Week Ending Friday August 21, 2020
{quotes}
It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
Jim Ferris
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
Neil Armstrong
Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Therefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day.
Alred Lord Tennyson
I slept, and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.
Khalil Gibran
{blessings}
Twinkle Star
The stars make bright a dark and ominous sky. You, too, have the star power to turn the darkness into light. May God bless you to be the twinkle in someone’s night.
Start the Change
It’s not God’s fault if you choose to use free will unwisely. Stop the blame and start the change to good choices. May you be blessed with divine discernment.
Live Without
Live without lies, listen without judgment, grieve without fear, and love without losing yourself. May God bless you today and always.
Improve Yourself
God’s purpose for your life is simple: improve yourself. May you be blessed with the will and the way to simply be the best you can be.
Grantor of Joy
May all the prayers you say, and all the tears you cry bring you closer to God, the grantor of joy and blessings.
{prayers}
Divine Right Placement
Dear God, Where my body is broken, please heal it. May every cell be filled with grace and returned to its divine right placement, in me and in all others.
Inspired Possibility
Dear God, turn my weakness into strength and my strengths into service for good. Help me move from the comfort of conformity and push me to inspired possibility. Praise to You my highest power.
For the Love of Relationships
Dear God, Bless my relationships and make them holy. May they support me in times of weakness and may I be for them a source of strength. When I have plenty, I will share, when I am in need, I will graciously accept their generosity. Let no disagreement – tiny or great, shake the foundation of our trust. Thank You, God, for the love of relationships.
Fragile
Dear God, My mental health is fragile. These are trying times and it’s oh so hard to keep going. Support me. Lift my sagging spirit, make clear a mind that plays tricks on me. Grace me with good days, peaceful hours, and a life of balance. Praise to You holy father who heals and soothes.
World of Temptation
Dear God, Release me from sinful inclinations. Show me how to resist evil in a world of temptation. Guide me to Godly behavior.
{stories, features, video}
Story: Transgression
Feature: Does Everything Really Happen for a Reason? by Hannah Brenchner
Music Video: Green Tea Ice Cream, Lydia Diaz
Music Video: Dr. Elvis Francois Sings Imagine
Feature: How Two Religious Rappers Talk to God in Different Ways
Video: Grandma Gets a Surprise
{bible}
Exodus 3:5
When in the presence of the holy God, I stand on holy ground.
Psalm 129:111
Your laws are my treasures, they are my heart’s delight.
Psalm 9
Psalm 9: 1. I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. 2. I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High. 3. My enemies retreated; they staggered and died when you appeared. 4. For you have judged in my favor; from your throne you have judged with fairness. 5. You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their names forever. 6. The enemy is finished, in endless ruins; the cities you uprooted are now forgotten. 7. But the Lord reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne. 8. He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness. 9. The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you. 11. Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds. 12. For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer. 13. Lord, have mercy on me. See how my enemies torment me. Snatch me back from the jaws of death. 14. Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me. 15. The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set. 16. The Lord is known for his justice. The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. 17. The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God. 18. But the needy will not be ignored forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed. 19. Arise, O Lord! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Judge the nations! 20. Make them tremble in fear, O Lord. Let the nations know they are merely human.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.