Week End Friday November 22, 2019
{quotes}
Take it easy, this is just one chapter in the big beautiful book of life.
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise.
Opportunity doesn’t knock once, it knocks all the time — and it rings your doorbell, calls you up, texts you, and sends you emails.
Sometimes…this is all you need.
Until the next door opens, praise God in front of the closed one.
Believing anything is possible is the foundation of faith.
{blessings}
Humbled in Smallness
The world doesn’t revolve around you. It’s the big bright sun that gets all the attention. The take away is remembering there is always going to be something greater than yourself. It’s a blessing to be humbled by your own smallness.
Blessing of Peace
Peace is not something to struggle with. It’s a gift you were born with. Use your peace. Massage it with prayer, embolden it with good deeds, refresh it with kindness. Thank God daily for the blessing of peace.
With Wonder
Replace judgement with curiosity. It’s so much nicer to wonder rather than assume. May God bless you with an open mind, and open heart and open arms to the people you meet.
You Will Rise
In spite of it all, because of it all—you will rise. May God bless you with unwavering faith to help you through the waiting.
Choose Happy
Each morning as you lay in bed before you open your eyes, commit yourself to making the day a good one. It’s not the events of the day that affect your happiness, it is the choice you make in the sacred time between waking up and getting up. May God bless you to accept the charge. Choose happy.
{prayers}
Power Within Me
I offer to you all that I am not, to create with it all that I am. Send Your forces around me, through me and to me. Gently, yet boldly. Undeniably. I forgive myself for past violations. Through darkness I’ve crawled just to meet You here. All the sacrifice lies behind me. Your mercy stands before me. And my power finally lies within me.
On My Own
Dear God, You made me as an individual, one who has free will, choice and the power to make change. Remind me to pray first, to be strong, and to try solving problems on my own before reaching out to someone else, without expectations of help from the next person, the government, or my community. God bless me with an independent spirit. amen
Prayer, Labor, and Love
Working is another way I pray. I use the ability God gives me to do the labors of an everyday life. Praying is another way I love. To lose myself in prayer is sweet like a kiss, a hug, an unexpected caress. Loving is another way I live. Implanted in my soul is passion, alive with compassion and joy. Living is prayer, labor, and love – God’s expectation for me.
Help Me Be the Reason
Dear God, Help me be the reason someone believes in Your goodness. Amen
For All This
Dear God, thank You, for life, for endings, for laughter, for tears, for desire, for satisfaction, for warmth, for cool breezes, for open air, for shelter, for energy, for relaxation, for joyful noise, for quiet, for hope, for faith, for all this and more, I am forever grateful.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: She Leads and Succeeds
Feature: Get a Life
Video: Faith – Galantis, Dolly Parton
Feature: Real Life Starfish Parable
The Parable of the Starfish. One morning an elderly man was walking on a nearly deserted beach. He came upon a boy surrounded by thousands and thousands of starfish. … Holding a starfish in his hand, the boy turned to the man and, gently tossing the starfish into the water, said, “It will make a difference to that one!” by Loren Eisley
Video: Funny 17 Ways to Faithfully Say No
Feature: Texas High Schoolers Give Rare Gift of Music
{bible affirmations}
Revelation 21:5
God makes everything new again.
Exodus 31:3
I am filled with the Spirit of God, having been given wisdom, ability, and unique talent.
1 Corinthians 3:16
You are God’s temple. God’s spirit dwells in you.
1 Peter 4:8
Love them anyway.
Isaiah 1:18
Though my sins are like scarlet, the Lord will make them as white as snow.