Week Ending Friday, August 1, 2025
{quotes}
It’s the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, ’till we find our place, on the path unwinding.
Elton John
Lovely days don’t come to you, you should walk to them.
Rumi
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Too often, we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
It’s humbling to start fresh. It takes a lot of courage. But it can be reinvigorating. You just have to put your ego on a shelf and tell it to be quiet.
Jennifer Ritchie Payette
{blessings}
Determination
When it feels like you can’t get through it, may God bless you with clear vision and renewed determination.
Soulful Discovery
Your soul has always held the worth you’ve searched and longed for. May God bless you as you go deep inside to become the person you were meant to be.
Revelation of God’s Light
May you be blessed to witness the revelation of all of God’s light, goodness, and all of God’s greatness.
For Skeptics Only
Even if you’re skeptical, be sure to put on your rose-colored spectacles and bless them beyond the benefit of a doubt.
Twice as Much
May God send double blessings your way today. Twice as much delight. More meaning in your moments. And may you receive and give love in multiples, as it should be.
{prayers}
Old-Fashioned Values
Dear God, I may be old-fashioned, not in step with the times, but this is the way I choose to live my life. With simple values, and You at my center, I can do no wrong. Blessed are You who leads me to peace and contentment.
Sit With God
Dear God, I come to sit with You awhile. To gaze out at Your beauty, to inhale Your air, and to take You into my heart.
Sailing
Yes, God, I’m learning. As I confront the challenges of getting through the day, I take time to ask You for guidance, calm waters, wind at my back. Thank You, who steers my ship beyond horizons unimagined, to ports unexpected, to a welcome wherever I am and wherever I land.
Dozens of Reasons
There’s a dozen reasons and more to be happy and content. I will count ’em because You, God, gave ’em. Thank You for the abundance in my life.
Looking for Love
Dear God, with a million fish in the sea, please, can’t you find one who’s just right for me?
{bible}
Give thanks to the Lord with stringed instruments and awesome song!
Psalm 33:2
The Lord most high is awesome, the great King over all the earth.
Psalm 47:2
Trust in the Lord and you will find new strength. Soar high on wings like eagles. Run and not grow weary. Walk without tiring.
Isaiah 40:31
May my prayer be at the right time, dear God. Answer me, please, with Your saving truth and great loving kindness.
Psalm 69:13
God is the reason you made it this far.
1 Samuel 7:12
{stories, features, videos}
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