Snippets of catholic hope

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Dont be too guilty.

It is better to be angry at God than not believe in him.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Just keep going

Jesus said, "Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks will find, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Inside out or outside in?

The world is truly our oyster. So many things we can do or be or so it seems.
I watched The Men Who Stare At Goats and there’s some quality philosophy here…

Words spoken by LYN CASSADY (George Clooney)

Have you heard of Optimum Trajectory before? (No answer) Your life is like a river, Bob. If you’re aiming for a goal that isn’t your destiny, you will always be swimming against the current. Young Ghandi wants to be a stock-car racer? Not gonna happen. Little Anne Frank wants to be a High School teacher. Tough titty Anne. That’s not your destiny. But you will go on to move the hearts and minds of millions. Find out what your destiny is and the river will carry you.

Well the river is truly God. Find out what God wants you to do and the rest will be history. We can look at the world as if through a telescope and see everything we think we can do and be. God however lets us peep through his end which is the true focus. The concentrated view. The concise us. The one that we reveals what we were made for. Imagine if Shakespeare never wrote, Einstein never pondered or Alexanander Bell never tinkered?

Lend your energy and focus on God and he will concentrate your gifts and talents for you.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Little things can be big.

Last week I had some furniture removalists collect some things my wife donated to Vinnie's. I was a bit discouraged about a health problem at the time. First thing in the morning before they arrived I heard God tell me he would give me a sign that day.The removalist guys were great and very friendly. We talked about football and how one of the guys barracked for a team that was very unlucky. He told me how next year was going to be better when I teasingly said it would take a miracle for them to win a grand final. Without hesitation he looked at me and said "miracles happen" and then said goodbye. I thought nothing of it at the time except as I lay in bed that night and thought about my sign. God,where was it? Its not always a burning bush or a billboard or winning lottery ticket. Its also in the words of total strangers. Be a miracle for someone today.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Dont give up now

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Winston Churchill

Monday, August 15, 2011

Listen and look.



Mark 4:9, NIV: "Then Jesus said, 'He who has ears to hear, let him hear.'"

I hear the house creaking, as a strong wind blows against it. Outside, the sounds from swaying trees and hanging wind chimes fill the air. To go outside requires a firm grip on the door, and a readiness to be greeted by a potentially breathtaking gust. And all this is done by something that remains unseen. Most days, the air is so easily taken for granted. It is all around us. We need it to live. But we pay little attention to it unless it becomes too hot, or too cold, or too windy. Yet even on the calmest days, it's still there. Like the air around us, God is also. And so easily taken for granted. But to those who have ears to hear and eyes to see, the effects of His movement are unmistakable. And being in His presence is truly breathtaking. And should we come to a place wherein we turn down our noisy lives, then we shall listen. And we shall hear. And we shall find the voice of God again.

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