Week Ending Friday, April 17, 2020
{quotes}
Death and re-birth is not just your story or my story; it’s God’s story, told over and over again by people of all faiths.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
Gandalf, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf.
Grief and gratitude are kindred souls, each pointing to the beauty of what is transient and given to us by grace.
Patricia Campbell Carlson
Life does not consist mainly — or even largely — of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one’s head.
Mark Twain
{blessings}
Dreamy Wonder
When unexpected thoughts and prayers blow through your brain, and you’re tempted to get frustrated by lack of concentration, welcome them instead. It’s God’s blessing to give you an active mind and to fill it with dreamy wonder.
Beyond Surface
The mirror can lie. It doesn’t show you what’s inside. May God bless you to look beyond the surface and see what lies within.
Grab Your Blessings
You can go through a lot and still know the best is yet to come. Show up ready for the life the day will bring you. Praise God for it, thank God for it, and enthusiastically grab the blessings the good Lord gives you every single day.
Faith & Trust
It’s hard for some people to trust and have faith in God. Yet, God always has faith and trust in all of us. May you and yours be blessed with a trusting spirit and unshakable faith.
Appreciating Freedom
Never forget to appreciate your freedom. You are free to enjoy the blessings of prayer, work, and play. You are free to give blessings of kind thoughts, words, and deeds. You are free to love God, God’s people, creatures, and all of nature. God blesses you; you are free.
{prayers}
Sacred Living
I pray to make this day holy, heeding God’s call for sacred living.
Correct Me
Oh my God, Forgive what I have been, correct what I am, direct what I will be. Amen
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
SOS
My Source of Strength, be generous to me, give me courage to overcome hardship, help me push through the struggles. Lighten my load. Praise to You dear God, standing in my corner, with me always. Amen
Humble Me
Teach me to be more than who I was yesterday. Help me live in sacred promise. Humble me so that I may serve others before I seek to be serve
Seeking Balance
Dear God, I come to you seeking balance. May I be in control of my destiny even as I know You have plans for me. May I be generous to the ones I love while making my fragile finances work for my own needs. Help me achieve peace within and never give up my fight of justice for all. Father, hear my prayer.
{stories, features, video}
Story: The End
Feature: Unspectacular Morning
Video: Stay Home, Save Lives
Feature: Photography, Volunteers From All Over the World
Feature: Man Visits Disneyland Every Day
Feature: Getty Art Challenge
{bible affirmations}
Colossians 3:12
Dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
2 Corinthians 5:17
I am a new creation. The old has passed away, the new has come.
Isaiah 43:2
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.
John 13:34
Love one another just as God loves you.
2 Timothy 1:7
God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind.