Week ending Friday, February 24, 2023
{quotes}
Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.
Steve Maraboli
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
James Dean
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
William James
Keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.
Marilyn Monroe
Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?
L.M. Montgomery
{blessings}
Face It
Brave people confront fear and move toward it until it gets smaller. May God bless you with courage when facing an imposing situation. Your confidence will always right-size the problem. Try it, and you’ll be delighted at how easily you can get past the once-daunting obstacles.
Switch Seats
If God is your co-pilot – switch seats! May you be blessed to let God lead the way.
Be You
Be daring, different, and sometimes impractical. Be the one to assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, worshippers to the ordinary. May God bless you to be faithful to your nature, the one God gave you.
Know When
Many people know how to say nothing, but few know when. May God bless you to watch your words and speak only with wisdom and kindness all the days of your life.
Courteous Consideration
Courtesy is the shortest distance between two people. May you be blessed with close relationships born out of respect and Godly consideration.
{prayers}
God Heals
Pain made me pray, but God made it go away. Blessed is the Divine Healer.
Useful
In my darkness, I search for Your light. Reveal Yourself. Talk to me. Remind me why I am here. Help me help those I love by using the right words to motivate and inspire. Let me be useful. Let me be listened to. Let me have something to say that matters.
By Whom Good Comes
Dear God, Sometimes I know it’s You. I look up and smile. Other times I foolishly give myself credit without stopping to give You thanks. Praise to You, source of all the good coming my way.
Thankful For
Dear God, I am thankful for the life I am privileged to live. Let me say the ways. For waking this morning in a bed, under a roof, in a temperature-controlled room. For having a place to go, something to do, and people to do it for. For sustenance, for You, for me, and for all of us. amen
Prayer for the Poor
For the hard workers, the ones who pleasantly go about their jobs no matter how menial, no matter how small. Bless them, dear God, with a smile from those they serve, with an appreciation for their efforts, and bless them with enough financial resources to feed their families and meet their needs. God of abundance, shine your light on the poor.
{bible affirmations}
Psalm 46:1
God is my refuge and strength. My ever-present help in troubled times.
Exodus 14:14
My God does the fighting for me. I need only to stay calm.
Book of Discourse 1958
The more a parent loves their child, the more they will hold the child to a high standard because this is not an expression of severity but of love through severity.
Proverbs 24:5
The wise are mightier than the strong, and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.
Song of Songs 6:9-10
Only one is my dove, my perfect one, unique to her mother, the delight of who bore her. Madidens see and acclaim her, and royalty praises her. Who is she that shines through like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, radiant as the sun!
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Finding Humanity in a Rikers Island Plane Crash
Feature: Gen Z New Move to God
Humor: A Little Laugh
Wednesday Story: What Wearing Ash Means to Me
Feature: Mike’s Blessing
Music Video: You’ve Got a Friend in Me