“Don’t blink at the piercing of His side…or you’ll miss His glory...”

Some weeks are more difficult than others, aren’t they?
Wow, Jesus can relate to that.

Speaking for myself, I have felt “the storm” off and on over the past few weeks…many of you can probably relate.

I have had people speak unfairly about me, without the truth or the facts.
I have felt the pain of being judged by people who don’t know me, at all.
I have even watched as other Christians have bad-mouthed me and each other…all “in the name of Christ”. The truth of the storm is that people can be hurtful, especially when they act out of ignorance or without all of the facts.

It is easier to judge than to be merciful…easier to blow with the wind, than to stand in the midst of the storm. It is easier to cast a stone than to lay it down. Jesus understood these principles. Jesus knew that acting in His name would not always be easy, and He even took the steps to reassure us (His followers) that sometimes we would be persecuted for it. Righteousness means conducting yourself in a way that conforms to God’s will…walking HIS walk, setting the bar higher and not being swayed by “popular opinion”.

Some of those who persecuted Christ felt as though they were acting rightly, and many of them believed they were justified in persecuting Him based on what they had “heard” or what they “believed” to be true. There are people like that in all of our lives, people who act before praying, and offer judgment before mercy or benefit of the doubt.

That’s all part of the storm of life. Like I mentioned earlier, sometimes the storm can cause good people to not see as clearly, or can cause others to “lose energy”, but the ones who survive and weather the storms of life intact (like the palms) are the ones whose eyes are set on the Heavens, who are firmly rooted and (who may even bend a little, but) who do not break. You have the power and the choice to love through the storm, just like Jesus did.

No thas not meant to throw out a god card, juss something ot reflect upon w/LSS coming up this weekend. Today, well i was really irritated for most of the day. I was fine all morning till i got to work then i was mad. I was suppose to go to the OC furr w/the kids @ work today. Well being we only had 5 kids that showed up, my boss had told me to stay back. AGh! i was upset cuz i got all ready expecting to go to the furr. I thought he;d let me go to, being im the senior rec leader.

So that kinda messed up my whole day. I was looking foward to go cuz then the city was paying for my meal and what not. Which meant i couldve eaten adn tried all the different food boofs durr and get cotton candy for heif and eat funnel cake and more! I tried to look on the bright side of things and thought, 'Okay God allowed this to happen for me to focus and concentrate on the stupid summerfest brouchure." Bascially thas all i did @ work was freaking finish up that stupid brocuhure.
I ended up going to check out the daycare during my lunch. The place looks nice, but the staff memebers are not as good as before thas for sure.

Came home then i asked if i could drive the suv to spv tonite, my mom said 'no.' Which got me even more upset cuz it was juss gonna sit in the driveway anyway. So i left angry and upset w/that. I got to spv and went to the blessed sacrament. It feels good to see Jesus, juss for him to calm me down and juss talk to me. Which was something i needed at the moment. Then after i helped set up the room for the mass. Bigs ups to mark anthony from driving all the way to spv to check our prayer meeting after putting in a 10 hr shift. Prayer meeting was a healing mass tonite instead. The LSs team also made an apperance, so they could get prayerd over and see the place.

I think i may be catching a bug or something. My body is juss physically drained. Ever since summer started, its been go, go, go for me. So i think my body is saying its time to rest and chill. Geez, i hope im not getting sick that would suck! So mass was great and fr. ray lead it. Then @ mcdonalds i was irritated then too. These people who were total tourists, and he bought freaking 1000 fthings. They were getting so many things then i still pretzel soda Im going to yfc tomrorow that should be fun.

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"Is there room, any more room for me in those jeans..."im done, im out God bless!