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INTRODUCTION
BELOVEDS, BEGINNING ON YOUR NEW BEGINNING IN 2023 TAKES GUTS, REQUIRES STRENGTH AND DEMANDS
DETERMINATION......IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR REBOOT MAY AT TIMES FEEL LIKE AN UPHILL JOURNEY......AND
FOR
THAT JOURNEY GOD HAS GIVEN US THE GIFT OF MANY UNFORGETTABLE BIBLE CHARACTERS.....
St. Peter was a very determined, AND SOMETIMES stubborn fellow, who was quick to jump to extremes with Jesus.
While Peter’s determined attitude may have gotten him in trouble from time to time, it also is what led him to
follow Christ as faithfully as he did.
Peter was the disciple who stepped out on the water with Christ.
Peter was one
of the few disciples present for Christ’s transfiguration.
And Peter was the one to recognize Christ as the Messiah
saying, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16).
ST PETER SHOWED US OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHAT THE GOOD FOLKS AT TEMPLESOUL AFFIRM ABOUT
DETERMINATION:
Determination is knowing what you want and going after it.
It is having unwavering faith in yourself and
your ability to achieve your goals.
It is putting all your efforts and energy into a particular task and then
setting out to achieve it.
It is never losing sight of your goal and never giving up
You are practicing determination when you:
– Believe that what you are doing is important,
– Set goals for yourself,
– Stay focused without being distracted,
– Keep going even if it gets difficult,
– Ask for help when you need it, and
– Finish what you started
WHEN YOU ARE REBOOTING YOUR LIFE IN ONE AREA OR ANOTHER PLEASE KNOW BELOVEDS, DETERMINATION IS
NECESSARY.....DETERMINATION IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KNOW, USE AND ENCOURAGE IN OTHERS AROUND
US.....
WITHOUT THE OTHER DISCIPLES SEEING, FEELING AND KNOWING ST.
PETER’S SENSE OF DETERMINATION HE
COULD NOT HAVE EFFECTIVELY LED THEM......HE COULD NOT HAVE BECOME THE ROCK ON WHOM JESUS CHRIST
HIMSELF WOULD BUILD THE CHURCH........
AND AS LOUD A LIFE AS ST.
PETER THE FISHERMAN LIVED, BELOVEDS, WE’RE REMINDED OF THE AFRICAN PROVERB
THAT TEACHES US:
Don't underestimate the determination of a quiet person.
OR WHO AMONG US WOULD QUESTION THE WISDOM OF THE INDIAN PROVERB THAT SAYS WITH SUCH SANGUINE
SUCCINCT SURITY:
Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength,
determination, and hard work.
NO ONE WOULD DENY THE IMPORTANCE THEN, OF DETERMINATION TO DEVELOP, TO DEEPEN.....TO DELVE INTO
OUR NEXT STEPS.......AND TO PREPARE FOR OUR NEXT VICTORIES IN OUR LIVES......
DETERMINATION ACCORDING TO THE HAMMER
SOMETIMES WHEN WE STOP TO CONSIDER AND REFLECT ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE ABLE TO EASILY PUT
OUR HANDS ON THERE ARE LIFE LESSONS AND LIFE AFFIRMATIONS WE CAN APPLY DAY BY DAY.......
BELOVEDS THIS MORNING, YOU’RE INVITED TO CONSIDER THE HAMMER.....ON ITS WAY TO FULFILLING ITS
PURPOSE:
THE HAMMER #1 - IT KEEPS ITS HEAD.....
THE HAMMER #2 - IT DOESN’T FLY OFF THE HANDLE......(OR IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO ANYWAY, AMEN?)
THE HAMMER #3 - IT KEEPS POUNDING AWAY
THE HAMMER #4 - IT FINDS THE POINT THEN DRIVES IT HOME
THE HAMMER #5 - IT MAKES MISTAKES, BUT WHEN IT DOES, IT STARTS ALL OVER
THE HAMMER #6 - IT IS THE ONLY KNOCKER IN THE WORLD THAT DOES ANY GOOD.....
AS WE REBOOT OUR LIVES THIS NEW YEAR....LET’S SEE HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN BE LIKE THE HAMMERS THAT DO
THEIR WORK WELL.....WITH DETERMINATION, GRACE AND STREGNTH.....
IT WAS PAUL’S ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE GALATIANS THAT WE REMEMBER AS WE GEAR UP, TO GET OUR
CONVICTION AND COURAGE UP TO KEEP DONG GOD’S WILL....GALATIANS 6:9
DETERMINATION IS GREAT BUT NOT ALL WE NEED
BELOVEDS, TODAY WHEN WE REALLY RECEIVE AND LISTEN TO THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF ST.
PETER WE SEE JESUS
BUILDING HIM UP WITH DETERMINATION AND EVEN MORE.........IF DETERMINATION WAS ALL WE NEEDED MORE
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS WOULD BE KEPT......MORE PROMISES WOULD NOT BE BROKEN.......MORE FAMILIES
WOULD STAY TOGETHER........MORE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF MAKING IT TO THE TOP OF THE
MOUNTAIN OR EVEN THE TOP OF THE HEAP......
DETERMINATION IS IN MANY WAYS AN INDISPENSABLE GIFT.....WE ALL NEED A MIGHTY MEASURE OF
IT....AMEN?
BUT WE NEED DETERMINATION AND EVEN MORE.....CONSIDER THE STORY OF JACK THE PAINTER...
AFTER DECADES OF WORKING HARD AS AN ARTIST AND TEACHER, JACK FOUND HIMSELF DRINKING ALONE
AT NIGHT AND FEELING SUICIDAL.
FOR YEARS JACK HAD PLAYED THE STRUGGLING ARTIST IN THE SCENE OF
GALLERIES, CRITICS AND OPENINGS.
AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF INTENSE EFFORT, HE FELT THE CRITICS HAD
NEVER BEEN FAIR TO HIM, AND FROM WHERE HE STOOD, IT LOOKED AS THOUGH HE WOULD NEVER BE THE
SUCCESSFUL, FAMOUS PAINTER HE FELT HE SHOULD BE.
THIS CRUSHING DEFEAT WAS LEAVING HIM ANGRY
AND DESPERATE.
BUT JACK ALSO GREW UP IN A TIME WHEN THE ARTISTIC MYTH WAS STRONG: THE STRUGGLING, HARD-
WORKING AND DETERMINED ARTIST, MISUNDERSTOOD BY ALL, FIGHTS AND CLAWS HIS WAY THROUGH THE
JUNGLE OF THE ART WORLD TO REDEEM ALL THE ILLS OF A LOST AND EVIL WORLD.
JACK — DRIVEN TO BE
GOOD, TO BE WORTHY, TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A SUCCESSFUL PAINTER — PUSHED AND PUSHED, DROVE
HIMSELF BEYOND HIS CAPACITIES, WORKED UNTIL HE WAS EXHAUSTED, AND DRANK TO SOOTH HIS
DISAPPOINTMENT AND ANGER.
IN JACK THE FAMOUS QUOTED BY SOMERSET MAUGHAM CAME ALIVE: “THE
ARTIST PRODUCES FOR THE LIBERATION OF THEIR SOUL.”
THIS WAS JACK THE ARTIST.
BUT JACK THE PAINTER WAS MUCH GENTLER.
PAINTING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND
EASY.
WHEN JACK PAINTED, HE WOULD QUIET HIMSELF DOWN AND LISTEN TO HOW THE COLOR, THE
SHAPE, THE LINE SPOKE TO HIM, FOLLOWING THE BRUSH AS IT SOUGHT THE SPACES BETWEEN THINGS.
HE
LISTENED FOR THE TINIEST INDICATION OF WHAT WAS NECESSARY, WHAT WAS REQUIRED.
NOTHING
MORE.....
BELOVEDS, I ASK YOU THIS MORNING, WHICH VERSION OF JACK IS MORE SPIRITUAL?
MORE CONNECTED TO HIS
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