What a life you've led Anne, thank you for sharing your experience so I can live it vicariously. You are a true emissary for the way, the truth, and the life.
Karmy shared this a few weeks ago, and it has a place under your article for all of those, like poor Rafael, who believed that they didn't deserve redemption:
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But God is merciful and will always respond when you ask for help even if only when you are in distress:
"Jesus told Saint Faustina: My mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can measure the extent of My goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you I allowed Myself to be nailed to the cross; for you I let My Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you. Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depth of My mercy. Do not argue with Me about your wretchedness. You will give Me pleasure if you hand over to Me all your troubles and griefs. I shall heap upon you the treasures of My grace. (Diary, 1485)" —Divine Mercy Daily Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
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It's never too late. Help is always on the way, you just have to ask for it.
Thank you. Byron, one of the guys I mentioned that we did discipleship with, is on the left in the photo of guys sitting at a table. Unfortunately, he was never able to conquer alcohol and it killed him last year. 💔
Very great Anne. I see the same and felt the same. Planting churches...I love it. And, a passel of believers not a building. We were in the UK in Feb-Mar 2020, and have also traveled all over the world. Not in missions though. My ancestors in Wales were patrons of a church in Denbigh and I found their stone effigies in the front of a church there, son came to America and planted more than one church in MA. I come from a long line of church planters and when I returned, I was talking to my sister about this trip and we both agreed that we felt different after hearing about our ancestors and even their connection to the Tudors and their standing in Denbigh. We felt as if something in us, that was always there, was awakened with the responsibility that our ancestors felt to their fellow man. And...I do grieve about the loss of this world to us. We had a beautiful trip to Capetown, and it was so orchestrated by God and we saw his hand in the wonder of His creation. It has been such a blessing! I also grieve the destruction of humanity by evil and watch it every day. It literally makes me sick. Here is something I wrote about it, and I think you would probably totally get my point. But sometimes you just have to say it!! Thanks for the great Substack.
What a life you've led Anne, thank you for sharing your experience so I can live it vicariously. You are a true emissary for the way, the truth, and the life.
Karmy shared this a few weeks ago, and it has a place under your article for all of those, like poor Rafael, who believed that they didn't deserve redemption:
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But God is merciful and will always respond when you ask for help even if only when you are in distress:
"Jesus told Saint Faustina: My mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can measure the extent of My goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you I allowed Myself to be nailed to the cross; for you I let My Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you. Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depth of My mercy. Do not argue with Me about your wretchedness. You will give Me pleasure if you hand over to Me all your troubles and griefs. I shall heap upon you the treasures of My grace. (Diary, 1485)" —Divine Mercy Daily Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
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It's never too late. Help is always on the way, you just have to ask for it.
Thank you. Byron, one of the guys I mentioned that we did discipleship with, is on the left in the photo of guys sitting at a table. Unfortunately, he was never able to conquer alcohol and it killed him last year. 💔
Very great Anne. I see the same and felt the same. Planting churches...I love it. And, a passel of believers not a building. We were in the UK in Feb-Mar 2020, and have also traveled all over the world. Not in missions though. My ancestors in Wales were patrons of a church in Denbigh and I found their stone effigies in the front of a church there, son came to America and planted more than one church in MA. I come from a long line of church planters and when I returned, I was talking to my sister about this trip and we both agreed that we felt different after hearing about our ancestors and even their connection to the Tudors and their standing in Denbigh. We felt as if something in us, that was always there, was awakened with the responsibility that our ancestors felt to their fellow man. And...I do grieve about the loss of this world to us. We had a beautiful trip to Capetown, and it was so orchestrated by God and we saw his hand in the wonder of His creation. It has been such a blessing! I also grieve the destruction of humanity by evil and watch it every day. It literally makes me sick. Here is something I wrote about it, and I think you would probably totally get my point. But sometimes you just have to say it!! Thanks for the great Substack.
https://sadiejay.substack.com/p/blood-war