Week Ending Friday, November 10, 2023
{quotes}
The greatest wealth is health.
Virgil
You gain strength, courage, and confidence from every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor Roosevelt
A man should never be ashamed to know he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Alexander Pope
It’s never too late—never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
Jane Fonda
The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
General Douglas MacArthur
{blessings}
{prayers}
God’s Constant Kindness
Thank You, dear God. Even when I am at my lowest and especially when I am my best self, Your kindness to me is constant.
Open My Heart
Dear God, I am done holding back love and forgiveness. I am over the resentment and spite. You made me with the intention that I open my heart and offer friendship to my fellow person without exception. Be with me as I find a way to do all this with grace.
Marriage Vows
Lord, You reveal Your deep and never-failing love for us through our marriage, and we’re thankful. We come to You with open hearts, asking for strength to keep our marriage vows. “I take you to be…” Lord, We trust that our marriage was Your divine choice from the moment we said the “I do’s.” We declare this marriage is Your will. “To have and to hold from this day forward” Help the two of us create a marriage that is full of joy, oneness, and the reflection of You. Help us reach out to each other with tenderness and love. “For better, for worse” God, we need Your perfect love, perseverance, and hope for the bad days. Give us the strength to cling to You, the Rock, when our marriage seems shaky. “For richer, for poorer” Provider God, we thank You for our provision. Help us to be true teammates when financial worries hit, and always thank You when money flows freely. “In sickness and in health” Give us gentleness, patience, and grace when one of us is sick. Sustain us through long illnesses because we can’t do it without Your strength. “To love and to cherish” Open our eyes every day to the positive attributes we each possess and let love cover our flaws. “Until death do us part” When the day is long, and the irritations are many, help us hold fast to the beauty of growing old together. “This solemn vow” Amen.
Heart of Appreciation
Dear God, When I feel alone and forsaken, I can look upon the natural beauty that surrounds me, and I am restored. Remind me to keep my eyes open and to go out among Your creation with a heart of appreciation. amen
Military Veterans
Dear God, Open my heart so that I may thank the men and women who bravely fought for their country. Let me properly honor their memories with great reverence for the solemnity of sacrifices made in service to their country. Blessed are the veterans whose commitment to freedom brought me to this day.
{bible affirmations}
Psalm 33:5
The Lord loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of God’s unfailing love.
Jude 21
Keep yourselves in the love of God.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
Michah 7:18
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight in showing mercy.
John 15:13
There is no greater love than this: that a person would lay down his life for the sake of his friends.
{features, stories, videos}
Story: Returning Strong
Feature: Hope for You
Music Video: One Day
Feature: Missy Elliot Gives Back
Book Review: A Fever in the Heartland
Video: Honoring Veterans