I got the following quote in my mailbox this morning.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
By Ben Stein

[about Stein - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein]

After reading it I got this deep sense of the importance of really knowing who God is. It is also about relationship – my relationship with God, so I can trust Him fully and without reservations. I also have hope that “God will“. will - such an important and life-giving word in this theology.

To see that God will, I have to be open to possibilities, to have the wisdom to understand the “unseen”, to bear a waiting stance. I am also called be grateful to what is given to me in the present moment. Tall order but …. God will. Amen.

A man fell into a hole -
Direct link at tangle video.

Mercy

Direction from Mark

Werlin on Vimeo.

Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.

Finally fed up, God said, ‘THAT’S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job.’

So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.

They moused.

They faxed.

They e-mailed.

They e-mailed with attachments.

They downloaded.

They did spreadsheets.

They wrote reports.

They created labels and cards.

They created charts and graphs.

They did some genealogy reports.

They did every job known to man.

Jesus worked with heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell.

Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off.

Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld.

Jesus just sighed.

Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically, screaming: It’s gone! It’s all GONE! ‘I lost everything when
the power went out!’

Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work. Satan observed this and became irate.

‘Wait!’ he screamed. ‘That’s not fair! He cheated! How come he has all his work and I don’t have any?’

God just shrugged and said,

JESUS SAVES…..

Enjoy.

I love the songs of Don Moen! Enjoy.

25 Mar 2009
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

Fr Luke Fong, at the lunchtime Mass in the city, spoke of an empty vessel and how unless we are empty can we be filled. It’s easy to image an empty vessel. Before I can be empty and clean I have first to rid myself of the junk in that vessel. So God goes about purging the things in me that do not conform. He weeds out the parts of me that believe in men’s idea of happiness, joy, satisfaction, wants, needs, desires and what spells success in life. He sure does not have an easy job because I am bombarded every day with advertisements and talks about what spells success. However, God does not give up. He sends me the Cross to remind me. He sends me people who spreads His message. He sends me subtle hints (I need to notice, to be aware). As an example, I was humbled to observe the reverence with which Fr. Luke celebrated the Mass on this day. My personal sinful nature came to the fore when I saw a reverent act from a man of God. God became real again. It is easy to forget that He is with me always, that He is as real in my life as I am flesh and living. But observing an act of holiness makes me remember … I am a sinner and I need very much God’s graces and forgiveness.

I am a vessel
filled with junk
God’s saving graces
need to come
to rid this container
of all that takes
my eyes off
Him.
~ Diana Tan