YOUR BLOCKBUSTER LIFE

Lights! 

Camera! 

Action! 

Take one!...

In the movies and TV series, after everything had been prepared, there should be action, otherwise none would materialize. Those involved should give all they got, their very best, to have great results that people will like what they watch…

In real life, it’s the same thing, there should always be action. 

In the Luke 6:36-38, Jesus tells us: 

be merciful, 

don’t judge, 

don’t condemn, 

forgive,

give to others…

Whatever measure you use to others with these actions, God will use to you as well, so do your best that your life will be a blockbuster in God’s eyes…

Oh, by the way, in real life, you can not shoot the same scene twice, thrice or more…just once, so always give it you best performance.    

Have a Shimmering Soul!

- luisadelacruz

SHHUSHH!!! THE WINDING ROAD...

Inspiration:       Matthew 6:7-15

Winding roads, like those in Baguio, Quezon and Bicol, they make me dizzy and vomit when descending them. Haaay, it’s always an ordeal for me….after the fun of vacation is the tense moment of travel home for me…But hey, that’s part of it for me. I just adjust. I drink bonamine and eat less before travel, also, I pray much…

The last time I came across a winding road, I was tense even before riding the bus. But I needed to faced this ordeal again so I could get home. 

While travelling, I closed my eyes, meditated, repeatedly and wholeheartedly prayed a five word prayer to keep my focus: “My Father, I adore you…” Voila! I didn’t get dizzy nor vomit. I got through! Yeheeeey!...

When we pray, we don’t need a lot of meaningless words…

We need our heart upon every word to give meaning to it. God surely answers a sincere prayer that doesn’t go against His will.             

Have a Cool Heart!

- luisadelacruz

GOD'S 24/7 NEWS CAMERA

Inspiration:       Ezekiel 18:21-28; Matthew 5:20-26

When we watch the news, often times, we see around 90% or more bad news against the good news. At times, we even see brutal murders or things we couldn’t imagine a human being could do…

Sad how many people cling to this world as if there is no God who sees what we are doing and who doesn’t get hurt of what we do…

Just imagine, if you are in God’s shoes and you love people so much as your very own children and you watch the newsflash of what they are doing to each other, and they do not listen to you…What will you feel? …

If you would see your life and your heart on news through God’s eyes…are there things there you will be ashamed of for Him to see? 

Let’s take this journey through Lent as a chance to unveil our hearts before God and reconcile with Him and the people we offended…Let’s start with God, then to our families, then to others…

Let’s be aware that we are on God’s news camera 24/7. 

May He watch more good news in our lives than bad news…

Have a Dazzling Soul!

- luisadelacruz

WE MISS THE POINT...

In Matthew 7:7-12, this caught my attention: 

“Ask, and you will receive; 

seek, and you will find; 

knock, and the door will be opened to you…” 

Often we miss a point here. 

We are fond of doing just the asking and receiving. We don’t want to take much effort to seek opportunities and knock at their doors…We like things to happen in a snap and we expect them to just fall in front of us from heaven…the easy way….

Why else would lotto or game shows where thousands and millions of prizes click even if they offer slim chances of winning? They are the easy ways to material wealth…

We miss the point....

Jesus mentioned 3 things:       Ask…Seek…Knock…

We speak…We act…We take courage…

If we do all these, not just one…but all, together with faith that God is a loving Father who listens when we speak, sees our effort and good intention when we seek, and acknowledges our courage to knock at the door…imagine what will happen to your life…

Pagsasabi sa Diyos + Pagkilos + Pagsisikap + Pagtitiwala sa Diyos = Bukas, magkakabunga yan ng hitik na hitik….           

(Asking God + Action + Perseverance + Faith in God = Bountiful fruits to harvest tomorrow)

Fervent Heart!   

- luisadelacruz

TASTE YOUR LENT....

I’m sure the ash mark of the cross on your forehead last Ash Wednesday is now erased…

As the priest said, even if this is so, what can not be erased is the change and transformation that happens in your heart. 

I pray, may this year’s 40 day Lent be more meaningful to us than last year that when it ends, we become more a child of God than when we started… 

ISAIAH 48:6-7 “The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice and let the oppressed go free. Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives…”

Lent is a perfect time to take the hand of Jesus and journey to your interior self where He can grant you deep healing, then you can resurrect with Jesus on Easter…

Don’t let this chance just pass by…

Namnamin natin ang bawat araw (Let us tastefully live each day)…for God…for our greater love for Him…       

Have a Sweet Lenten Journey!

- luisadelacruz

Site to visit:   www.iamacatholicbyheart.blogspot.com

THE PRESENCE WITHIN....

“The whole outside world…seemed to me to love and thank God: people, trees, plants and animals. I saw them all as my kinsfolk; I found on all of them the magic of the Name of Jesus. When I prayed, everything around me seemed delightful and marvelous. The trees, the grass, the birds, the earth, the air, the light…all things prayed to God and sang His praise.”

– THE RUSSIAN PILGRIM

The earth, the physical cosmos, is part of the body of God, shot through and through with divine Presence and hence worthy of our praise, our wonderment and our care. To honor and love God’s creation is to honor and love God.

When a person clings to the Lord and the Lord has pity and loves him, coming and clinging to Him, and he has the intention thereafter to remain constantly in the grace of the Lord, they become one spirit and one temperament and one mind – the person and the Lord.

- KERRY WALTERS

AN INTIMATE PRAYER:       Dearest Jesus, please always fire up my desire to continuously cling to You and be aware of Your Loving Presence…as if I will die, if it stops…

 - luisadelacruz