Appreciation & Gratitude: Thank you, God, for a quiet and peaceful home. Thank you for the amazing sunset tonight and the RAINBOW! I loved it!!! Thank you for the friends and neighbors that live here. Thank you for Doctors, priests, my spiritual director, the opportunities that I have available to me. Thank you for the vibrant orange and golden colors in the sky… you make me cry, it’s so gorgeous… well, not really, but that rhymed. Lol. I love you, God! Help me be a good neighbor to all the people I meet. Thank you for opportunities to show your love to others. Help me be generous with the little time I have and make it profit your name, for your glory. Help me not to be so selfish with my time.
Q1– Am I living a fantasy or is this life really what I’ve been hoping for ever going to begin? I need to stop talking about all this and go do something about this. I dream well… is it just a bunch of talk? What steps do I need to take? I have tried starting before and it seemed like I was running ahead of you. Maybe I should start EPP, Inc. and actually write some songs… record again. I want to do it right and follow the steps you lay out for me. So, Father God, what would you like me to do? Is it ok if I start the business without your investment and approval? Or maybe just your approval and no investment? I am still playing the lottery… in Indiana! Illinois isn’t paying their winners, so… yeah. So, I have to go to Indiana to get an actual ticket that would pay a jackpot.
***You can do whatever you think is best. Changing your approach is a good idea. Why don’t you start EPP, Inc. and begin a blog? Yes, absolutely you could write some poetry/songs and record them… put them on your blog, too. You have fun doing that sort of stuff… go for it! Make some results and the rest will follow. Take time to enjoy your passion. Get up earlier and you will have more energy and enjoy a relaxed day that is unhurried. It is a good idea for you to get your tickets in Indiana. Just a little while longer… hang in there. You are a results maker, you created a lot of great songs/poem and you are creatively minded… you are also project minded. You are always doing something productive. You’re going to see results. Keep going. Make a tangible goal for the next 6 months; by Jan 1, 2017 have EPP, Inc. up and running, blog started? Think of what you want to do. Think of your life purpose, make some strong results happen. Talk is cheap is what they say… it is true. Show me why I should invest in ShamRock Studios… go make some recordings. Write and record. Hold your feet to the fire, work for excellence, put out the best you can.
Q2– Jesus, help me be more generous with my time. It seems like there is never enough of it. Tonight a neighbor was asking for my time… she wanted “accountability” for her weight loss. I felt very greedy with my time and told her I work best through email and that she could come over for one of my world famous iced coffees. I am sorry I don’t want to be in a new demanding for my time friendship… I am trying to cut down from my obligations so I have more time for you, and for creating art, starting a blog and EPP, Inc. I don’t have time for this right now. She wants also a walking partner in the evenings. I am sorry. I can give her help, but I don’t want someone to want a lot of my time. Is that terrible?
***It’s funny that she goes to the same doctor as you do. It would be great if you could help her out the best that you can but just be firm that you are short on time. Emails are great and send her links, she will love the YouTube videos. They are addictive, as you know. You could invite her over for one of you instant pot dishes when you get a recipe you like. Have her over for lunch some weekend to share some ideas with her and play her some videos you think she would enjoy. Maybe High Carb Hannah or a Dr. McDougall video would be good. It’s not terrible that you don’t have much free time. Don’t feel guilty over it. You are doing a lot for supporting her and just remember that what you do for her, you are doing for me. I love you. I also love her. Tell her for me, ok?
Q3- Love, could you put compassion, love, charity, and unselfishness into my heart, please? I am lacking in these areas and I want to grow. Give me an idea how to best do this. Also, should I look into the Salesian Cooperatives or Opus Dei organizations? I think I would like to work with youth, so maybe the Salesian route would be better suited? Also, I don’t like mortifications… so that may mean Opus Dei is out? I need info. Will you help me discuss this issue with Sr. C? I have hopes that joining a group like one of those would help me grow in my spiritual life, more dedicated and help me learn to be more loving/giving in charity for others. I really want that. I feel scared. I feel weak and not sure when I will find the time to do all these things.
*** I know. I know ally our doubts, fears; I know your time crunch. I know your heart. I know you better than you know yourself. You have a huge heart. You only need to learn how to maximize it for your most beneficial time management and productive manner. I will help you with this. Soon you will have more time to dedicate to your passions for others and for God. You will be greatly blessed financially soon, so hold on. It’s going to be a wild ride. Father God is very happy that you are expectantly waiting but still planning your work and working your plan. You rock, Mar. We love you! You’re doing great.
Q4-Mom, you rock your combat boots to the moon! I love you! Thank you for your help in getting my prayers offered to the Father in a beautiful way. I am sorry I haven’t prayed the rosary (only the short Chaplet of Divine Mercy each day.) because I need your help. I want to pray the Holy Rosary so that I can slow down and rest. It takes about 20 minutes to pray the rosary, help me find the time to add this to my daily routine. Help me get up in the morning earlier, around 5 so I can fit all this into my day. Ok?
*** I will guide you. I will help you get into a habit of early mornings. Try to get to sleep earlier, that will help you make the transition. It would be very beneficial and relaxing for you to pray the rosary regularly. I can better help you when you dedicate this time, only because my love and friendship with my children is so much enhanced when we spend time together. Together, we make a good team. I look forward to our travels together in the future. If you don’t mind, I’d like to come on your tours of heaven with you, DB, Jesus and Father God… Is that ok with you? {Of course! The more, the merrier! I’m glad you want to come along! Can we go to the waterfalls?} Absolutely, we will go there and to the crystal sea for sure… you will love it! You need a vacation! {You’re telling me? I know! It’s been about I don’t know how many years… 8 years? I think the last vacation we had was New Mexico in 2008!} Well, you are overdue for a nice relaxing family vacation. You will love it. Get your rest. Pray. Get up early and enjoy the ride.
Actions Requested:
Go ahead and start EPP, Inc.
Start a blog and write/record more songs
Do some artwork, cartoon, water colors, paint, draw and sketch
Be good to my neighbor, as I do to them, I do for Jesus. He loves them very much, too.
God is very happy that I am expectantly waiting and still planning my work and working my plan.
Momma is going to come on our family vacation to Heaven with me and DB, Jesus, Father God and we will get to visit the waterfalls! Yay!
Get up earlier, pray the rosary, ease into my day, relax, enjoy the ride.
Closing Petitions/comments: Thank you for your love and patience with me. Thank you for not giving up on me. Please give my dad supernatural weight loss, renew his health from head to toe, get rid of all skin cancer especially on his leg, give each cell in his body all the oxygen and nutrients that they need. Keep my parents, DB and me healthy with a long life filled with many more wonderful days doing the work you have for us. Help me live in you and do the will of the Father. Show me what needs to be done and give me the courage, and equip me to complete the work you have for me. Please be with AH in her difficult times ahead and fill her with your love and peace. I pray for C.H. repose of his soul, show him your amazing heaven and fill his family he left behind, especially his daughter, with love and peace. Amen! Xo ~mar