Food for Thought--II

Come to Me all you who are burdened and I will give you rest.
On Me lean. I am your Savior and your God. There is  no          other.
Rely on Me to meet all of your needs, to comfort you in your          sorrow, to heal your  wounds and make you whole.
Only in God will your soul be secure, safe, and strong and              thus able to withstand the storms of life.
Never lose sight of Me as Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier,            the one in whom fullness of life resides.
Always turn way from sin; repent and believe in the Gospel            and you shall be saved.
Very often you have erected idols from which you hoped you'd      find peace and to no avail.
I alone am God. I am the Light of the world, the Truth that gives  life, and the Living Water that rises up into eternal life.
Rend your hearts, not your garments.
Until you turn to Me with your whole heart, your whole mind,        and your whole soul you shall be anxious and afraid!
Saving you is what I am about in all the events of your life. Trust    Me and you will live secure in My love!

In the Father's Hand

In today’s Gospel, John 10: 22-30,  Jesus says to me and to you:  “You are my lamb; I know you, and you follow me.  I give you eternal life, Dorothy Ann (insert your name), and you shall never perish. No one can take you out of my hand. My Father, who has given you to me, is greater than all, and no one can take you out of my Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”

“I give you eternal life, and you shall never perish!” Lord, the ultimate goal of my life is that I make it to eternity  as a faithful disciple, as a Christian,  to be with you forever. With You, Lord, and no one else. You and You alone. On Your part, Lord, You sacrificed Your life so that I might have eternal life with You. May I not disappoint You and choose otherwise.  Steer me on the path that leads to You and to You alone, as You did for each of Your apostles and 1000s of disciples since then. Following Your resurrection and in the midst of persecution, the disciples scattered to various parts of the world at that time.  They continued to make You known and 1000s of people came to know you, the one true God, the Redeemer of the world.  May, I too, no matter what the circumstances of my life, make you known, work for Your Cause, that all people may come to know you the Way, the Truth and the Life.   May I truly proclaim the Gospel with my life, as did the disciples in today’s first reading, Acts  11 19-26, because your hand is with me, as it was with them.  I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.