Week Ending Friday November 13, 2020
{quotes}
Even though you have learned the skill of running on empty, now is the time to learn the art of breathing deep all over again.
Morgan Harper Nichols
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Golda Meir
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s a job that’s never started that takes the longest to finish.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Honor the space between no longer and not yet.
Nancy Levin
{blessings}
Locally Operated
You are Divinely made but locally operated. Have faith, but don’t leave it all up to God. Take the wheel, get up, and go. May you be blessed with speed, precision, and good sense as you navigate the roads of your life.
No Argument
If you stop to argue with every nay-sayer in your path, you’ll never get to where you’re going. Look straight ahead. May God bless you with purpose and focus as you competently march to your destiny.
All You Can Do
There comes a time when you have done all you can do. That’s when you need to rest and pray. May you be blessed by God in all of your endeavors.
Change You Desire
Maybe you’re resisting change because you’re focusing on what you have to give up instead of what you have to gain. May God bless you with the courage to make the change you desire.
Friday 13
Friday the 13th is better than Monday the whatever. Have a blessed Friday and stay away from black cats and ladders.
{prayers}
Change, Change, Change
Dear God, Bring change. Change of heart, change of mind, change of circumstances. I am not my best self. I feel incomplete and need to be whole. Hear my prayer, grace me with a new beginning.
Despite the Mistakes
Dear God, Show me grace despite the mistakes I make, the hurt I cause, the harm I do to others. Protect me when I make bad decisions, give in to temptation, or stray from Your path. Help me to be a better person, worthy of Your blessings.
Day One
Dear God, We ask that today be Day One of a new unity in the US, with former divisions freshly healed by humility, wisdom, charity, grace, and forgiveness. Healer of our every ill, breathe in and among all of us who dwell on this land. Soothe our wounds. Calm our fears. Mend our divisions. Hope of all tomorrows, open our deaf ears and fill us with compassion. Tender our hearts. Inspire creative ideas to address the cries of our sisters, brothers, and Earth itself. Send forth your Spirit of Love and Unity. Transform pointed fingers of blame into hands open in reverence to receive one another. Fan into flame the gift of our founding and let us be known again as a people united for the goodness, justice and peace of all people forever. Amen.
Pat Bergen, CSJ
Time and Space
Thank You, dear God, for allowing me to arrive at this moment. It isn’t always easy, it isn’t always fun, but it is always worth it. Praise to You, who moves time and gives me space to live in it.
Direction Coming My Way
Dear God, I long for Your Divine order. My life is a mess, I am confused and my spirit is low. Help me get it together. Flush out the negativity, fill me with a renewed sense of balance. Grateful am I, for the direction You send my way.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Mi Corazoncita
Feature: How Do I Learn to Love Tough-To-Love People?
Music Video: Maestro Plays Again
Feature: In God We Trust: Flag Folding
Video: How I Met My Wife, by Stephen Colbert
Music Video: Grateful, Beth Styles
{bible}
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and God will strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.
Galatians 6:9
I will never, ever, get tired of doing what is good.
John 1:1
In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that is disappointing, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Revelation 22:2
The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.