Expect Your MIRACLE Today & Every Day or You Might...

Only those who expect MIRACLES in every part of every day....live lives filled with MIRACLES and far more graces & Blessings than the average person alive on earth.

We receive what we we expect.

If you or I wake up anticipating bad news...

Guess what your phone will ring all day with problems.

For everyone who knows that Johnny or Jane expects days filled with problems....

Others assume that Johnny & Jane are exactly who they are to call & visit with every single delima that not only they personally encounter...

But recommend Johnny & Jane to each person they meet and greet along every single street whether in Ponchatoula Louisiana...

Or on the coast of Madagascar, Nigeria, Malawi, Egypt, India or Yugoslavia.

Earth geography never limits God's laws of deliverance, blessing or prosperity.

Nor is God ever limited by our circumstances.

We can always accept less than God's best and settle for what others are content with....

Or we can reach out for HIS greater gifts.

Jesus said:  "Far greater things than these you shall do...

For I go to my Father at HIS right hand and anything I ask is mine anything you ask in my Name My Father & I shall do for you & through you!"

Mr & Mrs William Gustavson

PO BOX 1144

Ponchatoula, LA  70454

Even Some Catholics are confused about pro-life / pro-choice ...abortion.

I was wearing today a button pinned to my bright pink jacket that reads: PRAY FOR ABORTION TO END!"

 At a Graduation lunch in a New Orleans Catholic Parish the Sunday following Father's Day 2013...I was astounded the responses I received & conversation it spawned.

I expect this kind of confrontation if & wear it to the grocery store but not to Catholic Holy Mass & to a party of Catholic Families at a Catholic Church.

I was told that "Even if I personally would not abort my child, I don't have the right nor do you have right to suggest to others what they should do!"

Well is preaching & teaching the Holy Gospel suggesting to folks a better way to live???

And so this statement contradicts the entire life of a christian for we are called to always live by the Holy Scriptures that say:  "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!"

Let HIS life, HIS joy, HIS mercy which endures forever never cease from parting from our lips!

We are to be imitators of God who calls each by name and who speaks good things into being at all times....

We are to like God embracing all that befalls us with great FAITH...speaking hope to the hopeless and life into the dead!

I pray you see this contradiction that we all plainly see and hear all over where ever we go...

Maybe you never thought of in this perspective.

And your heart may not have the joyous fire and peace that I enjoy simply because you have never committed to a position and straddled every issue...having believed the devil's lie that no commitment keeps you pure of other's sin...but this lie could not be more deadly...

It is the very lack of commitment that causes emptiness and hopelessness.

So open your mouth with confidence and encourage those your community has marginalized and ignored...

Wear buttons that proffess what our Holy Mother Church teaches and embrace each opportunity you are questioned as an opportunity to become a great Saint...teaching and encouraging other saints to live saintly....one saint at a time!

EstherStephanada!

Mr & Mrs William Gustavson

PO BOX 1144

Ponchatoula, LA  70454

We All Can Receive MIRACLES and Be Vessels Through Which God Grants MIRACLES to Others

Though we must not be afraid of what others will say or think,

Nor can we be controlled by other's opinions are talk of us.

We who desire to be chases down by both blessings and MIRACLES that never cease but only keep multiplying with our joyful smiles and laughter in spite of devils who seek and track us...

We must keep on keeping on singing regardless who is murmuring behind our backs.

As we heard in last Sunday's Gospel the Lord was not concerned of who what about who HE is...

And so shall we must be continuing to bless others with our smiles and songs...there will always be someone like our former next door neighbor Veronica on Alvin Callender Street when we with God were building our home...

She came outside yelling one day not able to understand how not even hers & her nephews hateful actions against us could not kill our spirits.

She came outside as I was singing new songs through joyful tears...tears that our neighbors were trying to stifle the rebuilding of our home.

What we had completed the day before our neighbors had punched holes into in the night...

But I sang new songs to the God above knowing HE who watches through the night from HIS throne up above not only saw the crimes against us in the night but had the power to restore not only that which the angry jealous locusts had stolen...

They who were filled with jealousy, anger and hate and have never been loved nor have loved themselves....

No different than the Ponchatoula local native neighbors who say out of one side of their mouth that they are going to build Ponchatoula into a thriving economic marketing business center, yet they tie up themselves in bondage that they cannot grow...

By shunning newcomers who choose to make Ponchatoula home!

No town or city will ever grow & prosper past the point they are today without welcoming new citizens not only physically into their neighborhoods, and into the community and church families.

Regardless how many families come and are shunned they will eventually move on in the same numbers or even more.

For every family and community has both sincere and insincere folks whom they call their own.

Those whose hearts are pure but were born within a thorny city among hateful tit-tat chatter boxes who love not...

Eventually these too will choose to move onto a better place where they will not be embarrassed by their previous associations whether blood or geographic.

No they will follow the lead of those who come full of life seeking to bless an entire community when they first arrived...but refuse to live an entire life time among grumblers and wishy -washy complainers.

As Joyce Meyer has taught over the years....one can choose to complain and remain and go around and around a same old mountain of a pill.

Or you & I and each of us can reach out and beyond our circumstances for another new dream...when others fight to long and hard resisting thy kindness and blessing...

As Jesus said:  "Shake of their dust and move on..."

Such cities will never grow but as Sodom & Gomorrah will be your town or city who shuns the hearts who of those who enter bearing kindness and generosity of their grateful loving hearts...

Such a town or city will never grow but die  from their own choices....their own deception...

The fruit never falls far from the tree and the selfish resentful hearts wither and never blossom but rather their self-righteousness they fatten and fluff and spread as an eagle spreads its wings...

Then they go around time gloating convincing themselves and each other that they together did a good thing.

Mr & Mrs William Gustavson

PO BOX 1144

Ponchatoula, LA  70454

A Warning To Everyone For When You Open New Online Accounts....Humorous Consequences That Can Make For More Dangerous Circumstances If Not Caught or Corrected...

Anyone who has known my husband William and I for any length of time know that for my first 49 years of iife that I had physical tunnel vision for real!!   Yes REALLY!

 

That I only saw a small portion of any one's faces at a time, and that I was raised as a sighted child because my parents would not acknowledge my challenges for they were ashamed of "who or what I was."

 

And that on the Feast of the Holy Family 2009 I received a Eucharistic MIRACLE in my eyes and have enjoyed given thanks & praise for nearly three and a half years of landscapes and full length drapes!

 

So I have done some amazing things for someone who literally at times could not see what was under her ow nose!

 

I graduated from Grace King High School without ever having read much with understanding.

To satisfy my mother I sat on my bed for hours just every once in a while turning a page....

But since what was printed in those books made no sense to me and I could not see...

 

That time was not wasted... for in my heart I was not in a chair at a desk nor was I lounged on my bed reading...

I was conversing with my Lord my God and your God...

I would ask HIM to fill my heart and mind with whatever I needed to know...to stay safe at home, school or on the school bus...

Walking down hills or through my neighborhood.

 

A friend who I had not been in touch with for quite some time sent me an invite to open a "  LinkedIN " account.

Happy to hear from her I did just that thinking I could take my time that there would be no hurry to build a resume for myself and at a future date possibly this could help me grow a licensed business with  income doing what I enjoy the most...free-motion embroidery, crochet and writing.

 

But what happened was as I opened this "Linked IN " account, I was interrupted.

And as always, I embraced my interruption... as you do too... 

Took care of whatever it was my husband need that time....

 

I do my share of asking him questions that too for him are not at the best timing...

It happens in all marriages in all kinds of friendships...

 

There is no fault placing here...  No anger or frustration but rather jovial laughter and entertainment...

Life is much easier when one can laugh at and with themselves...

But what happened since I did not stay with the program as I first began opening this Linked IN account was it automatically sent invitations to everyone who I ever wrote an email to from the first date I opened this email address.   And not only to these who I possibly only wrote once ever, some were business inquires that I never thought about again in over 5 years.

 

Other auto invitations went to folks who I never wrote but their email address was attached to one of those cutesy poems with pictures many just keep forwarding and forwarding over and over...certainly none of these I ever thought would one day show up as "CONNECTIONS"

 

And since I at times post to my blogs not signed into blogger but from my email as I am doing now...

Linked IN posted connection requests to my blogs for about a 5th time last night.

 

So instead of going into Blogger and removing those comical posts  "MrsStephanie............invites you to CONNECT"  from my blogs...

I am leaving Linked IN right there...

Instead I will post this on all of them...

 

And make a game of it...

 

But it could have serious consequence when an unsent invite is accepted by someone who is worse than unpleasant.

 

I HAVE CUT OF several CONNECTIONS....some without any explanation.

 

Check your email contact list for many email systems save all information as your potential contacts even though you do not routinely write email to them nor they to you.

And you can possibly also have your account hacked into through these odd seemingly insignificant addresses that seem not worth even giving time to DELETE!

 

But do it!  DELETE DELETE!

And when you open new accounts do not let systems access your contact lists, manually type the ones you want to communicate with the new account and you will have fewer headaches of             SPAM JAMS...

 

And you will not have to check your new account more often than you would have liked to to make certain you have no spying new connections...that maybe unsafe for you...

As happened to me!

 

But the Lord will always keep us free indeed with out needs HE cannot nor will not meet...

And when the devil does raise his head....

 

Whether a cyber spyer...a marriage divider...or simply folks who some how did not learn or remember from Kindergarten how to introduce themselves and ask others their names....

I guess till Jesus comes back there will be those who try to force themselves upon others instead..

 

When anyone is rude, crude, or  speaks with forked tongue...

Remember our Lord said to cut off the hand that causes us to sin...

 

Don't you wish that it was as easy to get rid of all of these....as pushing or clicking a DELETE BUTTON!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr & Mrs William Gustavson

PO BOX 1144

Ponchatoula, LA  70454

Anyone Who Insists On Being Vulgar In Their Dress Language or Behavior....Can Expect to Be Caught On Camera and Become The Latest Uncovered Vilan On THe World-Wide Blogs

William & I have been thoroughly amused at the crazy behaviors of those who cut themselves loose...

 

Simply hilariously funny all that we had been folks do in both the Bohnigs and Winn-Dixie parking lots to catch a glimpse of the couple everyone is talking about...

He walks her in and asks for a sample which he blesses and breaks and shares with her.  Then orders either only 2 or 4 slices of low salt turkey or occasionally ham...

with a deli salad and a sack of rolls...unless they bought the rolls the night before.

 

They like to hear my dearest call me:  "My Sweetie-Pie" as he tenderly protectively walks me through the parking lot to our van shielding arrogant male gaukers from approaching me with their hands.

 

But these men & women who wish to have us as friends...they must change how they dress first before we will ever entertain conversation...

Instead of introducing themselves from a natural distance of a few feet away...

They have forced their way by confrontation...

 

Mary Ernst tried bull dozing us over with her shopping cart in the Bohnigs Super-Market and the big giant RED-Headed Roly-Poly always dressed in royal purple...at least one of her garments... has tried backing over me with her metallic colored small car.....more times than I am able to keep tract of....

 

But her venomous attacks come only once a week before the 5PM Vigil Mass!

 

I can understand why she is full of such rage...

She set her self up to be grumpy always by driving a vehicle that which the roof or ceiling is not tall enough for her.

 

She's a big big chunky woman...TALL but her gigantic abdomen weighs her UHGggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg...

Actually dragging her upper body down several inches crunching over her stomach...

 

Honestly....I am surprised she can rise up to or for any occasion at all...

But why she didn't buy herself a taller car...

But frustrates herself even more each time she ever goes out doors.

 

I cannot ever imagine her choosing to walk instead of drive and ride....

 

Soon and very soon....she and the rest...if they change not their aggressive revengeful behavior against us or against any one within our presence they will eventually be caught on EstherStephanada's Camera!

 

And the only mercy they will be shown is to made the "Uncovered Villain on the BLOGS 5, 6, or 10PM NEWS"

 

Cameras ROLL'N

Our Words and Actions Do Matter Always...We Create Our Enviroment Ourselves....So Never Complain to Anyone But Yourself!

Regardless what your circumstances are...

For many things are out of our control.

We can accept that which we cannot change while choosing to speak only kind words that do not divide but lift high and heal...

Pure kind words that heal body soul and mind regardless how snoody and grumpy a rough stiff-necked one is to you you cany-can -can stead of returning his our her own jealous hard boiled..carburetor chewing vulgarity back.

With a smile on your face and a song in your heart....your kind words can turn what otherwise may become a very miserable moment for many...

Into a grace filled transformation that will lift instead of crush all who are present just because you took the initiative on purpose to choose your words kindly and tactfully, ignoring rudeness if possible...

Without condoning a hard boiled one's attitude you cany-can can soften him or her by simply saying as I have to such a prune:  "Sorry you feel so bad...hope your better soon!"

But never let such a snot drag you down from the clouds where you have flown upon HIS Holy Wings of fire...

Remember every man woman and child was created in the unique image of Almighty God and each one was given the ability to love...for love is what we were created for....and let not those who refuse to receive your love and return it...never let one of these grumpy grump bumps an a log get you down.

Tell them to wear blue without being blue..that if you do in spite of their behavior towards you....then they can wear blue without being blue or stewed and can change their grumps to a cheery mood and be included more often any where any time...

For a cheerful love giving one without an angry jealous spirit...

Is always more than welcomed but always sought after for their joy & laughter not only instantly fills any room...

But spills out into each one who in turn spills and spreads it in just as many directions an all have much affection for such a one who choose to never be blue nor let any lemon sour-graper

poison their disposition, but rather simply blesses their day and moves onto meet and greet those who walk in shoes of peace and never folly.

Amen Amen Amen Amen and Alleluia!

How is it That Most Christians Even Catholics....Divide Themselves Against Each Other?

Each and everyone born on earth of a woman was created by God to be a vessel of HIS love to others and flowing back through and into HIM as HE then creates beautiful wonders in and through everyone.

But not even Almighty God can perform this when people cut themselves off by their strange show-offy peculiar acts or stunts.....instead of walking up to the person they admire and desire with all their heart to have and share friendship with.

And our Holy Mother Catholic Church at least in this country even divides herself by requiring "Catholic Parish Registration."

Recall Saint Paul had heard that the new Christians in the areas which his disciples had gone out preaching and teaching the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ to...were now distinguishing themselves from one another.  Actually dividing their own body...for as Christians they like we living today....each of you reading this right now...

Whether you have asked our Lord Jesus to come into your life yet, whether you have been catechized in the Faith of HIS Holy Catholic Church...our you are a Christian but not yet a Catholic.... you still are even if you do not know it have been created by God to know love & serve HIM.

The essence of Christianity is that we are not our own but were created by God to serve God through serving one another.

No one is an island.  What we do and what ever we say regardless where we are does not just affect oneself....but affects each person who hears us or is presence to witness our actions regardless if our actions are pure and kind and merciful as HE is...

And even the selfish hateful acts of the haughty jealous angry ones painfully affect those who see and hear such witness.

As both Christians and Catholics regardless how much crude unkindness or hateful ridicule and attacks upon us by the fakey flakey segment of HIS Holy Church...or by those who confess to belong to the evil one...

We Catholics & Christians must live among these who belong to the world, but lets never allow ourselves to lower ourselves to their level by returning their hatred with "their own medicine" of behavior.

Remember the song which many of us were raised singing in Holy Mass as children in the 1960's-70's into the 80's:  "They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love!  By Our Love!  They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love!"