tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024082512567700433.post8460753121576891996..comments2023-10-20T04:10:22.980-07:00Comments on Jasmin Loves Coffee: Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone...Jasminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228134599632240343noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024082512567700433.post-17417049736560698542015-08-12T06:49:08.839-07:002015-08-12T06:49:08.839-07:00Wow...thank you....I found it again after 25 years...Wow...thank you....I found it again after 25 years or more<br />Am really searching for this letter - and all those past years - my heart remember well the thought shared...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129335626476543135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024082512567700433.post-7740015411715502952011-06-28T10:43:06.479-07:002011-06-28T10:43:06.479-07:00A friend posted this on a facebook page, and I'...A friend posted this on a facebook page, and I'm thinking he got it here, because it gave the same credits to St. Anthony of Padua and also said we should "<i>reservedly</i>" (or with limitations) give ourselves to God, instead of "<b>unreservedly</b>," as other sources read. <br /><br />That day or so (hard to tell when I work the graveyard shift my days split differently, I'd just finished a review of the last four years of my life, what hopes and visions for the future I've had during the death of my marriage, in reuniting, and in a second painful separation, and in thinking perhaps someone new would come along, until I gave up seeing that as even possible, and I finally realized that with all my own dreams shattered, I was no longer waiting for someone. I had had just begun wondering if that meant there was no hope and no future. <br /><br />When I read this, however, I learned that is exactly where I need to be to give myself unreservedly to God, no matter what lies ahead, not trying to subversively sneak my desires underneath His superimposed will and 'judge' His performance in blessing my petty fantasies. Receiving my whims is not a valid basis for learning to hope in His providence and the working of His will and mighty strength, and just like the other reader four years ago, "<i>Thanks, I really needed to read this today.</i>"<br /><br />"St. Anthony" of Max Meadows, VaAnthony Grubbhttp://www.facebook.com/anthonymgrubbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024082512567700433.post-63773635422930611782011-06-28T10:23:38.873-07:002011-06-28T10:23:38.873-07:00I'm not sure whether St. Anthony of Padua is t...I'm not sure whether St. Anthony of Padua is the author, but from the flow and from other sources, it is clear near the beginning the reading should be <b>"unreservedly"</b> instead of <i>"reservedly"</i> giving ourselves to God.<br /><br />St. Anthony of Max Meadows, Va :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024082512567700433.post-13305664215437546342008-03-10T13:55:00.000-07:002008-03-10T13:55:00.000-07:00Thanks. I really needed to read this today.Thanks. I really needed to read this today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com