Jesus Lives, Seeing His Love in Your Life

A devotional by Sarah Young: A Review

Jesus lives is a small devotional yet it’s 359 pages long. In it Sarah Young expresses her thoughts of what she hears Jesus saying to her. The book is written as if Jesus is speaking to you. Some people may enjoy this but I’m a little more hesitant when I listen for Jesus. This is a book that will need to grow on me as I delve more deeply into it. The book uses the NIV translation of the scriptures and the verses selected are right on topic. The book is divided into biblical themes and as such brings with it some of the authors interpretations and beliefs; such as once saved always saved. This is not necessarily a bad thing as each of the devotions all lead to Jesus and have him as their focus. This is not a devotional that I would recommend; I would rather advise to read the bible and listen there for the voice of Jesus. But on the other hand I wouldn’t try to talk someone out of buying it either.

As I said this is a small book and the type is about a 10 point which may make it hard for some folks to read.

WooHoo!

I’ll be receiving my first book soon from Thomas Nelson Publishers to review. I can’t wait.

A Happy Sad Day

I had a link for this post but when I published it I lost it all. The post is about Anglicans leaving their churches. I’m happy they’re Catholic but sad they have to give up their parish life. I pray that their gain is greater.

This blog

The title of this blog is Growing in the Grace and Knowledge of our Dearest Lord Jesus…a Catholic blog. Except for a couple of posts recently I haven’t posted much in the past year. Since then I could say that I haven’t grown much (I could say it but it would not be true) but what I’d really be saying is that I haven’t grown as much as I’d have liked to.

It started with me starting my own website because I had grand plans that having a blog here at wordpress.com could not fulfill. Without getting into specifics(at the moment), let’s just say ,that was disappointment #1. I was also out sick from work for about 4 months due to depression, disappointment #2, which probably helped #1.

In talking with my doctor (yes depression is real) she has helped me to see how I’ve been too critical of myself (though sometimes not critical enough, but that’s just me ) and she has helped me to understand how much I have grown, and has helped me understand what I need to grow.

This is hopefully the first post of this type I’ve posted here of many more to come.

Awakening

My soul slumbers. Arise my soul and rejoice in the Lord! Forget your sorrow and all your pain, offer them to the Lord, who remembers not your guilt and shame. Truly the source of my sorrow is my sin, confession is where I’ll begin.

Brain Freeze

be back later

It’s been a long time…

It’s been almost a year since I posted. A lot has happened in that time, most of which I’ll probably blog about. I needed direction, especially for this blog. I thought about starting a blog at my own web site (which I may still do) but I miss wordpress.com too much. I’m going to try to post daily, sort of a diary, which as I post more people will understand why.

 

To everyone who has posted prayers, I’ve read them all and have agreed in prayer with each and everyone.

 

God Bless!

Cardinal Avery Dulles passes away at Fordham

Cardinal Avery Dulles passes away at Fordham.

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A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA!

Congratulations SenatorPresident Obama. This is truly a great day in America, I did not vote for you and I still disagree with your positions but I believe that you’ve achieved for us in American history a turning point which could mean a new birth for an even greater nation. Sir, you have my complete loyalty as an American citizen. God bless you and God bless America.

ps

I think your first act as President should be adding your name to all spell checkers.