Skittles.

Yes, the sweet little bite size candies. The sugar candies of which can can be covered in sugar. Did you know? Skittles competition was mnm's. So what do they do? They steal  the recipe for MNM's, But they steal the wrong recipe, and the 'MNM's" turn into a chewy candy. I LOVE skittles.

These sweet little bite size candies are just the best in any situation. I can have them for breakfast lunch and dinner. I love skittles. I was asked earlier this month," if I was on a desert island and i could only have one thing what would it be? Skittles, Root beer or fettuccine Alfredo? ( I love all of these) and of course I choose skittles. 

      Just as much as we ( I ) need skittles we, (I) need God just as much. God is there all the time. Especially when i'm eating my second or even third pack of skittles a week. God is like that pack of skittles. He is the one we need maybe three or four times a week: never mind,  all the time.

God is the sweetest, thing in our life. A little bit of him can fill our hunger for Good.

³⁵ Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

John 6: 35 

Jesus is the bread of Life. He is, that skittle that we need. But he will live in us and with us forever. We must go to Jesus everyday to receive his bread. Not necessarily going to mass but by talking to Jesus and asking for our daily bread and asking for help.  Jesus is the one we need to continue our path, our journey,  by the bread and by his drink.

May Jesus be like that skittle that we eat everyday. May he be our life and our hope. May he be that little sweet candy we need in every situation :D

Water.

      Water is essential to our everyday life. And I KNOW that we all use it and we all need it. Especially on hot days like today. It really needed for our plants, and our grass. It's been so hot out, that my grass was burning my feet. So, I decided to cool it down.

  Water is always flowing. Water makes up 70%  of our bodies, salt water makes up 90% of all water on earth. And sadly the amount of water that is usable by humans is running out quickly. We are suppose to have 8 cups of water each day. But this does not mean we need it in liquid form as most of our food contains water.

As critical water is. God is just more. We need him all the time. 100% of our bodies should be Gods. We need God. We need to stop having him as our 911 call and have him as our guide.So then we won't have so many 911 calls. With his we can turn to the scriptures. A lot of people say there is no guide to life. But do you know what?  There is. This is called the Bible. It is Gods love letter to us on how to live our life.

As Christians we are on a diet of The Word of God, and The Body and Blood of Christ. By eating, and taking in these two, our soul can live. It can live happily and truthfully.  We are told to live our lives for Jesus. And for him to guide us on our journey. We are to go to communion with an open heart and open mind. Jesus invites us to this special meal. This meal is like no other.

This meal is a Mystery, A Gift, A Celebration, and a call. This is a Mystery because Jesus wants us to learn more about out faith and always learn from each other. We are to discover this mystery by praying and having him as our guide.  It is a gift because we receive Jesus. It's like our Christmas present, to help us grow more in the love of Jesus. This is a celebration because  we are united with each other to celebrate in this gift. It is a call, because it helps us live better, it is our call to YES to Jesus.

Sprout

     So, it's summer. Time for all the seeds we planted to sprout, and to give us food. It's time that they come up for us to receive it's beautiful belongings. I know for sure this year my grandpa planted his garden.( as long as I've been a live, I don't thing he has never not planted  his garden) Well, lets say that streak for me, well is over. I didn't plant anything this year. I'm not to sure why, but I haven't. My little box garden was flooded, in the spring. Actually it got flooded for a month and a bit the day after i planted seeds. 

     Of course it's quiet rare when a nutritional plant grows in such hot temperatures, such as in the desert or even in the hot days of Canada. The sun will even stop the sprouts. It sucks any juice right out of it, and kills the plant or seed. The sprouting is the 'most' important time of the growth of the plants. It's the time to see if we will get anything or not. Then we can plan of what to do next. 

     We are called to spread the good news. To preach it, every where. And to believe in it. Lets look at yesterdays first reading. 

The Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.

 ³ And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.

 ⁴ The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ 

⁵ And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them 

      Firstly we hear, that the prophet is sent by Jesus says  I SEND YOU. He is giving the prophet a direct message. Now, he is not sending the prophet to a place that will be easy to preach the good news, but a nation of rebels and of people who rebelled against him.  But during this time the prophet is filled with the holy spirit. And we know this from the first line, "The Spirit entered into me." 

    Then know that them AND their fathers transgressed against the Lord. Against the spirit. They were violating, by breaking the Law of the Lord. They were breaking his commandments, and hating the Lord. Their descendants were disrespectful to the Lord and they were stubborn in there ways. Obviously this land really need the help of a prophet. So then the Lord tells the prophet, I SEND YOU, TO THEM. Now directly speaking to the prophet, says that, and tells him to go. The Lord obviously had Faith in the prophet. 

      Thus Says the Lord God.

       Whether they hear you or refuse you, THEY WILL KNOW that a Prophet is among them.By the words you speak, they will know. They will understand, that a prophet  is with them. And even this, will go with them forever and may help the to change, to transform . 

     Then we find, in the gospel, the place where Jesus had the most trouble. In his own Home town of Nazareth. I'm not sure if there is anywhere else in the New testament, where it says,"And Jesus was amazed of their unbelief "  Jesus said that. The Son of God. Isn't that just surprising. And you often hear to start off in your hometown to do anything. But obviously, this is another humanly struggle Jesus went through, to prove he is human and divine.

     We find out in this Gospel reading that Jesus has brother and sisters. I was very confuse when I heard this line in the gospel. This is how my priest put it," There are two ways Scholars explain how Jesus had brothers and sisters, Firstly, back then when a man's wife died someone related to them (sister) would take the role of the wife and get married to the man. So the children would have been Josephs, from his previous marriage. That is why Joseph is often portrayed a lot older. And the second way is that the translation of Aramaic to English, could have gotten confused because 'cousin and brother' are                                            the same word." 

I though that made sense, so then my mind started thinking about a whole bunch of stuff. And then everything started to make sense.

We are all called to be a sprout in the desert. We are to go into dry nations where people rebel against the Lord and to sprout to them the Good news. Even though they may only realize that there is a sprout; a prophet among them, that's good enough. We have a mission to preach, and maybe starting in our home town may not be the best, but where ever we preach will bring glory to God.

    

Google

Everyone uses Google. Either a lot or not,  but we all use Google. Google has EVERYTHING. Google has almost Everything. But i'm sure for people that have essay or research to do, Google has it. Google does have A LOT of stuff. (especially Life of Us and Saints) But the one thing Google doesn't have is you. It doesn't define you. Yes, Babyname.com or Urban dictionary may have Your name on it, but it doesn't define you. 

God sent us onto earth for this reason. To create who we are. For us to discover if we are worthy of the kingdom of God, To create our selves.  We must have faith in God, because God sent us to create our selves and he will help us. 

There are a lot of things that we create. And for many it's excuses. We find excuses for everything.We find excuses for not cleaning the house, for not helping others, for not going to talk with someone, for not going to a meeting or not doing something someone wants us to. We all find excuses. And

 Excuses will not get us out in creating  our selves. It is our mission on earth, to create our selves and to prepare our selves for Gods kingdom. We Need to go to his tables. To listen to the Word, and eat and drink his body and blood, and pray to God for direction and truth. Then creating our selves will be a lot easier.


God didn't make an excuse not to create you. So i think we can not make an excuse to create our selves 

Symbol

     The main symbol of OUR faith. The one sign which we can recognize any Christian if they wear this. Firstly used by Romans; then adopted by Christians as our main symbol. He carried it. He Died on it. He  defeat the devil on it. He Saved us on it. Have you guessed what it is? Yes a Cross.

What does the Cross mean to you?

Locked

       
               Trying to get into your locker. And forgetting your combination and your locked out. Have you ever locked your self out of your house? And had to wait for someone else to come home? Your locked. Your held in the same postition  until someone comes. Just like in chess when it's  a stalemate. Theres nothing you can do. Your locked.  Your back at the begining where you can't move your king.

       The only place we do want to be locked from is the gates of hell. I am 100% sure if you are reading this you would not want to go to hell. And the only place we don't want to get locked from is Heaven.

            I am sure everyone: everyone has had to keep a secret and could NEVER tell anyone that indeed. You had to "lock" it away. Deep inside you and forget about it.

 But when it comes to God, God locks nothing. He makes everything that we need available to us. God locks nothing. God brings us everything we need to do HIS plan. It's how he works. Just like parents say," BECAUSE I SAID SO" And with God, it's because his mind crossed it, his mouth spoke it, and now it's up to us to fulfill it.

We ALWAYS lock things up, our shed, our house,or bikes, our computer screens, lockers. And when something is locked there is always that one person who will come and try to figure out how to get past the lock.

So then there's another advantage to Gods not locking ANYTHING. He doesn't have people trying to sneak in. Well God know everything and thinks everything you think before you think it. God opens and closes doors and windows Everyday, he will open them again, if he doesn't see we like them this day, but later we may. These are never locked, so WE CAN GO BACK.

May God, the Almighty father be with you and may he NEVER LOCK ANYTHING. We may lock things on earth, but god will never lock us. He opens new things, and will always remember our combination. He is always home, and always gone. He is there and he is here. He lives in us and in others and is NEVER LOCKED.

Prayer.

My Father in Heaven, Come and let your spirit be know. Let me feel your Holy Spirit; Ready to do your work.  Send the Spirit to me with the calmness of the wind and by the warmth of the sun. Let Your light shine to all those who are in Darkness. Come to me in the Darkness and prove to all that you are MORE POWERFUL THAN THE DARKNESS.

Lord, Guide me today. Guide me to do your will. Like the water reflects nature. and nature shows off your beauty, and the beauty show You. May I be like the water that reflects the trees and the sky and the clouds let me be that perfect image of you and your will. May not even the biggest wave destroy the perfect Image of you.

Let Your will be Done!

May I come to know you more and more o heavenly, Father by doing your will. For i Strive to do your will now and always. Be with me and I ask you send your spirit among me.  That all my works are led my the spirit to follow you; to make your plan be as you planned it to be.

Amen

Alright.

  So AT My Daily walk in his Grace! Blog (which is well written) There is a challenge. And this Challenge is exactly what that picture says. And Acrostic Word Challenge.

•  I offer a mini challenge to any of you out there who would like to do the same.  Either with the word you have chosen, or any other word for that matter, that brings glory to God. 

"Taken from MY Daily Walk in his grace"

For this challenge I have chosen the Word "Alright". This was my word for 2012. And so I am going to make a poem out of this word. And I invite you to do this as well. For it is a great way to put a new twist on words and a way to preach the word of God!



A-lways
L-ive
R-ightfully
I-n
G-od's
H-allowed 
T-hrone

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Hello fellow bloggers. How are you doing today? I though W would just inform you on some things today. Well for the month of April I am Doing the A-Z Challenge. Whats that you may ask? Well The a-z challenge is For Everyday in April you write a blog post. Not Just any blog post, it's a blog post that is based on a words or words. So each day in April will be a new letter. For example April first will be "A"  April second will be "B' and so on and so forth. Sunday are not included. But since April starts on A Sunday that is the only Sunday we write on. So i encourage you my readers of Life of us and saints to sign up for this unique challenge.  If you Dearly wish so Click Here

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Thunder Shower= Winter= Light???

Picture taken for Google Images.

No, that's not the 2 first words that come to mind that go together. But record breaker (in my life time) On March 19 the snow was far gone and the rain began to fall. Not only rain but the lightning lit up the sky like a candle flickering in the darkness. Then The thunder booming away like some drums making the sweetest sound.

The Candle flickering in the darkness. In Region we were told to do an interview from anyone within the story of when the man gets put in through the roof of the house because of all the people around the door. And So I brought in has much as I could from other stories into this one. I mentioned about the candle under a basket, I also mentioned of when he taught his disciples many times.

But most of my questions to Jesus were about.... Yes the Pharisees. Well Because they played a part is this story and well the rest of Jesus' Life. But i made Jesus Answers not what i think. I would have to get quiet and pray.  That's how I wrote the answers. I don't take assignments in religion class like any other assignments. I  let God speak through me and answer it for me. SO Jesus' answers were about how he did not hate anyone and that he did not come to judge the world but to turn them back to God. The Real God.

God is there all the time and there God will bless us and keep us safe. He wants to see out candle burning and bright, not hidden under some lamp, but showing it's beauty and warmth.

Luke 11:33

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light." 

Spring!

No it's not quite yet, but it surely feels like it! after the down fall of snow, day after day, it finally comes to this + temperatures. Winter as done it's damage and well wants to flood the city.... It's brought so much water already, i don't want to see what it looks like when more snow melts. 

Well lets image this shall we? Lets both take a look out side right now?  The thing you would see is Snow. Lots of it here and there. Everywhere! But then you notice the sun shining in your face and water starting to drip from the Roof outside. And Soon enough the snow as passed and turned into puddles. Puddles Here and Puddles there.

Now in this weeks gospel we hear the conversation of the Woman (a Samaritan) and Jesus (A Jew) This Conversation was quick. But they both had made there points. The Women surely backing up the rights that Jews and Samaritans should not talk or even share the same cup. And Jesus surely backing up God and  the Living Water. Living water. Living Water. Living Water. Doesn't that just sound relaxing, Refreshing, Living? 

This water of which we must Drink is the only drink God tells us to.... until the Last Supper of course. Jesus wants us to join him in heaven and so we shall if we believe and indeed drink the Life Giving water. He wants us in the kingdom. Thats why he went back, To set a place there for us. And so we will if we get the least of one drop of life giving water.