That 8 mm picture reel

     I always have to remind myself that there is an 8 mm movie reel of my life, still filming and awaits me in my file cabinet in Heaven. Only when I watch it, sitting with God, there will be no popcorn or comfy recliner. Just Him and me in the theater. Every thought, word and deed recorded with no editing. Beside my reel, will sit a scale, marked good and bad. As I watch it I will also see the scale move up or down. All the while, sitting beside Him while I watch Him look at it also. Just like He did all through my life. Oh the joy! Oh the humiliation! Seeing how I acted and reacted after all I had been taught. Especially about my final judgment. 

     I pray to our Beloved Mother Mary to pray for me now and at the hour of my death. I pray that my sweet Guardian Angel will hold my hand as I watch the reel of my life. Feeling his gentle touch never to leave me, especially at this most uncertain moment. 

    I rest in the Peace and Mercy of my God and will not let despair overtake me. I pray for the will to keep trying and never ever let me quit trying. Always remembering that in His wounds I am healed. In His Most Precious Blood, I am saved. In His Mercy, I belong to Him.