Week Ending Friday, November 11, 2022
{quotes}
The message is clear: plan with attitude, prepare with aptitude, participate with servitude, receive with gratitude, and this should be enough to separate you from the multitudes.
Krish Dhanam
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and it’s only end.
Benjamin Disraeli
It is not the perfect but the imperfect that is most in need of our love.
Oscar Wilde
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Pablo Picasso
America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.
Claudia Pemberton
{blessings}
Dismissed
The bell rings and you are dismissed. But wait a minute. You’re not in grade school anymore. You are an adult and you don’t have to listen to anyone tell you when it’s time to move on. May you be blessed to move along at your own pace with your own timing, as you go about the business of life-long learning.
Steps You Need
Don’t just talk the talk; walk the walk. May God bless you with purpose, determination, and stamina to follow through on the steps you need to take to live the life you deserve.
Live Your Story
A person of faith lives faithfully and knows what to do. You know how to be kind, and who to put your trust in. May God bless you and reward you as you live your story.
Humility Wins
Sometimes people resist you, not because what you are offering is bad, but because what you are offering makes them feel inadequate. May God bless you to find the humility to coax suspicious hearts into trusting ones.
Be All
Be yourself, but even better. Be all who you can be. May God bless you with positive growth and continued self-improvement.
{prayers}
Needs Met
With a grateful heart, I thank You, dear God, for prayers answered, hope renewed, a loved one healed, a new friend found, needs met, and encouragement from another, which gave me strength to move forward with confidence and to stand firm in affliction.
Rachael Jones (adapted)
From God to You
My Child, there is a well-worn path, and all maps lead there to that inner devastation, the war-torn human heart, the place where attention dwells. The path out of hell passes through a broken heart. And so that’s where all healing has to start. By loving attention to the broken pieces, human suffering eventually ceases.
Red Hawk (adapted)
You to Help
Dear God, help me. I sit around waiting for miracles to happen. I pray for them, I expect them, I demand them. I continue to fall into a trap that does not serve me. Remind me that my success is my responsibility. With You to help, I will do the heavy lifting.
Daily Thank-You
Father, I thank You for the days and nights, And thank You for this warm morning light. For food and shelter, for Your loving care, And for all in this world that is good and fair. Help us to be gentle, honest and true, To show more kindness in all that we do. To smile and be pleasant in all that we say, To grow more loving each and every day. To lend a helping hand, help others in need, And to love one another as You have loved me.
Judy Campbell
Veteran’s Blessing
Dear God, turn Your divine gaze to those who served in the military. They have sacrificed time, comfort, strength, ambition, health, and prosperity for the peace and safety of family and friends, and others they’ve never even known. Reward them a hundredfold for all their sacrifice and service. Bless them far beyond all their expectations. Reward them richly for all they have given to this country.
{bible affirmations}
Exodus 33:11
And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.
Peter 4:10
You should use whatever gift you have received to serve others as faithful stewards of God’s grace in various forms.
Daniel 6:22
My God sent the angel and shut the lion’s mouth.
Genesis 12:1
And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.
Psalm 144:1-2
Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trained my hands for war, and my fingers for battle. God is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and He in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Hannah Pours Her Heart Out to God
Feature: Smile, Just Because
Video: Cutest Cheerleader
Feature Humor: The Husband Store
Feature: An Obituary to Make You Smile
Audio: Veteran’s Day, Remembering Susan Ahn Cuddy