Blue Butterfly and Christian Renewal

2 Corinthians 5:17 says

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” This verse highlights the radical change that occurs when someone accepts Christ. 

God shows us many things through His creation. Jesus often told stories using nature and everyday occurrences to teach his followers about His love for us and His Father’s will. 

A blue butterfly represents hope, joy and peace. While there is not a direct scriptural reference to butterflies, butterflies’ natural life cycle involves a transformation from caterpillar to a butterfly. 

The message to all of God’s people is God wants to transform each person into that which He created them for. God created each person with a specific purpose in mind. Each person has great potential to be transformed with God’s grace into that person that God desires for them.

2 Corinthians 3:18 says

.”And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” This verse focuses on the progressive nature of transformation, where believers are gradually changed into the likeness of Christ. 

We become new creations in Christ once we become a believer in Him. We can continue a renewal process by renewing our minds by reading God’s word and receiving the sacraments.

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Spiritual Direction (Part 4) Is it Consistent?

Spiritual Direction (Part 4) Brigid Ayer, Host of All About The Grace Podcast, delves into the question, What Does God Want? with the particular focus on the question in this episode Is it Consistent? This 6-part series of podcasts on Spiritual Direction: What Does God Want, it will help you discern any decision you need to make large or small using this practical guide to making decisions according to God will. These concepts are based on a book by Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, former president of Franciscan University in Steubenville. This episode delves into determining if what you are discerning is consistent with the way the Lord has communicated with you in the past.

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Return to Your First Love

I was scrolling thought my social media feed when I stumbled across a fellow Christian’s YouTube channel. After watching a few of the videos, it stirred up many good, holy memories and scripture verses that came alive to me years ago when I first had my conversion to Christ.

The message I felt God was impressing upon me very clearly was, “Return to your first love!” I wasn’t sure if that was an actual scripture verse or not, so of course, I Googled it and sure enough, I found the full verse in Revelations. The verse referring to “returning to your first love” is Revelations 2:4-5. In this passage, Jesus addresses the church in Ephesus, saying, “But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.”. 

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Spiritual Direction (Part 3) – What Does God Want?Does it Encourage Conversion?

Are you trying to discern God’s will in a particular area of your life? Here is my latest podcast in a Series on What Does God Want? (Part 3) Does it Encourage Conversion? This series of podcasts on, What Does God Want?, is designed to help you discern any decision you need to make (large or small) using this practical guide to making decisions according to God will. These concepts are based on a book by the late Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, former president of Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH. He was a spiritual powerhouse and this book is a fantastic resource that I’ve converted into a podcast and sharing my own insights in using this book for over 25 years as a guide to make my own Godly decisions. I hope it helps you bring clarity to your discernment process. You can follow these podcasts by subscribing to this blog, or my podcast on PodBean or Spotify. God Bless YOU!

To listen to previous episodes in this series of the All About The Grace Podcasts, click the “Listen Now” button below to see the full listing.

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Spiritual Direction (Part 2) Does it Conform to God’s Will?

Here is my latest podcast on Spiritual Direction (Part 2) What Does God Want? Does it conform to God’s Will? This series of podcasts on the topic of Spiritual Direction will help you discern any decision you need to make large or small using this practical guide to making decisions according to God’s will. These concepts are based on a book by the late Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, former president of Franciscan University in Steubenville. He was a spiritual powerhouse and this book is a fantastic resource that I’ve converted into a podcast sharing my own insights in using this book for over 25 years as a guide to make my own Godly decisions. Hope it helps you. You can follow these podcasts by subscribing to this blog, or my podcast on PodBean or Spotify. God Bless!

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Spiritual Direction (Part 1) What Does God Want? Spiritual Direction for a Modern Age

Brigid Ayer, Host of the All About The Grace Podcast, tackles the question, What Does God Want though the assistance of Spiritual Direction. This is part 1 in a series of 6 podcasts to help you learn how to hear God’s voice, how to discern God’s will, so that you can do his will. Enjoy. The link to the Podcast is below.

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Gaudete Sunday — REJOICE!!

We all want more JOY in our life. Today, the 3rd Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday and the word of the day is REJOICE OR JOY, denoted by the PINK candle. Watch the below video where Brigid explains why this particular Sunday of Advent is marked with the theme of JOY & REJOICING!

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