Tag: put others first

Categories
Commandments Compassion Forgiveness human nature Humility Love Pain and Suffering Peace Selflessness Spiritual war

How the Lack of Love Leads Us to War

crosses-in-a-cemetery

Just this past week, I got a chance to go to the WWII museum in New Orleans, LA. The museum does a very good job of telling the story of the war, as well as documenting the pain and suffering of those involved. This war has left such a huge mark on the history of […]

Categories
Follow God Free Will Getting to Heaven Listen Obedience Peer Pressure Perseverance Selflessness Spiritual Temptation

The Beauty of Saying Yes to God

The-beauty-of-saying-yes-to-God

Jesus healed many people during His ministry on Earth and He often asked the people that He healed to not tell anyone. However, in just about every case, the healed person couldn’t keep the secret and before long everyone knew about the healing. While Jesus wanted the word spread about Him, He wanted to better […]

Categories
Catholic Church Follow God Forgiveness Getting to Heaven Guidance and Direction Heaven Hell Sacrament Selflessness Spiritual

They Abandoned Their Nets and Followed Him

They-abondoned-their-nets-and-followed-Him

Jesus called his Apostles to follow Him and they left everything behind to follow Him. Jesus also calls us to follow Him as well and the path He leads us down requires us to abandon certain things in our life. We can’t just change a little and expect to get where Jesus is leading us. […]

Categories
Follow God Free Will Getting to Heaven Guidance and Direction Heaven Meaning of Life Obedience Put Others First Selflessness Spiritual Temptation

We Have Found the Messiah

We-have-found-the-Messiah

Let’s face it, humanity screwed up. We were living in paradise in communion with God and we managed to find a way to mess it up. We gave into selfish temptations, broke our relationship with God, and got kicked out of paradise. Ever since our fall, humanity has been searching for a savior. Even to […]

Categories
Body of Christ family Role Models Sacrament Spiritual

The Holy Family

The-Holy-family

The family is a special and important relationship. Usually, the people we are closest to in life are part of our family. We can let our guard down and relax when we are around our family. I’ve got lots of good memories growing up with my family and now I’m making lots more good memories […]

Categories
Advent Body of Christ Christmas Getting to Heaven Put Others First Role Models Selflessness Spiritual

The Lord is With You

The-Lord-is-with-you

We are about to enter into the fourth Sunday of Advent and, this year, Christmas is right on it’s heels. The theme for the fourth Sunday of Advent is love and this theme is also applicable to Christmas. As John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so […]

Categories
Body of Christ Compassion Gifts and Giving Light Love Put Others First Spiritual

The Love Within Us

The-love-within-us

Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we look forward to the Advent and Christmas season. This is a stressful time for many people because they worry about shopping for Christmas presents and are also anxious as to what they may receive. The advertisements all try to convince us that we need this or that […]