CHRISTIAN LINKS
Hello and welcome to my page, Christian Links. I hope you will be able to find something here that will be useful to you as you travel the Internet. I also hope you will be able to come back often for a visit. If you would like to explore my entire site, there are links that will lead you to various areas.
You will run into an area called: Look-Ups . If you are researching your family tree and need any information from the resources I have listed let me know and I will gladly try to help you. As you have probably guessed, I have a penchant for genealogy. Another thing that is near and dear to my heart is making Rosaries. I make the mission rosaries and occasionally I put one together for a family member. There is a great need for Rosaries throughout the world. Our Lady's Rosary Makers have all the supplies needed for making these if you are interested. I won't keep you too long as I am sure you have many things to do. In closing I will say, I wish each of you the very best and may the Peace of the Father be with you!
Teach me my Lord, to be sweet and gentle In all the events of life- in disappointments, in the thoughtlessness of others, in the insincerity of those I trusted, in the unfaithfulness of those on whom I relied.
Let me put myself aside, to think of the happiness of others, to hide my little pains and heart aches, so that I may be the only one to suffer from them. Teach me to profit by the suffering that comes across my path.
Let me so use it that it may mellow me, not harden nor embitter me; that it may make me patient, not irritable. that it may make me broad in my forgiveness, not narrow, haughty and overbearing.
May no one be less good for having come within my influence. No one less pure, less true, less kind, less noble for having been a fellow-traveler in our journey toward ETERNAL LIFE.
As I go my rounds from one distrac tion to another, let me whisper from time to time, a word of love to Thee. May my life be lived in the super- natural, full of power for good, and strong in its purpose of sanctity.
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Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring your love, Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord, And where there's doubt, true faith in you.
Make me a channel of your peace, Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope. Where there is darkness-only light. And where there's sadness- ever joy.
Oh Divine Master, grant that I may never seek So much to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand; To be loved, as to love, with all my soul.
Make me a channel of your peace, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. In giving to all men that we receive, And in dying that we're born to eternal life.
In late January I received this piece, A Love Story, in my e-mail. It had such a profound effect on my life that I thought I would share it with you.
A Love Story
One day, I woke early to watch the sunrise. As I watched, I praised God for His Beautiful Work. As I sat there, I felt the Lord's presence with me.
He asked me, "Do you love me?" I answered, "of course, God!" " You are my Lord and Savior!" Then He asked me, "If you were physically handicapped, would you still love me?"
I was puzzled. I looked down at my arms, legs and the rest of my body and wondered how many things I would not be able to do, things I took for granted. I answered, "It would be tough Lord, but I would still love you."
Then the Lord said, "If you were blind, would you still love my creation?"
How could I love something without being able to see it? Then I thought of all the blind people in the world and how many of them still loved God and His Creation. So I answered, "It's hard to think of it, but I would still love your creation."
Then the Lord asked me, "If you were deaf, would you still listen to my Word?"
How could I listen to anything being deaf? Then I understood. Listening to God's Word is not merely using our ears, but our Hearts as well. I answered, "It would be tough, but I would still listen to your word."
Then the Lord asked me, "If you were mute, would you still praise My Name?"
How could I praise without a voice? Then it occured to me: God wants me to sing from my very Heart and Soul. Praising God is not only with a song, but also when we suffer, we need to give God the Glory and Honor with our words of Thanksgiving to Him through our difficulties. So I answered, "Though I could not physically sing, I would still praise your Name.
And then the Lord asked again, "Do you REALLY love Me?" With courage and strong conviction, I boldly answered, "Yes, Lord! I love you because you are the only one and true God!" I thought I had answered well, but God asked, "Then why do you sin?" I answered, "Because I am only human, I am not perfect."
"Then why in times of peace do you stray the furthest?"
"Why only in times of trouble do you pray most earnestly?"
(No answers, only tears.)
"Why don't you have a song in your Heart every minute of every day?"
"Why do you seek me only in times of worship?"
"Why do you only ask for things for yourself?"
(The tears continued to roll down my cheeks)
"Why are you ashamed to tell others of My Love for them?"
"Why do you hide your candle under a basket rather than letting it shine for all to see?"
"Why do you seek me only when times are hard?"
"Why do you make excuses when I gave my everything for you?"
(I tried to answer but nothing came forth.)
"I have blessed you with life, and you have thrown away this gift."
"I have blessed you with talents to serve me, but you have been too busy."
"I have revealed my Word to you, but you do not gain in wisdom."
"I have spoken to you, but your ears were closed."
"I have shown you many Blessings, but your eyes turned away."
"I have sent you helpers, but you sat by as they were pushed away."
"Yet, in spite of all this, I have heard your prayers and answered them all."
"Do you TRULY love Me?"
I could not answer. I was embarassed beyond belief. I had no excuse. Wht could I say to all this? After my Heart broke and the tears flowed, I said "please forgive me Lord. I am unworthy to be your child."
The Lord answered, "That is my grace, my child."
I asked, "Then why do you continue to forgive me? Why do you love me so?"
The Lord answered, "because you are my creation and my child. I will never leave you nor forsake you. When you cry, I will have compassion and cry with you. When you shout for joy, I will celebrate with you. When you are discouraged, I will encourage you. When you fall, I will raise you up. When you are tired, I will carry you. I am with you always, until the end of time. I will love you forever."
Never had I cried so hard. How could I have been so cold? How could I have hurt God as I have done? I asked God, "How much do you love me?"
The Lord stretched out his arms and I saw his nail pierced hands. I bowed down before my Sovereign Savior and truly prayed for the first time in my life.
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