Week End August 3, 2018
{quotes}
I find the Sabbath welcome of ‘ceasing work’ to be a solace in that dry, droughty space between creativity and overwork/soul weariness.
Anita Amstutz
Look out with eyes of faith – your deliverance is coming.
It’s not only having an occasion to show compassion. It’s endurance of compassion without letting up.
There are two kinds of people: saints who know they are sinners and sinners who think they are saints.
Blaise Pascal
Cling to joy tenaciously, you are best when delighted!
Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God.
{blessings}
Open Heart
Allow change. Accept loss. It’s your time to get up and move on. May you be blessed with an open heart and may your mourning subside.
Take Care
When the roads are slippery and wet – you take extra precautions. Do the same with the emotionally dangerous situations you find yourself in. May you be blessed to use care in your relationships. Remember, your own well being must be your priority.
Grace in New Ways
Grace keeps coming in new ways. By appreciating, not acquiring. By being, not accomplishing. May God bless you with grace that allows you to let God do in you what you can’t do by yourself.
Can-Do
Instead of giving yourself reasons why you cannot, give yourself reasons why you can. May God bless you with positive attitude and Can-Do! spirit.
Spiritual Being
Know this. You are not a human being having a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being having a human experience. God blessed you with spirit to endure the trials of being human. Be your spiritual self, you will get through everyday encounters with ease and delight.
{prayers}
Tough Enough
Dear God, Grace me with unswerving determination to do what is right, to rise above my situation, to be a better servant to You. Life is tough enough without making my own problems. I surrender to Your will and stand strong in fulfilling Your plan for me. Amen
I Ask for Peace
What shall I ask You for, God? I have everything. There’s nothing I lack. I ask only for one thing And not for myself alone; It’s for many mothers, and children, and fathers — Not just in this land, but in many lands hostile to each other. I’d like to ask for Peace Yes, it’s Peace I want, And You, You won’t deny the single wish of a girl. You created the Land of Peace, Where stands the City of Peace, Where stood the Temple of Peace, Where still there Is no Peace. What shall I ask You for; God? I have everything. Peace is what I ask for Only peace.
Shlomit Grossberg, Age 13, Jerusalem
Prayer for all Time
Dear God I stand before you with a prayer for all time. You created time, You are mindful of time, You know when the time is right. My humble self feels the time is now. May it be Your will to answer my prayers swiftly and surely – I feel like I am running out of time. Amen
Fix My Finances
Lord, Fix these financial problems of mine. Grace me with increase of my resources. Show me how to do more with less. Lead me to solvency. Amen
What I Will Be
Oh my God, forgive what I have been, correct what I am, and direct what I will be. Amen
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
{features, stories, videos}
Story: Life Without Left Turns
Feature: Power of Positive People + Quiz
Video: Comedian John Crist on Cartoons
Feature: Duck Mom of the Year
Feature: On Eternal Health
{bible affirmations}
Genesis 1:3
And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light. And God saw that the light was good.
God’s light illumines every cell, every soul.
Psalm 56:9
The very day I call for help, the tide of battle turns – my enemies they do flee. This one thing I know for sure, God is here for me!
Nobody gets past me and God.
2 Timothy 1:7
The Spirit God gave you shouldn’t make you afraid. Spirit gives you power, love and self-discipline.
I have the power of love. I am in control. The Spirit of God lives in me.
Psalm 107:20
By God’s word all are healed.
Praise God, from Whom all healing comes!
Genesis 1:27
God created humankind in God’s image. Male and female God created them.
Thank God for giving men and women equal value and different roles.