BEADS OF JOY 05-02-15
“Remain Focused”
©2015 James Dacey, Jr. OFS
My Friends,
This morning I began my day in
prayer as I always do. And what I have noticed over the past week or so is a tugging
at my heart to share these tugs with all of you. So this morning on our
ministry wall I posted this after laying out the day’s prayers…
The world we live in is a mess,
it's a disgrace, it's an insult to what so many of us have worked so hard
for... so in all my prayers and thoughts I have come to this conclusion... Some
of you may not like it...but I think many will...
START to seriously focus on YOUR
salvation and YOUR relationship with Jesus now more than ever. Yes pray for
others, yes help lead others to Jesus... BUT your first priority MUST be YOU
preparing yourself for HEAVEN. We all must stand before God alone, our Lady
will intercede. PLAN NOW WHILE there is still time... Don't be engulfed by all
the crap going on, build and refine your own personal prayer life, your
relationship with Jesus must be number 1... PRAY MORE!!!
There is no question in my mind
that I feel concerned about all that is going on in our world; but at the same
time, we need to really focus on what really matters. We must remain focused… All the junk (the stuff)
we own, all the titles we hold, all the status many of us live and breathe by…
unfortunately at the time of our death means nothing.
Wealth won’t get you into Heaven.
A doctorate won’t get you into Heaven. Owning an expensive house and cars won’t
get you into Heaven. God has blessed so many of us with so much. What we must
keep in mind, is that we have been blessed so that through that blessing we can
bless others. Simplicity is the greatest and easiest way to remain focused on
Jesus. No distractions, no pride, no desire to have more. In the end the secret
is this… The less you own –The more you
have…
Billionaire or homeless -in the
grave and before Almighty God we are equal. Equal in that we are all Human (children
of God) –accountable to Him for our words, our choices to love, our choices not
to love, our mean spirited attitude to
those who didn’t meet our requirements to be in our lives (many understand what
that means). Our charitable nature in the things we have, in the things we love,
in compassion, in understanding, in all that we have been blessed with. We are
accountable as to how well we managed the “talents” we have been given. Read
Matthew 25:14-30 (Parable of the Talents)…
Yes the Billionaire will have an
expensive casket and most likely a lovely tombstone. A homeless person may get
a simple box and be forgotten. In the end both will rot and stink of the
stench of a dead body. But in the end both will stand before God, both will be
given an equal opportunity to state their case, both will have the chance to (keep
in mind -we only get one chance) to show God in word and deed that we love Him
and that we have always loved Him. Actions do speak louder than words, but we
must keep in mind that both work best together.
Later on in today’s post I also
added the following:
Your inner peace should be
JESUS... your heart should be overflowing with His love... you time should be
consumed with payer... your focus should forever remain on Him.....
....and while all this is going
on hold onto your Rosary, imagine it being our Lady's hand, hold them beads as
you love Him, hold them beads while you focus on Him and hold them beads while
you pray to Him....
...develop a very personal, very
special, very devout, very PRIVATE PRAYER life...
...unite with others as much as
you can in prayer... pray for everyone always... especially those who are
ignorant, mean and violent towards you and all that you believe... but stay
sincere and true to Almighty God in that your love for Him is true and your
allegiance to Him shall never be broken even in death...
Today my heart just felt strongly
led to share all of this. I can’t explain it, except that when the Spirit
inside me stirs me up about something, I try my best to express it in words to
share…
LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!
Come PRAY THE ROSARY with us every evening Monday through Friday
9pm EST…
Invitations posted daily… and throughout the evening…
https://www.facebook.com/RosaryManJim
Invitations posted daily… and throughout the evening…
https://www.facebook.com/RosaryManJim
Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS
