Week Ending Friday, June 13, 2025
{quotes}
If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind too.
Ivan Nuru
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
N.R. Narayana Murthy
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.
Morris West
Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Sophia Loren
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy, the foolish daughter of a wise mother.
Voltaire
{blessings}
Blue Blessing
If the sight of blue skies makes you happy, and a flower at full bloom makes you sigh, then you know God has blessed you with a rich soul.
Better Next Time
Mistakes happen. Deal with it and thank God that you have been blessed with the ability to overcome, move on, and do better next time.
Pray Your Way to It
Refresh yourself with delicious blessings from God today. Pray and it will come your way.
Gardeners Prayer
May your garden be blessed, and the one who tends it. Give thanks to the sunshine and the One who sends it. May blessings of rain come at the right time
and nourish the flowers and fruit of the vine.
Fulfilled
May your cupboard be filled with the blessings of rest, nourishment, fun, movement, stillness, beauty, adventure, quiet, kindness, hard work, patience, persistence, light, laughter, and delight.
{prayers}
Monday Blues
I’ve got the Monday blues. Dear God, release this bad mood. Help me accept repetition and give me the spirit to embrace routine with pleasure and good humor.
On Top of It
Dear God, Thank You for this view from the top. I am at my best, I have accomplished much, I am at the point of gratitude, awe, and reflection.
This Fine Day
Dear God, Your beauty overwhelms me. Sadness disappears no tears, no more fear. Who but You, can design a world with such delight? Praise to You, for this fine day.
Couples Prayer
God bless our relationship. Spare us the trials that come from loving another. Grant us patience, tolerance, and a sense of humor as we learn to live happily with one another. Show us what it means to be Godly as two, bless us with lasting love that comes from You.
All Our Fathers’ Prayer
At the end of the day, fathers matter. From God our Father, to the Father who gave his seed, to the one who raised us, to the men we birthed. To the fathers who set good examples, live courageously, and stand tall in the face of adversity, to all these and more, we pray for them, give thanks for them, and appreciate them. Blessed are our fathers.
{bible}
Let your light shine.
Matthew 5:16
The sound of the angels’ wings was heard as far as the outer courtyard. It was like the sound of the Almighty God when He speaks.
Ezekiel 10:5
In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
Genesis 1:1
Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe, says the Lord.
Malachi 3:11
Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.
Proverbs 4:23
{features, stories, videos}
Blog: Graduation Season
Feature: Boys to Men Wall Street Journal
Holy Humor: Four Friends
Parable: Standing and Waiting
Music Video: Superstition Ain’t the Way Stevie Wonder