Mother Teresa

Hello Friends!
    I'm super stoked to see all of you this upcoming weekend and am even more excited for the arrival of summer. I've been reading this book called No Greater Love by Mother Teresa and its pretty much rockin my world- naturally I wanted to share how awesome it is with people who I know will appreciate it. A lot of the stuff reminds me of this past summer along with great reminders for this upcoming summer. So here are some of her thoughts even though they aren't from the book Who Is Jesus? they are totally all about Him.

"My secret is very simple: I pray. Through prayer I become one in love with Christ. I realize that praying to Him is loving Him. In reality, there is only one true prayer, only one substantial prayer: Christ Himself. There is only one voice that rises above the face of the earth: the voice of Christ. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus... Let us remember, if we want to be able to love, we must be able to pray!"

"You learn humility only by accepting humiliations. The greatest humiliation is to know that you are nothing. This you come to know when you face God in prayer. Often a deep and fervent look at Christ is the best prayer: I look at Him and He looks at me. When you come face to face with God, you cannot but know that you are nothing, that you have nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself."

"So pray lovingly like children, with an earnest desire to love much and to make loved the one that is not love." (Willie Juan anyone?!)

"Don't allow yourself to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best. Neither glory in your success, but refer to God in deep thankfulness. If you are discouraged, it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own powers."

Cool Story and an incredible message:

Some years have gone by but I will never forget a young French girl who came to Calcutta. She looked so worried. She wen to work in the home for dying destitutes. Then, after ten days, she came to see me. She hugged me and said. "I've found Jesus!" I asked where she found Jesus. "In the home for dying destitutes," she answered. "And what did you do after you found Him?" (Mother Teresa) "I went to confession and Holy Communion for the first time in fifteen years." Then I said again, "What else did you do?" "I sent my parents a telegram saying that I found Jesus!" She went home radiating joy, because her heart was filled with joy. Why? Because she had lost the innocence of her youth and had gotten it back again.

Gosh!!! Is that not beautiful or what? And I just love that question- What did you do once you found him? She went to be with Jesus and then she shared the good news! And then the beauty of the childlike love and joy in Christ. There's so much from Grace and Truth along with Willie Juan that is so awesome. Anyways, this is what's been encouraging me and challenging me lately and I'm loving it! So, if you read this novel that I've just typed up then I hope it's encouraging to you too.