Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2025
{quotes}
We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice, not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.
Martin Luther King Jr. 1956
The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
Emily Bronte
That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.
Rumi
Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.
Herman Hesse
{blessings}
Finding the Way
Read up. May God bless you with the will and the way to rise above your doubt and beyond your self-imposed limitations.
Early-Morning Walk
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. Henry David Thoreau
Look Forward
Don’t look back. Move forward instead. Embrace the now, and you will surely receive God’s abundant blessings.
Good People
Don’t be a sucker. Watch out for those who want to draw you into their trap. May God bless you instead with the company of good people who you can trust
to do right by you and do only what’s pleasing to God.
Blessed and Refreshed
God knows you’re exhausted. Rest your weary soul into the arms of the Lord who loves you, blesses you, and refreshes you.
{prayers}
Do Me a Solid
Dear God, Patch together these discordant happenings of wonder to bring a life unto me that is solid, consistent, and whole. Blessed are You who fixes the world.
All I Need
Dear God, give me a tough exterior and a heart that absorbs all the love and positive energy the world has to offer. Thank You, for protecting me from hurt, and providing me with all I need.
Protection for Above
As I go about another day of living, may I not forget the security of routine, the excitement of going out of my way, and the appreciation I feel for You, dear God, who graces me with protection from the heavens above.
Regret and Redemption
Dear God, I return to You with regret for my doubt and disappointment in the momentary displeasure I feel when I am low. Thank You for Your mercy. Bless You for my redemption. Praise to You, my God, You are with me whenever I land, wherever I am.
As I Wake
As I wake this day with wonder, I thank You, God, for peaceful slumber. Today, I promise to carry on, with joy and kindness that goes beyond the usual hellos and how-are-yous? to compassion and caring that’s sincere and true.
{bible}
For the Lord your God has brought you into a good land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills.
Deuteronomy 8:7
I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Fear not, the good Lord is the One Who goes before you. He is with you. He is faithful to you. You are not alone.
Deuteronomy 31:8
I will give you more than you asked for. Be patient and trust Me.
Ephesians 3:20
{features}
Parable: Celebration or Disappointment?
Music Video: I Am A Child of God
Feature: Plot to Free the Nuns NY Times gift link good until October 24, 2025
Feature: Surrogate Grandparenting + Video
Parable or Blog: You be the Judge