Rest in Me!

Whenever we are troubled and unable to see a solution to what may be troubling us, all we have to do is pray; open our hearts to God and He will guide us.

There is always a answer. We may not have it, yet we believe and know in our hearts that God is with us.

'Come to Me, all you who are burdened and I will give you rest.'

Rest in Me!

CREATED TO LOVE

The human mind is so complex and yet so simple.

We are created to love and are fulfilled in loving, therefore it's a wonderful thing to reach out to each other in a caring and loving way.

Sometimes all we can do is send a greeting / give a smile / a listening ear etc.

Then again we may be asked to love greatly, even at a cost to ourselves. This is where we prove our love for each other and practise our faith.

God loves a generous, willing giver.

Keep it Simple

In our relationship with God we can become confused, or misguided.

We want to be wholehearted in our beliefs, to have strong faith, yet scruples and worries can get in the way.

God will guide us, encourage us, even prod us at times, yet He will never discourage us.

This is the beauty of love, and He who is Love, that we are always encouraged to be happy and to enjoy life.

If and when discouragement sets in, then we can be sure it is not the work of God.

A Friend will always help with positive ways to become a more wholesome person.

Let's keep it simple and listen to the gentle, encouraging Voice of God.

The Value of Weakness

We are all prone to weakness. Even our best efforts will fail at times. This is actually a positive rather than a negative experience, yet the emotional effect of failing can linger and cause us to feel bad about ourselves and our endeavours.

The value of weakness is found in the efforts we make to overcome our feelings and make progress in loving; loving to be just who we are, warts and all.

And when we are weak, we are also strong. A paradox that comes about through using our faith and believing that all is good.

God does not makes mistakes. Who we are is our gift from Him.

When we love weakness, we learn to see God's love in all that is.

Be Honest

The ability to be honest, to say what we mean and to mean what we say is not easy.

We may be programmed to be a nice person, someone who doesn't want to hurt or upset another person. This is good, yet may well be wrong if and when the truth is in jeopardy.

Truth is the core of each person's persona; who we truly are. Whatever we say or do may not be the real 'us'. We may hide behind a facade of 'niceness', a person who is liked by others and is known to be a likeable person.

Our core / our spiritual being cannot be fooled. Only when we are truly honest with ourselves, and others, will be be free to be the person God created us to be.

"The TRUTH will set us free."

CELEBRATE!

We all need to celebrate, sometimes more than others.
It comes naturally to celebrate success / when things go right for us.
Yet, perhaps we need to celebrate when things don't go right for us / when we fail or have failure thrust upon us.
In a spiritual sense, there is no such thing as failure. It's just a learning curve, a way to develop and grow in maturity and good common-sense.

Wisdom is borne of pain, so they say.

A celebration helps us to relax and learn what life is teaching us.

A Gentle Person

To be a gentle person requires discipline with ourselves. This helps us to have an awareness of other people and their needs.

The person who is gentle is open and willing to change when change is needed.

A good role-model is always welcome, and for those of us with a little faith, we have the best Role-Model in the whole world, Jesus Christ!

The life of Christ is all about gentleness and compassion for the needs of others. The stories in the Gospel tell us only a fraction of this wonderful Redeemer.

This Gentle Person is our guide through life.