Week end September 22, 2017
{blessings}
Decisions
Don’t make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on what should happen, and think about what could happen. May God bless you with hope and possibility when making up your mind. Be confident. If doubt creeps in, kick it to the curb. Whatever decision you make, will be the right one.
Let Faith Fly
The trick, it seems, is to be able to hold both things very close – the gratitude and the misery – and then, with a semblance of faith, to let them fly. May you be blessed to overcome your difficulties.
Release It
Release it. All the pent-up frustration needs to go. That person who got you all riled-up isn’t worth the seething. You find yourself more often than not, fed-up with your circumstances—stop stewing over it. May you be blessed to release it all in prayer.
Long Walks
May you be blessed with long walks and warm longings, with comfortable companionship, and the stirring of God’s love in the belly of your soul.
Reality
When they began airbrushing the models in fashion magazines fifty years ago, no one complained much. Everyone knew, we thought, that it was some sort of make believe. But then they started airbrushing your food. Vacations. Family photos. And now you think you’re the only one with a less-than-perfect situation. May you be blessed with a perfect sense of reality and appreciation for imperfection.
{prayers}
Bring it On
Lord, bring it on. I am ready to grab hold of whatever You throw my way and make the most of it. I trust You, plain and simple. I praise You, higher and harder. I love You, deeply without reservation. Thank you God for the winds that blow and for being the direction in my life. amen
Bless Everyone
Here I am, God. Use me for Your Divine purpose. I am still and peaceful in Your presence. Open my mind to think the good thoughts. Open my heart and let Your love fill it to overflowing. May my spirit go forth to bless everyone I meet today.
Helpful Heart
The earth is not happy. Thank You Lord for enlisting me in your army of hope. In a world dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes, and storms I will make a difference through prayer. I pray: Dry their tears. I pray: Comfort bruised hearts. I pray: Lend an outstretched hand. Thank You Lord for the work of Your healing hands making significant the work of my helpful heart.
An Amazing Life
This is an amazing life, A gift of moments Precious and dear, Profound in joy, Profound in sorrow. This is an amazing life, A gift of moments Glorious and holy, Rich in laughter, Rich with tears. This is an amazing life, A gift, a song, A fantastic story of solitude and adventure, A tale of darkness and light, A psalm of frailty and endurance, A poem written in time and motion, In stillness and silence, In shouts and whispers, In mourning and wondrous celebration. This is an amazing life, A river of blessings, A gift to cherish In awe and wonder. Blessed are the gifts of life. Blessed is the Giver of life. Blessed is this amazing life.
“An Amazing Life” by Alden Solovy from This Grateful Heart, Psalms and Prayers for a New Day c2017; and are under the copyright protection of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and reprinted for use by permission of the CCAR. All rights reserved.
Acts of Love and Presence
Help me to be less fearful of the measure of time and more fully alive in the time that simply is Help me to live time not just to simply use it to breathe it in and return it in acts of love and presence
{stories, articles, video & more}
Story: Why Pray?
Article: Judge Gives Books
Video: Panda Cuddler
Thought + Prayer: The Wonder of My Body
Video: Marine Surprises Grandma
Article: Ideas Are Not Enough
{affirmations}
Destiny (picture quote, worded for sharing)
I watch my thoughts for they become my words. I watch my words for they become my actions. I watch my actions for they become my habits. I watch my habits for they become my character. I watch my character for it becomes my destiny.
Right Where You Are
Right where I am is where I need to be. I won’t fight it. I won’t run from it. I stand firm take a deep breath and another one more and I ask myself Why is this in my world? What can I learn from it?
Shame & Grace
Shame says because I am flawed I am unacceptable. Grace says though I am flawed I am cherished. I choose Grace.
Guardian of Nature
I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.
One in Trust
My Creator Believes in me. God put the Divine Spirit within me. God knows the stuff of which I am made and has faith in me. My heavenly God and I are One – one in faith – one in belief – one in trust.
{bible}
Colossians 3:13
Time to Forgive. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.
Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the Lord, your God. You are commanded to love your glorious and awesome God. For some, this is a cake walk. How easy it is to love God! But others are skeptical. How can love be demanded? It’s an emotion. A feeling. You’ve either been struck by the love bug or it missed you. But there is a way to summon the emotion of love for God. You can start by taking in all of God’s wonders, and immediately give thanks and praise to the Creator. That’s how you fall in love with God.
Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than its beginning a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be bold and brave Don’t be afraid and don’t panic. For the Lord your God will go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.
1Timothy 6:17
God richly provides you with everything you need.
{quotes}
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
Life comes with a manual, read it.
Life isn’t happening to you, life is responding to you.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you turn your eyes from God.
Overthinking. The art of creating problems that aren’t even there.