Week of July 1, 2017
{blessings}
Different Path
Just because you take a different path, it doesn’t mean you’re lost. May you be blessed to blaze your own way without shame or regret. Walk confidently in step with God.
Being a Friend
It’s just as important to be a friend as it is to have a friend. Maybe more. May you be blessed with friendship that goes both ways, honors God and brings pure enjoyment to all.
Take Flight
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. May you be blessed to take flight and go to places beyond your imagination. Yes, you are the pilot, but remember, God is your co-pilot.
Bold & Beautiful
The true meaning of courage is to be afraid and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, to step out anyway—even if that step makes no sense to anyone but you. May you be blessed to make the bold moves. God’s plan for you is beautiful and bold. Live it.
Passion
What energizes you when you are dog-tired and just want to go to bed or go back to bed? May you be blessed with passion so clear and so bright that you can breathe the air of your cause and never tire. Turn to God and flash a smile – you are ready and raring to go!
Do Your Best
Anything less than the best is a felony. And, crime does not pay. May you be blessed to do your best with a cheerful attitude and a willing heart.
{prayers}
Spiritual Genius
Dear God, Thank You for helping me to accept that Your holiness is here to cover me, that I am not expected to bring my own or to impress you with an eloquence that implies spiritual genius. Rather, let me bring myself to You, just as I am – open, honest, ready to find true brilliance in You. Amen
I am Not Perfect
I am not perfect. I should not have felt those things in my heart or said what I did. I am not perfect. You created me to have a personal relationship with You. You whisper…Feel generously. Speak kindly. Live openly. Intimacy does not mean being perfect, it means being close to You.
Fully Satisfied
Dear God. I have a hunger to know You. To know You in my mind, my heart, my spirit, and my life. I will find the perfect way to worship You and go to the depth of my soul, fully satisfied. amen
Night’s Tightening Quiet
At the end of the day my eyes are tired. Sadness is heavy. Night’s tightening quiet gives me too much time for worry. But following that silence You, God, bring gifts of noise: morning rain, coffee percolators, school buses stopping on the corner. And these life giving sounds appear to remind me: You, God, bring this new day. You, God, give these moments to fill me with hope.
Life Long Learner
God, help me to be a life long learner. May I always gain knowledge, grow in understanding and find wisdom. Amen
Future in His Hands
Dear God, I don’t know what the future holds, but I know the future is in Your hands. Bring me to a better tomorrow. Make the days of my life and the life in my days overflow with love, kindness, and appreciation. Amen
{quotes}
Learn, Live, Rest
Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.
Never Too Late
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Echoes in Eternity
What you do in life – echoes in eternity.
Not an Option
Failure is not an option.
Butterfly
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, God calls a butterfly.
Bright Moment
A bright moment does not dishonor your loss. A difficult moment does not dishonor your joy.
{stories, articles, videos}
Joke: Future is Here
Video: You Raise Me Up (Chiara)
Story: When it Smells
Commentary: The Answer is Change
Picture Gallery: Best Dog Photography
Article: I took My Family to a Gurdwara
{bible}
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
Psalm 28:8
The Lord is the strength of God’s people.
2 Kings 18:7
And the Lord was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered.
Numbers 11:1
One day the Israelites started complaining about their troubles. The Lord heard them and became so angry that he destroyed the outer edges of their camp with fire.
Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth it shall not return to me empty.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of the Lord stands forever.
{affirmations}
Divine Sparkle
Today I am awash in God’s Divine sparkle.
Song to God
Children are the best teachers of joy. I will sing a childlike song to God today.
Nature’s Nectar
I am in sync with my other. Drinking nature’s nectar together.
Magic and Wonders
The world is incomprehensibly beautiful—an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
Messy & Imperfect
I don’t have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey
of my life.
More I Create
The more I know, the more I can create. There’s no end to my imagination.