Week Ending Friday October 4, 2024
{quotes}
Winds of Change
Mostly the winds of change are blowing you in a better direction. After all, it’s God who makes the wind.
Author Unknown
Hand of God
Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.
Minnie Louise Haskins
Working
Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.
Pablo Picasso
Hunger for Love
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu
Sabbath
Six days a week, we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the Sabbath, we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul. The world has our hands, but our soul belongs to Someone Else.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
{blessings}
Aging Spiritually
Don’t get old, grow as you age. You may not be the youngster you once were, but that doesn’t mean you’re old. You are wiser, more experienced and always growing spiritually. May God bless you to respond to your birthdays with vigor and excitement. Aging will be a beautiful process when you embrace it.
Inner Work
Work on your inner work. The work that keeps your soul productive and your spirit excited. The work of your day job, family responsibilities, and all the activities that keep you busy, are all important. But don’t neglect your inward focus. May God bless you with goodness, inside and out.
Lust for Learning
A little learning creates demand for more learning. Start small, but start now. Let your curiosity take hold; ask questions, find answers, and feed your hungry mind. May God bless you with knowledge, wisdom (two different things) and a lust for learning.
Giving in Forgiving
There’s giving in forgiving. You’re giving away your pain and resentment. You’re giving away stubborn pride. You’re giving a gift of God’s mercy to another. May you be blessed to be joyfully forgiving and to be gratefully forgiven.
Time for God
Going to a yoga class. Stopping to get a coffee. Making the morning phone call to someone you love. Typical day, typical stuff for some. The routine varies. You may have a day of relative ease, or face a daily struggle. May you be blessed with a happy compromise of time for self, time for others, and time for God.
{prayers}
Repentance
Dear God, I have strayed from the path. I have given in to temptation, I have not given enough to righteous living. I am ashamed, yet determined to turn back, to walk in my greatest good. Lord, be with me.
Beholden
O God of the Lunar Light reflect Your mercies upon me. Cast my gaze upon the many miracles, the joy sustained, the hallelujah of the midnight sky. My slumbering soul is unaware. I walk in beauty, made lovely by a billion nightlights, surrounded by blessings and grace. How have I become unnoticing? What great pain has rendered me unaware, dazed? Lift me, shake me, toss me out into the wonder. I am so small, so gratefully small. You are the context. I am beholden. Teach me to exclaim, to proclaim, to abide the quiet and embrace the grandeur faithfully. To say and shout and sing Your holy praises. Hallelujah.
by Karyn Kedar
Time is Short
Time is short, my to-do list is long. I am overwhelmed and unprepared to take on the immense responsibility I face each day. Dear God help me. Shore me up, set me straight, give me strength. Thank You for my challenges, praise to You for reward that comes in the overcoming of them.
Simple Day
A simple day is what I pray for. Problem free with no drama or angst. A day to simply be me, to love and do goodness, to work without worry, to enjoy twenty-four hours of ordinary pleasures.
Hard to Be a Saint
It’s hard for this sinner to be a saint. God help me, You know I try. Help me find the balance to make my life a blessing. I ask forgiveness for the sins I have committed and offer amends. Show me how to steer clear of temptation and guide me to a better way.
{bible}
2 Corinthians: 9:15
Thank You God for Your inexpressible gift!
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask from You Lord, one thing I seek. That I might dwell in Your house all the days of my life, attend to Your sanctuary and forever gaze upon Your beauty.
2 Chronicles 20:15
The battle is not yours, but God’s
Psalm 42:8
By day God is kindness. By night God’s song is with me. A prayer to my God.
Joel 3:10
Let the weak say: I am strong.
{stories, features, videos}
Video Story: Broken Pieces
Humor: The Wall
Feature: I Love You, I’m Not in Love With You
Music Video: Goodness of God
Feature: He Said What?!!
“All religions are paths to reach God. They are, to make a comparison, like different languages, different dialects, to get there. But God is God for everyone. If you start to fight saying ‘my religion is more important than yours, mine is true and yours isn’t’, where will this lead us? There is only one God, and each of us has a language to arrive at God. Some are Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Christians; they are different ways to God.” Pope Francis + explainer link
Video: 5 Chairs, Louise Evans
The more we judge people, the less time we have to love them. Mother Teresa