Week Ending February 3, 2023
{quotes}
Failure is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are alive and growing.
Buzz Aldrin
Have no fear of perfection—you’ll never reach it.
Salvador Dalí
The beginning is always today.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.
John Wooden
Life really is that simple. That’s a headline we all need to read. All the others are simply noise.
Maria Shriver
{blessings}
Someone
Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters. May God bless you with good times ahead, someone to share it with, someone to show it to, and someone who cares as much as you do.
Umbrella of God’s Protection
God carries an umbrella big enough to cover all 7.8 billion of us. Yet, it still requires a conscious decision to draw near to Him. May you always be blessed with the protection of God’s umbrella.
Re-juvenation
Every sunrise is an opportunity to reset. Every sunset is an opportunity to relax. May God bless you with days and nights of rejuvenation.
Tie the Knot
When you get married, you “tie the knot.” Don’t stop there. Come together on the little things that can escape your attention. May God bless you and your spouse with a cooperative spirit.
Work and Rest
You are blessed with the satisfying activity of labor and a job well done. And to make life fair and balanced, God blesses you with a day of rest. You are commanded to partake in the holy cycle of six days on and one day off, to be spent in devotion to the Almighty.
{prayers}
Travel with Patience
Dear God, May my journey rest on calm seas and bring me to safe harbor. Thank You for Your ever-present guidance, grace, and mercy as I travel patiently with love in my heart and eyes toward the future.
Living by the Book
I want to live by the Book. I pray I can follow the rules You set for me, finding the holiness in every sentence and each Word You speak. Dear God, cover me in love.
Merit Blessings
Dear God, I serve you with my whole heart. Help me follow the true path to merit Your blessings. Keep watch over my evil inclinations and remind me to stand firm in denying them any control over me. You are the One I listen to. Praise God, who is goodness and grace.
Layers of Contentment
Your wonderful will is being done. I rest in the realization that You are in charge. Time after time, I come away from prayer satisfied and relaxed. So peaceful is prayer that sometimes I forget what it was I thought I needed. Every holy conversation brings another layer of contentment. I am covered in You, dear God.
Watch Over My Son
Dear God. I ask for prayers for my son to be strong during this rough patch in his life. May You guide him and send him in the right direction. Let doubts become determination, and may his choices be good ones. Praise to You, blessed One, who watches over my child and all the children of Your creation.
{bible affirmations}
Psalm 37:25-27
I was young, and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing.
Proverbs 18:24
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Philippians 2:14
Do everything without grumbling or arguing.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
Romans 12:9–10
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil. Hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
{stories, videos, features}
Story: Heartbroken
Blog: Your Inner World Hannah Brenchner
Feature: Holy Laughter
Video: A Corntastic Day!
Feature: “Higher” Power?
Blog: Topher Kearby on Kindness