Week Ending Friday, May 2, 2025
{quotes}
Being in love isn’t always the fairy tale we want it to be, but guess what? Fairy tales aren’t real. Love is, or it can be, if you meet its challenges head on.
Carol Lynne
That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.
Henry David Thoreau
You don’t need a God to have courage and hope, but some of us need a God of hope to have courage.
Rami Shapiro
May is the month of expectation, the month of wishes, the month of hope.
Emily Brontë
The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self – to encounter another human being not as someone you can use, change, fix, help, save, enroll, convince or control, but simply as someone who can spring you from the prison of yourself, if you will allow it.
Barbara Taylor Bradford
{prayers}
Still Life
In the stillness of prayer, time has no motion, my head space is clear, and my heart opens up to You, dear God. Thank You for giving me life and lessons to live it.
Morning Coffee
Dear God, Quiet early mornings give me too much time for worry. Yet, following the silence, You bring gifts of noise that fill me with hope. The breeze coming in through my window and the sound of the school bus picking up the laughing children. My coffee is brewing, and I can now smell the promise of a good day ahead.
All Shall Come
Dear God, I know there are many religions in the world, but there is only One of You. I pray that my brethren of all faith traditions, and no faith traditions, come to know You when You reveal Yourself once more and lead us to eternal peace and endless joy.
Enough
Dear God, Help me to know that what I have right now, right here, is enough. Keep me from wanting more. My material possessions do not define me. Thank You for Your holy provisions.
Grace is Here
I finally sense the grace that is at my grasp every day. It is here. When it’s frigid, when it’s bleak, when I’m joyous. It is here. When health suffers, when loved ones pass, when I’m grateful. It is here. When hearts ache, when fear festers, when I’m content. It is here. It is here, because You, dear God, are here.
{bible}
Let your roots grow down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:7
I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and sand on the shore.
Genesis 22:17
He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with His wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
Psalm 91:4
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Lead us not into temptation.
Matthew 6:13
{blessings}
Love Life
May God bless you with love in your life and a blessed love life.
On Your Way!
God has blessed you with swift feet and a desire to get where you’re going quickly. You’re on your way!
Joyful Activist
When injustice rears its ugly head, raise up to meet it with God’s beautiful light. Be an activist armed with joy and blessings.
Thankful for Rain
Thank You, Dear God, for bringing blessings of rain to the earth.
There’s Good Ahead
May God bless you to see the good in every situation, looking past any immediate effects and looking forward to the future.
{features, videos, humor}
Feature: Remembering Pope Francis with His Stories
Parable: Twenty-Third Psalm Condensed
Music Video: Both Sides, Now
Feature Prayer: The Lord’s Prayer
Humor: Looking for their Wives