Pray about Everything

The four-year-old son of a missionary family in Africa spotted a picture of a little pink dinosaur in a magazine and set his heart on having one.

 His mum knew it was impossible (the magazine was three years old), but her son never doubted God would come through for him.

On Christmas Eve, a box packed ten months earlier arrived from home.

At first glance it seemed to contain something special for everyone - except a four-year-old boy.

 Then they reached the bottom - and they were stunned.

The lady who sent the box had no way of knowing God would use her to answer a little boy's prayer.

 Before taping up the box, at the last minute, she tossed in the one item impossible for his parents to provide - something so insignificant no rational adult would ever have been foolish enough to ask God for...a pink plastic brontosaurus from a fast-food restaurant promotion!

Sometimes we feel foolish bothering God with little things, but we shouldn't.

 

 The Bible says: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

(Philippians 4:6 NIV)

 

God is interested in every detail of your life; if something is important to you, it's important to Him.

 

 In Bible times two sparrows were sold for a penny (on sale you could buy five for two pennies!) yet Jesus said,

 

"29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care.³⁰ And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. " (Matthew 10:29-30 NIV)

 

When you learn to trust God in little things, you'll be able to trust Him in big ones.

 

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St Thomas Day

Happy St. Thomas day everybody!

The following excerpt is from http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=410
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St. Thomas was a Jew, called to be one of the twelve Apostles. He was a dedicated but impetuous follower of Christ. WhenJesus said He was returning to Judea to visit His sick friend Lazarus, Thomas immediately exhorted the other Apostles to accompany Him on the trip which involved certain danger and possible death because of the mounting hostility of the authorities. At the Last Supper, when Christ told His Apostlesthat He was going to prepare a place for them to which they also might come because they knew both the place and the way, Thomas pleaded that they did not understand and received the beautiful assurance that Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. But St. Thomas is best known for his role in verifying the Resurrection of his Master. Thomas' unwillingness to believe that the other Apostles had seen their risen Lord on the first Easter Sunday merited for him the title of "doubting Thomas." Eight days later, on Christ's second apparition, Thomas was gently rebuked for his scepticism and furnished with the evidence he had demanded - seeing in Christ's hands the point of the nails and putting his fingers in the place of the nails and his hand into His side. At this, St. Thomas became convinced of the truth of the Resurrection and exclaimed: "My Lord and My God," thus making a public Profession of Faith in the Divinity of Jesus.St. Thomas is also mentioned as being present at another Resurrection appearance of Jesus - at Lake Tiberias when amiraculous catch of fish occurred. This is all that we know about St. Thomas from the New Testament. Tradition says that at the dispersal of the Apostles after Pentecost this saint was sent to evangelize the Parthians, Medes, and Persians; he ultimately reached India, carrying the Faith to the Malabarcoast, which still boasts a large native population calling themselves "Christians of St. Thomas." He capped his left by shedding his blood for his Master, speared to death at a place called Calamine. His feast day is July 3rd and he is the patron of architects.