Week Ending Friday, June 27, 2025
{quotes}
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon Him in yourself.
Teresa of Avila
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
J.K. Rowling
The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor. The Lord never commanded me to love my religion.
Barbara Brown Taylor
Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Helen Keller
{blessings}
Out of this World
You are out of this world, magnificent, astounding, and blessed by God.
Blessed With Love
May God bless you with love, affection, attention, and contentment.
God and You
May the light of God surround you, the love of God enfold you, the power of God protect you, and the presence of God be always within you.
Believe It
May God bless you to see beyond the visible to sights waiting to be discovered and to people you have yet to meet. You don’t always have to see it to believe it.
Blessing for Healing
May God bless all your working parts today and heal the others.
{prayers}
With Guidance from God
Dear God, I seek You as a partner in every significant act. My deciding and doing are all done with direction from You. When it’s a win, I celebrate. When there are setbacks and disappointments, I turn to You for my consolation. Thank You, God of guidance.
Fortify Me
Dear God, my rock and my protector. You steady me when I am off balance. You fortify me when temptation seeps through the cracks of my defenses. For You make everything better, I offer my prayer to You today.
Peace Between Us
Dear God, may peace reign between us. Remind me that every disagreement doesn’t have to turn into a battle. Help us work out our issues with patience, respect, and love.
Five Senses
My senses are alive with the promise of goodness around me. Thank you, dear God, for sight and smell, taste and textures. Blessed are You who gives me vision to see Your wonders and enables me to hear Your Word.
Today is the Day
Today is the day I walk the talk. I take on the impossible, I embrace the difficult, I resolve to do whatever it takes to get done what I have previously left unfinished. Blessed is God who graces me with determination.
{bible}
The Lord God is my strength. He has made my feet like the feet of a deer, and He makes me walk on high places.
Habakkuk 3:19
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
Mark 8:36
… people began to call on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 4:26
Arise and shine, for your light has come and the glory of God rises upon you.
Isaiah 60:1
For God alone my soul waits in silence.
Psalm 62:5
{stories, features, videos}
Holy Humor: The Priest and a Rabbi Joke
Feature: The Science of Near-Death Experiences
Music Video: The Lord III Paul Simon, Seven Psalms
Parable: “God Cares”
Short Film: The Cleaner