Week Ending Friday, February 18, 2022
{quotes}
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in a love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.
Pedro Arrupe, S.J.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.
Charles Dickens
We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.
Lysa TerKeurst
Good luck needs no explanation.
Shirley Temple
{blessings}
Looking for Love
Looking for love? Today’s your day. May God bless you with hearts and flowers, romance and rainbows, and dreams that come true.
Being Happy
The difference between miserable and being happy depends on how you look at life. May you be blessed with a fresh perspective, a positive attitude, and eyes that search for God’s beauty that’s all around you.
Clear Conscience
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. May you be blessed to rest your head in peace and comfort.
On the Fence
Often overlooked is how uncomfortable it is to sit on a fence. Get in, or get out. Wasting time sitting on the fence wastes far more time and emotion than you’d expend committing to something. May you be blessed to stand for something.
Seth Godin
Catch It!
It’s going to catch you by surprise. All that you’re praying for, and all that you wish and dream, is coming soon. May God bless you as you receive it.
{prayers}
Valentine to God
Dear God, You are my tried and true valentine. I don’t need to buy you flowers, or candy, or a greeting card to express my love. I let my heart send you gifts of prayer and praise and You are satisfied. Thank You for being mine.
Peace and Silence
I relax in the peace and silence of God’s loving presence. I let go of all outer concerns and place them in the hands of my God. I am calm and still and receiving God’s blessings. I am a beloved child of God, and God’s loving presence flows through me now and always.
Thank You for My Days
You made me. You started with my soul, gave me a marvelous mind, and wrapped it all up with the body I call “Me”. Your human is intricately engineered. Each component relies on the other, and covers for another when the spirit is depleted, the brain gets foggy, and when there is illness or injury. O, brilliant God, Thank You for Your ways, thank You for my days.
The Sister Prayer
My sister is a gift from God. She answers my call when faith fails and doubt prevails. She’s there to lift me when I am shaken up and beaten down. My sister reminds me to be grateful when gratitude goes missing. May God protect and empower her, for she is a most deserving soul.
With God Day and Night
Dear God, be with me all day long, till the sun fades, and the frenzy of activity has finally subsided. Night comes, Your will is done, and You give me a safe place to lay my head. Morning appears, body refreshed, soul refilled, and we start the cycle all over again, You and I, all day long.
{bible affirmations}
Isaiah 43:4
You are precious in my eyes. I honor you and love you.
Galatians 5:7-8
You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
2 Kings 6:16
Don’t be afraid. There are more who are with us than those who are against us.
Psalm 71:17-18
Since my youth, God, You have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare Your power to the next generation, Your mighty acts to all who are to come.
Psalm 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Three Questions
Feature: Best Valentine Quotes on Love
Feature: Roses are Red, Envy is Green Hannah Brenchner
Video: Hallelujah Figure-skating
Feature: Beethoven Takes out the Trash
Feature: Poem, The Tree Joyce Kilmer