J.M.J.
**If you are just beginning this program, please read the Introduction post first. Thank you!**
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None
Pretend for a moment that you are
far, far from home. You are with a group
of people. Some very old, some babies,
some are friends and people you love, and a few others are maybe not so nice.
Tired, cold, hungry – nobody is very
comfortable and many people in your group just want to go home. Home – where their muscles won’t ache from
all the hard work they have to do every day on their journey. Home – where they can soak up the warmth and
bask in the cozy joyful glow that fills their home with warmth. Home – where their hunger and thirst is
always satisfied and they never again have to worry about where to find enough
food to eat.
The
home they want to go to is beautiful.
Always. There is never any dust
on the shelves or dirty socks on the floor.
No cracks in the ceiling or sticky spills on the couch.
Close
your eyes and imagine the most beautiful home ever. Guess what.
The home you and your group are trying to reach is even more beautiful
than what you just imagined.
Not
only is this home beautiful, but it is filled to the top with something
wonderful. Something so joyful, so
awesome, that when you first see it, your eyes will open wide to try to see it
all. You will take the deepest breaths
to try to draw it into yourself. And all
you will be able to do is whisper the word, “Wow” and smile. Let’s try that. Pretend you just entered your beautiful home
for the first time. Open your eyes in
amazement. Take a deep, happy
breath. Now whisper, “Wow!” and smile.
Do you
know what your home is filled with that makes you feel so happy?
Love! So much love!
In this
home, no one ever fights. No one ever
falls and scrapes a knee. And no one
ever gets in trouble, just because everyone is so joyful all the time.
Remember
the other day when you were extra helpful?
Were you feeling happy that day?
And when you were being helpful, did it make your heart feel even
happier? I bet it did!
Well,
guess what. In your home your heart will
be so happy and so full of love that you can never be naughty. You won’t even know how to be naughty! And everyone else in your home also be so
joyful and full of love that they will never be naughty either. No one is mean. No one takes your cookie. There is only kindness and caring and love.
Do you
want to go to this home? Me too! Do you think this beautiful, loving home is a
real place? Or are we just making this
up?
Guess
what: this place is for real! And we get
to actually live there, too! Can you
guess where this home is? Heaven!
God has
prepared a most wonderful home for us – better than anything we could possibly
imagine. And God our Father is waiting
for us to come to Him and be with Him in complete happiness. Forever!
Let’s
close our eyes again and imagine our beautiful, joyful, loving home. Take a deep breath. Now whisper, “Wow!” with a big smile on your
face. This is what God wants to see you
do and hear you say when you first come home.
He is so excited to show you all
He has prepared for you! And He will be
so happy to see that you are so pleased!
Let’s
say a prayer to God right now while our hearts are still full of that happiness
and hope. Ready?
Dear
God, thank You for preparing such a beautiful and joyful home for me. Please help me find my way home to You. I want to be full of Your love forever. Make me a good boy/girl. Make me a happy boy/girl. And please bless everybody that I love! I pray this through Jesus’ name. Amen.
****NOTE****
I realize it is far easier to have this in hardcopy form. If you want to help us move forward with the accompanying workbook/journal and templates for activities, please consider purchasing the Rosary Quilt digital files as a donation. The Rosary Quilt activities will be used during the second half of the Secret of the Rosary program anyway, so you will be that much ahead! Thank you! And God bless!
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