Week Ending Friday June 5, 2020
{quotes}
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
Henry David Thoreau
It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.
George H. Lorimer
If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.
Rainer Maria Rilke
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela
{blessings}
Celebrate the First
The first of anything is something to be celebrated. May God bless you on this first day of the new month. Go ahead, celebrate thirty clean slates disguised as days, and live emboldened by all the new chances to get it right this summer.
Imperfect
What’s even better than perfect? Imperfect. It’s impossible to achieve perfection, and that’s okay. Imperfect allows for growth and change. Imperfect teaches empathy and effort. May God bless you with striving to always be better.
On His Terms
When he’s determined to do it “his way,” step aside and let him either fail or make it on his terms. May God bless you with restraint and respect for each unique experience of learning.
Stand For It
You are standing on the shoulders of the greats from previous generations. May you be blessed to stand with science, stand for justice, and to stand up against hatred.
Share Your Flame
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. Think about the eternal light in your soul and share your flame with others. May God bless you with divine generosity.
{prayers}
Instrument
Don’t let me ever think, dear God, that I was anything but the instrument for Your story. Flannery O’Connor
Spirit Renewed
I ask You Lord, please bless me, as I pray to You today, guide me and protect me as I go along my way. Your love is always with me. Your promises are true. And, when I give You all my cares, my spirit is renewed.
Giver of All
Strengthen me, and I will stand up to adversity. Empower me, and I will lead confidently. Give me depth of vision to see possibility instead of difficulty. I pray to live this day with purpose. God, You are the Almighty Giver of all.
Lighten My Load
I come to You oh Lord, with a heavy heart. Lighten my load. Though I pray in sadness, I praise You with joy.
God is Power
Ah, the spiritual purity of nature, the ability to float on a breeze, to grow tall from a seed, to change color, body, and character. You are power. You are transformation. You are my God, and I thank You.
{stories, features, video}
Story: As God Intended Susan Diamond
Feature: Little Girl Makes Art Kits for Homeless Kids
Feature: Three Things
Video: A Dog Named Beau, Poetry written and read by Jimmy Stewart
Feature: School Food Drive Brings in Tens of Thousands
Motivational Video: If You Want to Succeed, Make Your Bed Admiral William McRaven
{bible}
Psalm 27:14
I wait patiently, courageously, and with a strong heart that gets stronger still. My God is worth the wait.
Psalm 57:2
I cry out to God Most High, I cry out to God who will fulfill my purpose.
Galatians 6:9
Patience. Do not tire of doing what is good. At just the right time, if you don’t give up, you will reap a harvest of blessing.
Matthew 5:16
Be a good example.
2 Corinthians 9:8
God will provide all you need in abundance. You will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.