Week Ending Friday, May 12, 2023
{blessings}
Blessing of Dreams
No need to fret about a bad dream you had. Instead, pay attention to dreams that move you to become a better person. May God bless your days and nights with aspiration and inspiration.
God’s Bidding
If compassion is to be effective, it must be combined with humility. May God bless the largess of your compassionate heart as you carry on humbly doing God’s bidding.
Exchange
When you make an ex-change, you change the bad to new, current, cleansed thoughts of God’s love. May you be blessed to move on from your ex-loves and ex-lives.
Express God’s Love
May you be a blessing today. Welcome friends and friendship, peace, and happiness into your life by letting God’s loving, radiant, happy Spirit find expression through you.
Working Hands
What you hear, you forget. What you see, you remember. What you do, you know. May God bless you with wisdom from the work of your hands.
{prayers}
Guaranteed Now
God, you have given me this present moment in which to live. Whether joyous, challenging, heartbreaking, or delightful, there is no other time guaranteed to me than now. Help me embrace it. I’m trusting in a glorious future.
Confidence and Hope
Dear Lord, let me live in confidence, hope, and abandonment of despair. Be with me as I quench my curiosity and drown myself in joy. Only You know my limitations, only You know my potential. I know one thing only, I follow Your lead with unwavering devotion.
Moon Prayer
Dear God, I cannot love Thee the way I want to. You are the slim crescent of a moon that I see and my self is the earth’s shadow that keeps me from seeing all the moon. The crescent is very beautiful, and perhaps that is all one like I am should or could see, but what I am afraid of, dear God, is that my self shadow will grow so large that I block the whole moon, and that I will judge myself by the shadow that is nothing. I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
Flannery O’Connor
Bless us with Enough
Dear God, bless us with the energy we need to complete every task, prosperity enough to meet every bill, and strength enough to face every situation.
Time to Rest
Dear God, thank You for giving me time enough to rest my mind, time enough to rest my busy hands, and time enough to realize that You are my help in my time of need.
{bible affirmations}
Leviticus 19:14
You shall not curse because they don’t hear or stand in the way of those who don’t see. Respect your neighbors and stand in God’s presence with awe.
Leviticus 19:15
You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the wealthy. Judge your neighbor fairly without prejudice.
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go around gossiping and speaking badly about your neighbors. Stand up for your neighbors.
Leviticus 19:17
You shall not hate your brother in your heart. Reason frankly and fairly with your neighbors.
Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear grudges. Love your neighbor as you love yourself.
{quotes}
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
Duke Ellington
Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Herbert J. Taylor
If you’re tired, learn to rest, not quit.
Banksy
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
Coretta Scott King
{stories, videos, features}
Video: If a Favorite Poem
Feature: Breath Prayer Hannah Brenchner
We’ve Got Mail: Sunny’s Miracle
Humor: Sadie Makes Her Point
Feature: The Next Thing Seth Godin
Parable: Minute in the Middle