For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God-Ephesians 2:8
Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.
If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy,
complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.
Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,
each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others.
Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
Who,though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
that is above every name
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Humility
So I work in a Garden Centre at Canadian Tire and I must say I have a lot of time to reflect, pray, and to be in deep thought during my days at work. We are fairly busy, but I do notice some interesting things. The big thing I am noticing is that people are too proud!
Now why would I say that? Well part of my job is to help anyone carrying bags of mulch, soil, rocks or anything that looks remotely heavy. Saying that I notice some people struggle with carrying some of the bags of mulch and of course I will even admit it, they tend to get pretty heavy. So it being my duty I offer to help whoever it is and the answer I have been getting a lot recently especially from older men is no I will be fine. Is me asking them for help hurting their pride? Am I looking into this too much?
I know myself, being a male, struggle with this quite a bit. I have this sense of pride that I feel that I need to attain in order for people to respect me. I sometimes feel if I lose any sense of that pride, I may not be respected by others and this leads me to feel worthless.
So this has made me ponder about other religious figures in our great history of the Church. Who better to look at for humility other than the Holy Family. Joseph faithfully served Mary with being so respectful and humble. Mary humbled herself before God to let the Holy Spirit fill her, so that she may give birth to Jesus. She also humbled herself knowing that she knew Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. Jesus, well it could be as easy as looking at His journey to Calvary or Him washing the feet of His apostles.
Why is it so hard for us to humble ourselves when in history it shows that humility displays great strength?
This is just something to ponder about, so maybe take a look at your own life and see where you struggle with this. Maybe it is humbling ourselves when it comes to not knowing an answer or lifting something up heavy or even just humbling ourselves before a friend who needs us more than we need them at that current moment. I know I will definitely keep an eye out for my actions and will continue to pray that God will guide me through humility.
Hope this brings some insight! I know it has opened up my eyes and will be more willing to humble myself for others and to let people help me when I know my pride may get in the way!
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Been A While
Wow I have noticed that I have completely abandoned by Tumblr for a while. I guess this is what happens when you are in college! You have no time to blog, but plenty of time to study, work, and volunteer all over this wonderful world that God has created for us! So here goes my rant, thoughts, and prayers for today:
First of all, I wanted to thank all of those who actually follow me and to let you know that I do not consider you followers, but my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. To be honest, I am extremely humbled that people are actually interested in what I have to write or even the random post I come across to share with all of you. So a big thank you and I shall pray for you all if you can give God a little shout-out for me every once in a while!
Secondly, I AM DONE!! Yes, Kyle Vermette has officially finished his first semester of college and what an experience it has been. God I was battling with myself and gave me the gift of going back to school. Yes, this was an extremely difficult transition considering it has been 5 years since I graduated high school, so doing this whole studying thing was a whole new world for me. I am completely comfortable speaking in front of hundreds of people, but when it comes down to making sure to study for a test or writing and essay, I can get extremely nervous and choke on them. Through the grace of God, I completely my semester with so far great marks which even surprise me. I have no idea how I did it, but I do have an answer what helps me at least to get through school: prayer. If we don’t have prayer, we really don’t have anything. It is very essential to let God guide you through your studies, at least that is what I found. I asked Him for His incredible mercy upon me and wow did He bless me. So thank you God and anyone who prayed for me this semester, I truly appreciate it.
Thirdly, this summer will be an interesting one for me to say the least! There is many decisions that need to be made, so I am dedicating this whole time off for a time of reflection and meditation with my God. Many doors have opened and it is just deciding which door is the one God wants me to take and if it is a reasonable decision to even take that door. It is a long story so if you ever want to know about it, just drop me a line and I shall explain. And of course, to keep me mind active I will be doing a lot of reading so please send suggestions my way if you wish.
Lastly, I will try to post whenever I can. I will have more free time so the thoughts will be flowing. I kind of like blogging now because it helps me to get all my thoughts in order. What is even more important than that is I would like to hear from all of you! What can I pray for or if you just need a line of encouragement or someone to rant to, I am here for all of you! We are suppose to love our neighbours, so this is me extended my hand if you ever need it!
Again big thank you to all of you and looking forward to posting more and hearing from you!
Be blessed and be a Saint!
who are all the catholic men bloggers out there, I am following a lot of female catholic blogs so it would be nice to see some male opinions/views on my dashboard!
reblog if you are a male catholic tumblr user! :) god bless all of you!
I’m Catholic and I know it!!!!!
(Source: usetheweaktoleadthestrong)
If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up.
doubleplusgoodful asked: Random question time: if you could go on pilgrimage anywhere in the next year, where would you go?
That is very tricky to pick, but I would have to visit Rome first. A couple of things I would like to do as well would be retrace Jesus’ footsteps on foot and to retrace the journey St. Paul made too.
