Week Ending Friday, September 27, 2024
{quotes}
Trust in God
A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking because her trust is not in the branch but in God, who gave her wings.
Charlie Wardle
Content Now
If you can be content right now, then you’ll always be content because it’s always right now.
Willie Nelson
Working Hard
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
Margaret Mead
Laughter
Laughter is a sunbeam from the soul.
Thomas Mann
One
One song can change a moment. One idea can shake the world. One step can start your journey. One prayer can make it all possible.
Author Unknown
{blessings}
Where Nature Takes You
Go where your own good nature takes you. God is your guide. May you be blessed to follow your instincts – in turn you are walking the path of the Divine.
When Calm Follows Anger
Anger is a punishment you give to yourself. Why keep the misery going on any longer than you must? Be patient in a moment of anger and let the calm follow. May God bless you with self-control and the gift of forgiveness.
Peaceful Living
Here’s some wise advice an oldtimer might share with you; don’t throw a punch at a redwood tree it will only hurt your hand. The same goes for you. When you throw an emotional punch at something immovable in yourself, it only hurts your heart. May God bless you with peaceful living.
Blessing for Prosperity
Someone is going to win the lottery and it probably won’t be you. Plan accordingly. Hard work, thoughtful saving and judicious spending is the way to financial success. May God bless you with the will and the way to prosperity.
Effort & Daring
Screwing up is not the worst thing in the world. It’s much worse if you never tried at all. May God bless you with effort and daring. May you know how to pick yourself up and try again. May you be okay with mistakes and failure and use them as ways to improve. That’s all anyone wants. That’s all God wants.
{prayers}
Autumn Presence
Dear God, the sun is shining, the air is fresh, and the earth is in transition. I look around and see Your presence everywhere—in the carpet of leaves you lay under my feet, in the waning light of early sunset, in everything I took for granted yesterday. Today, I am flush with Your beauty, and I will share it with the world.
With Eyes Closed
In the darkness of awakening, before I open my eyes to the new day, I find You, dear God. With lids still closed, my focus is You. My prayer is gratitude. Praise to You who graces me with another day of sacred living.
Seeing it All
Open my eyes that I may see all Your blessings in a new and more profound way. May my faith be strong and lead me to see the world like a child, never blind to Your wonder. May I look at everyday life as a gift knowing that it is meant to be received with a sacred sense of awe. Thank You God for a visionary Spirit of love.
Confidant
Dear God, Tell me a secret. Share a mystery, explain a complicated life lesson. Confide in me. I am waiting to know, not just for myself, but for the others who wait in darkness and search in wrong places. Entrust me with knowledge and I will carry Your message.
Sacred in Time
Our world is ever changing. As it changes, everything appears to speed up – double time, triple time, shrunken in time. Yet You and me have this time together. Suspended in time. Sacred in time. Bringing to light the beauty in change and the acceptance of it. Thanks and Praise to You, keeper of time.
{bible affirmations}
2 Corinthians 4:16
Praise God! I do not get discouraged. Even as my body ages, my soul is renewed each day.
Psalms 16:11
God, in Your presence there is fullness of joy.
1 Kings 3:9
Lord, give Your servant an understanding heart.
Ephesians 4:1
I will live a life worthy of the calling I receive.
Romans 8:28
I know God works for the good of all. And so, I hold some things lighter, care more deeply for what really matters, and let go of unimportant things.
{features, stories, video}
Story: How Much a Prayer Weighs
Feature: It Came to Pass by Wendy Yost
Video: Sense of Flying
Story: Learning from Shane
Poetry Feature: Loss is a Cleansing by Karyn Kedar
Friday Funnies: Cookies