Week End Friday, February 12, 2021
{quotes}
Overheard: Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked, “Why?” She replied, “So you can help me save the planet.” I chuckled again and asked, “And why do you want to save the planet?” “Because that is where I keep all my stuff,” she said.
Overheard: Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter’s antics, I suddenly realized that I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.
Overheard: Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me. He helped me all the way across campus to my class and as he was leaving, he said, “I hope you feel better soon.”
Overheard: My first day at a new school an older boy pointed to my shoes from Payless, started laughing, and saying mean things to me. His friend told him to shut the “F” up and said, “He’s a jerk, ignore him.” I had a very good day after that.
Overheard: Praise God! There’s a bed in the shelter for tonight if I can get there by 6:00 pm, before they lock the doors. It’s across town, it’s 5:40 and too far to walk. A guy is loading groceries in his car and I ask if he can give me a lift. He says “Hop in.” I make it there on time.
{blessing}
No Shortcuts
There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going. I will take the high road, one foot after another, each step resounding in holiness. God blesses me and moves me the right direction.
Impact
Your impact on the people you meet is bigger than you think. Someone smiles because of the compliment you gave them. Someone silently admires you. Someone took your advice. May you continue to be blessed with wisdom and good cheer.
Drive ‘Em Crazy
Just be happy, it drives people crazy. May You be blessed with joy, love, and laughter. As for those “crazy” people – love them too!
Clothing Your Soul
Your body is clothing for your soul. May you be blessed with good health, physical fitness, and eating habits that honor the holy spirit God placed within.
+ Yet
Add the word “yet” to the end of any sentence relating to your aspirations, and revive your commitment. May God bless you with the power of possibility.
{prayers}
Gentle Goes My Nature
Prayer is not a weapon, and I am not a warrior. Prayer is my strength, gentle goes my nature. Praise to You, loving God who covers me in tranquility.
To Be Loved
Dear God, I want to be loved the way I need to be loved. You’ve given me insight to my soul, now help me please- to be direct, instructive, and patient with the people in my life who love me, and the people I have yet to meet who will love me; as I am, for who I am, and for what I stand for. amen
To Give & Receive
Lord You are a God who gives and gives. Show me how to receive in full measure. I open my innermost being to be filled with Your generous riches, Your perfect peace. amen
Open Myself to Struggle
God, give me the strength to open myself to the heartache that accompanies compassion. To the tired-to-the-bone feeling that comes from hard work. For the vision required to look out, look up, and follow the divine path to You.
Covered in Your Love
Dear God, You uplift the lowly, bring warmth to the cold heart, and bless the troubled souls with hope. Be with me today, calm my nerves, relieve my worries, and cover me in Your love.
{stories, videos, features}
story: Implacable Faith Yosef Yitzschak Schneerson
feature: Difficult Mother
music video: You are the Reason Calum Scott
humor: Married and Divorced
music video: When the Roll is Called Up Yonder Johnny Cash
feature: Accepting Compliments
{bible}
Psalm 37:7
I quiet my heart in God’s presence and pray. I do not worry when people succeed in their evil ways. Hope thrives as I wait for God’s intervention.
John 9:38
Lord, I believe!
Genesis 2:7
God did what he had not done with any creature: He blew into Adam with His holy spirit, a soul that is immortal and does not perish when the body does.
Ethics of the Fathers 4:17
A single moment of repentance and good deeds in this world is greater than all of the World to Come.
Jeremiah 29:13
Who shall come to seek me with all their heart?