Week Ending December 15, 2017
{quotes}
When you press pause on a computer it stops. When you press your own pause button you reflect, you worship, you are grateful.
Hope is not dead, it is simply larger than your imagination just now.
Painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.
Gratitude is so close to the bone of life, pure and true, that it instantly stops the rational mind, and all its planning and plotting.
Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself.
{blessings}
Stillness of Silence
Silence weaves through your life, bringing peace and quiet – bringing you closer to God. May you be blessed to pray in the stillness of silence. Find your inner silence, no matter what noise and commotion surrounds you.
Heart as Big
People are often unreasonable and self-centered, love them anyway. May you blessed with a heart as big and welcoming as the One we call God.
Source of Prayer
We’ve all been there. You pray as if your life depends on it. You feel like you’ve finally found the right words, just the right tone, all the right spirit of soul. But then, disappointment. May you be blessed to give praise for the process without focus on desired outcomes. Remember the source of your prayer is God.
Your Angel
Some people don’t know there is an angel whose only job is to care for you. You are blessed to have God’s messenger keeping a close eye on your comings and goings, to make sure you are loved, safe, and protected.
In Love With a Prayer
Fall in love with a prayer in the same way you might fall in love with a song. Fall in love with the words and the rhythm, sing it over and over again because you just can’t get enough. May you be blessed with transformational prayer that gets stuck in your soul. Fall in love, this time with a prayer.
{prayers}
People Who Love Me
I pray to always find myself surrounded by people I love, and people who love me. I pray that when I am feeling lonely lost or afraid, I will hear that still, small voice speaking from deep within my soul reminding me; God is always at my side. I pray that I will never be too self-absorbed to be in awe of the world around me and to see the good in it. I pray that I can extend my hand to all, in peace, friendship and love.
Brighter
Lord, I thank You for being with me through thick and thin, in the best of times and the most challenging times. You are the color in my life when all looks dull. With You, I am brighter, better, more alive. Praise to You Creator of Life.
Eliminate Hurry and Worry
Dear God Help me eliminate hurry and worry from my life. Slow my pace and turn my face to You, the One who loves, rescues and restores me. With faith I pause. I wait. I know. You always provide and care for me. Praise God. Amen
Bring Bravery
O God, I am afraid. There is an underlying fear of life gone very wrong. Lift discouragement from my shoulders, layer hope on hope upon me. You are the bringer of bravery. I receive it. Amen
Splendid Beauty
Dear God, I love Your works. I stand in Your nature at the very spot which You created and I am grateful. Every bone in my body feels Your sense of beauty and knows Your power. Splendid!
{stories, video, features}
Story: Starfish Thrower
Blog: Enough is Enough – Sometimes Too Much
Video: Tom Friedman – Age of Acceleration
Article: Redefining What’s Possible
Music Video: As For Me and My House
Article: Elon Musk
{Bible}
1 Peter 1:3-4
Live with great expectation. You have been born anew to a living hope, to an everlasting God-given inheritance.
Exodus 15:2
God is my strength and might. God will be my salvation.
Genesis 28:16
Surely God is in this place, and I did not know it.
Joshua 24:15
Choose for yourself who you will serve – as for me and my household we serve the Lord.
Psalm 52:8
I trust in the steadfast love of God forever.
{affirmations}
Servant Unto Myself
I will be a servant unto myself To others To the Lord Master of All.
Don’t Hang On
Let it go. What good does it do me to hang on to this?
Make This Place Home
I’ll always be grateful to the One who taught me: I make this place home.
Invite the Day
It is not what you first think. There is no effort of will, no firm resolve in the face of this thing called living. There is only paying attention to the quiet each morning, while you hold your cup in the cool air & then that moment you choose to spread your love like a cloth upon the table & invite the whole day in again.
I Believe
I believe in the sun even when it’s not shining. I believe in love even when there’s no one there. I believe in God even when He is silent. I believe through trial there is always a way. In times of hopeless despair, my heart cries for shelter, to know someone’s there. Then a voice rises within me saying: Hold on my child I’ll give you strength, I’ll give you hope stay a little while.