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| This quote has been striking me, especially today: St. Augustine says: "Lord, my soul is restless until it rests with you." Coming out of college and into the real world, there are so many distractions. Being busy can actually make you forget that God is there. I realized today that I can't always depend on others, material things, etc. for happiness. I should depend on God for complete happiness. He has always been there for me since before I was born, every waking hour of my life. I guess He wanted to remind me that He is there. Thank YOU, MNI for the reminder.  Please guide me along Your way. Help me to be patient and trust that Your ways are always perfect. | | |
| Since I got laid off since May, I've been trying to figure out what God wants me to do with life. I have done research such as looking at nursing and recreation therapy programs to posting my resume on monster and nj.com to applying to entry level positions and jobs that i have experience with to networking with family and friends. I've been very active in that. I know that God has a purpose for me to be unemployed right now. After college and when I was employed from July 2005 to May 2007 I kind of lost my way with my prayer life. I didn't really pray as much as I used to. Whether it be I'm tired because of work or I was too busy to pray. I didn't give enough time for Him. Now that I am unemployed, I still somehow am still doing the same thing. Only this time I have been busying myself with employment searching or serving the Church or BNP or spending time with loved ones. I definitely keep Him in mind throughout the day. It's just that I wish I had the same prayerful life that I used to. I know I am changing. Maybe I need a new prayer system or something. Because ever since July 2005 to present I've had this emptiness. And I know it's because I havent been cultivating my relationship with Him. I havent reconnected and communicated with Him as He is so longing for me to do. Today's homily spoke about being still and listening to the Lord. I need to apply that to myself. Set all the things of my to-do list aside and let God speak to me. Even all the things that I do for the Church and for BNP, I feel so burnt out. I guess the fire is gone, and I need to relight it. With all the things that I do now, I still feel unsatisfied. It's ironic how I am going through all this and I happen to find the book that my friend, Kristie got me for my birthday last year. It talks about how life is important and that when you die you learn to live. Very inspiring and touching book. Thank God for letting me receive it and find it again. I needed this. Thanks Kristie for the book!!! | | |
| Motivational Message
Every day should be a good day and you should live it like it's your last.
Some people live a life of anger, frustration,
pain, jealousy, and/or dishonesty,
but all of these things will come to pass
when your time here is over.
Just take a moment to think .
We will not be on this earth forever.
One day, we will not have to worry about going to work
or how we will make payment to our loan.
We will not have to worry where our next meal will come from,
or how we can buy a house or a car.
At anytime, God could take us off of this earth,
so you should appreciate today and not worry about tomorrow,
for nobody knows what tomorrow will bring.
When you wake up each morning, thank the Lord for waking you up.
When you lie down to sleep at night, thank the Lord for another day.
If you have a job, thank the Lord for your place of employment.
Ask that He may bless you in everything that you do . . .
Ask Him to give you the knowledge and the wisdom to do your job.
If you don't have a job, thank Him anyway.
Ask Him to direct you to the job that is right for you.
When you are eating breakfast, lunch or dinner, say a prayer.
Thank the Lord for providing food and nourishment to your body.
If you are healthy, thank the Lord for the health and strength in your body.
If you aren't, thank Him anyway for life, and ask Him to heal your body.
So the next time that you get mad, think twice.
The next time you complain about something at your job, think twice.
The next time you say you wish you had steak instead of chicken, think twice.
Be thankful for what you have, and the life that God has given you.
Pray and ask the Lord for guidance.
Be sincere, as God knows whether or not we mean it from the heart.
Help those in need as a gift from your heart,
and not so you can get a pat on the back.
Put forth the extra effort in everything that you do.
Go after what you want in life,
and do whatever it takes to achieve your goals.
No matter how perfect you think you are,
there is always room for improvement,
and an opportunity for you to do better.
If you are depressed, don't cry,
just hold your head up and the Lord will help you through.
Pray and ask the Lord to deliver you from your state of depression.
Whatever it is that you are depressed about,
God will take that pain from you heart.
It may not be at that moment, or that next hour,
or maybe not even the next day,
but He WILL do it if you just believe in Him.
God may not show up when YOU want him to,
but he's ALWAYS right on time.
God will not give us more than we can bear.
Sometimes he will present us with issues that will test our faith,
but you have to be strong enough to believe
that God will do exactly what he says.
The message for today is to praise the Lord,
have faith in the Lord, give thanks to the Lord,
and live every day like it is your last.
Theoretically speaking, if the Lord never does anything else for us,
other than wake us up each day,
put food in our mouths and clothes on our backs,
we should thank him always.
HE died so that we could have life on this earth.
Please keep this message flowing . . | | |
| Thank MNI for letting me encounter another retreat for me to replenish what it is that I need to be focusing on which is HIM. 
I am your Sister in Christ, Stephanie very fortunate to have graduated the Banal Na Pag-aaral Panawagan Class No. 128 in Edison, NJ on June 22-24, 2007 under the grace of God!! | | |
| People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone may destroy overnight.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, others may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
Why?
Because in the final analysis, all of this is between you and God….
It was never between you and them anyway. | | |
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