Week Ending Friday May 8, 2020
{quotes}
How beautiful it is to do nothing…and rest afterward.
Prayables
And perhaps what made her beautiful was not her appearance or what she achieved, but in her love and in her courage, and her audacity to believe: no matter the darkness around her.
Morgan Harper Nichols
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Emma Lazarus
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day saying: I’ll try again tomorrow.
Mary Anne Radmacher
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Robert Schuller
One day you’ll wake up and simply decide; no more.
Prayables
{blessings}
Plan for Tomorrow
You are so busy, busy, busy, preparing for life, while life slips casually by. May God bless you with release from unnecessary preparation. Plan for tomorrow, but don’t miss out on today.
Waterfalls of Joy
May God bless you. May God lift your spirits. May God find those pockets of sadness and replace them with waterfalls of joy. May you know, God is near.
Max Lucado
Exceptional Gratitude
This may not be the life you wanted, but it’s the life you’ve been given. Live it well. May God bless you with acceptance and exceptional gratitude.
Love Harder
When all of this is over you will love harder. The heart is strengthened by the trials you face. May God bless you with a strong heart and the will to use it wisely.
Loving Gestures
Sometimes you don’t need kind words and affirmation. Sometimes you simply need a friendly cuddle. May God bless you with loving gestures, given and received.
{prayers}
What’s in Store
God, I don’t know what You have in store for me tomorrow, but I do know I have today in all its glory. Fill me with Your love, and I will express my joy. Praise to You giver of grace.
See It
Dear God, If I can see it, I can be it. Show me Your intentions. Expand my vision to horizons I can’t yet imagine. Help me see who I am to be.
Ready to Overcome
I am tired of worrying, tired of hurrying, tired of being buried by stress. Stress over finances, stress in the work I do, causing holes in my peace, pushing me farther from calm. And yet, when I lean into this exhaustion and make time for prayer, I let the waves of holy healing wash over me, I am cleansed. Fresh with hope, free of pain, filled with gratitude, and ready to overcome.
I Alone
Dear God, Keep me from temptation and negative forces. Help me break bad habits holding me back and keeping me down. I alone am responsible for my actions. I with You will be reformed and renewed.
Though Lonely
Dear God, though lonely, with You I am not alone. And in my boredom Your every Word energizes me. This is my response to the challenges I face; renewing my faith each day, giving praise to You, my Creator, and saying Hallelujah! Better times are ahead.
{stories, features, video}
Story: Under a Clear Blue Sky by Susan Diamond
Music Video: Dear Younger Self by Mercy Me
Photo Feature: Class of 2020 + portfolio by Matt Mendelsohn
Essay Feature: What Is, Is by Karyn Kedar
Music Video: Georgia Borg – Britain’s Got Talent
Poetry Feature: When Giving is All We Have by Albert Rios
{bible affirmations}
Zechariah 14:9
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day, God’s name alone will be worshiped.
Psalm 34:14
God, guard my speech from evil and guide my lips to speak kindly.
Romans 8:28
All things work together for my good. I love God, God gives me purpose.
Psalm 16:10
Refuse to let the world corrupt you.
Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:8
In the same hour the Holy Blessed One, created the first human being, God guided the person before all the trees in the Garden of Eden and said: See My works, how fine and excellent they are! Everything I have created, I created for you. Think about this carefully so that you do not corrupt and devastate My world; for if you corrupt it there is none to repair it after you.