. I can read from the Scriptures and exsplain the gifts of the Holy Spirit, pray with them and give them hope.
But we must never misunderstand the mighty power Christ has over all living things and prayer is a key that unlocks all locked up inside us to give us total freedom of the Soul.
(Matthew 10:37-39; Matthew 16:24-28; Mark 8:34-38)
23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. 27But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.