A Thief who Stole Heaven

Friday, April 15, 2022

Today is Good Friday.

Why is it called Good Friday?

Often we think of it as Bad Friday.

It is so easy to listen to the lies of the devil.

The devil wants us to think that today is bad Friday.

Satan wants us to dwell in guilt and to doubt the GOOD that came from the cross.

From Walking With Purpose - Praying from the Heart Study Guide

Lie-based Thinking

I am all alone

I can't do it

Things will never change

I am stuck

I am defined by my failures

My past controls my future

Nobody understands me

I am powerless

It's all up to me

I can't share my secret

God doesn't love me

God can't help me

God doesn't care

God isn't all powerful

Distorted Thinking

Overgeneralization

Polarization

Catastrophizing

Filtering

Blaming

The noose of "should"

These are the lies that Satan is telling us.

"That today is bad and that we are bad."

Jesus suffered so that we do not have to believe these lies but the TRUTH.

Truths about God

God will never leave me alone

Nothing is impossible for God

God is all powerful

God is all loving

God holds everything together

God will rescue me

God will provide a way out

God has chosen me

God always forgives me

God knows me

God is patient with me

God's mercies are new every morning

God is my refuge and strength

God is interested in me

God is everywhere at the same time

God will never change

God will protect me

God is for me

God knows my future

God will never fail me

The Truth replaces the Lies.

"He didn't suffer so we wouldn't have to; He suffered so we'd know how to." Chris Stefanick

"It is not by sidestepping or fleeing from suffering that we are healed, but rather by our capacity for accepting it, maturing through it and finding meaning through union with Christ, who suffered with infinite love." Pope Benedict XVI

I just watched the Passion.

I want to believe the Truth and not the lies.

I want to believe in the GOOD.

"A whole life of sin, one humble and confident look toward the Crucified, and there was the first Canonized saint, and canonized by Jesus Himself! A thief who stole Heaven!" - I Believe in Love by Fr. Jean C.J. D'Elbee