Week Ending Friday, June 4, 2020
{quotes}
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
William J. Clinton
Until you’re ready to look foolish, you’ll never have the possibility of being great.
Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian
Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.
David Whyte
When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.
Mary Oliver
Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone’s feelings.
David Sedaris
{blessings}
Hero’s Sacrifice
A hero is someone who will make a sacrifice for the good of God, country, and fellow man. May you be blessed to give your all to cause for good.
Word Connection
Words are the closest distance between two people. May God bless you with relationships that include pleasant conversations to grow and delight you.
Bless Your Soul
A beautiful face will age, and a perfect body will change, but a beautiful soul is always eternal. God bless your soul.
Make Your Move
Dare and dare again. Be brave, be bold and make your move. May you be blessed to recognize what it is you are meant to do. May you be further blessed to make your move and do it without hesitation.
Weird Walk
Take a walk on the weird side. Turn the ordinary into something extraordinary. May you be uniquely blessed always and forever.
{prayers}
Nations Rejoice
The eternal truth is that You alone are God, and there is none else. May the righteous of all nations rejoice in Your love and exult in Your justice. Let them beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Let nation not lift up sword against nation nor learn war anymore.
Solomon ben Isaac
Different Angles
Remind me to look at every situation from different angles. To stand in the shoes of the stranger and look upon myself critically, so I can change for the better. To view each person with compassion, and to react without judgment. May tolerance and understanding be mine.
So Many Ways
So many ways. To love one another, to love myself, and to love You, O God, I am grateful for the gift of choice.
A More Gentle Voice
I call across the canyon to my inner being. Are you there? Are you there? And an echo returns: You are small. You are small. And then, you are not enough, you are not enough. And so it goes. Years of struggle, back and forth, to and fro. I am small, not enough. I have nurtured the inner critic, the judge, the negative inner voice long enough. Oh lovely one, are you there? God of affirmation, God of love, God of beauty, God of emptiness, God of space. I call upon a more loving, gentle and forgiving force that has always lived quietly, silently within. I call upon You. and a quiet radical voices rising, rising above the abyss. I am here. I am here. I am here. I am my beloved’s And my beloved is mine.
Karyn Kedar
Enlighten Me
My mind and heart are one, centered, and present in conversation with You, dear God. Enlighten me. Hear my prayers. Know my truths. Infill me with Your love, wisdom, and guidance. Abundant praise I offer encased in gratitude.
{bible affirmations}
John 15:13
No one has greater love nor stronger commitment than to lay down his own life for his countrymen.
Genesis 9:3
As I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. I am the branch in God’s planting.
Exodus 15:2
The Lord is my strength and song, my salvation. I prepare an earthly realm for God to dwell. Praise and glory to God!
Hebrews 11:1
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen.
Genesis 28:16
Surely God is in this place, and I didn’t even know it.
{stories, features, videos}
Video Story: Making Money According to Bible Principles
Audio Feature: My Son Matthew
Music Video: Street Singers – Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers, Allie Sherlock & Cuan Durkin
Story: Yellow Light
Cute Pet Video: Family Photo
Feature: Who’s the Lucky Lottery Winner?