Wherever you go, stay in the same house until you leave town. 'Don't take a walking stick, a traveler's bag, food, money, or even a change of clothes. 'Take nothing for your journey,' Jesus instructed the disciples. What Jesus Did 'Shake the Dust from Your Feet' Luke 9:3-5.
Isaiah 60:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. If you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed, then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver. Job 22:24-25 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. All of the time spent on the internet these days with the parish meetings and religious ed classes via the zooms got me thinking of a young man from Italy by the name of Carlo Acutis who unfortunately died from leukemia in 2006.In 1Cor 15 Paul contrasts Adam and Christ in order to distinguish the natural, perishable mortal body from the spiritual, imperishable body that will rise.100 Bible Verses about Gold Dust.
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We must admit that they keep us honest and to be about practicing what we preach about.The very brief 15 years of Carlo’s life got me thinking about this coming Wednesday — which is of course Ash Wednesday. We need to be learning from them as much as they learn from us. However we must also be careful not to extinguish the youthful idealism and energy that our young people naturally possess and exhibit. All of us old timers want to impart our wisdom and knowledge to the young people of our families and parishes.
I wish I could say the same but am afraid to say there has been a lot of wasted time and energy in my 69 years.But as the great philosopher Yogi Berra once said ‘’it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” So God in his gracious mercy gives us a new season to begin again to walk more by the light of faith, to be more caring about those around us and the world we live in and see each day as a new day and blessing from God.And please remember too that despite the groundhogs predictions the other day of 6 more weeks of winter, Lent does mean springtime.
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