Week Ending Friday, August 27, 2021
{quotes}
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
Kofi Annan
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Being happy never goes out of style.
Lilly Pulitzer
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.
Will Rogers
The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
Andrew Carnegie
{blessings}
Beyond the Surface
When you find yourself in a prickly situation, remember there’s sweetness at the core. May God bless you with faith, patience, and vision to see beyond the surface.
Think Peace
When you are able to imagine yourself at peace, you will find your peace. May God bless you with peaceful thoughts and a peace-filled life.
Love Them All
It doesn’t matter if they are black, white, brown, or yellow. Love them all. When they don’t act like you, talk like you, or think like you do. Love them all. May God bless you with love for all.
To Be Seen
Maybe you just want to be seen for who you really are, rather than what you can do for them. Maybe you want an honest exchange of give and take in your relationship. Maybe you need God to bless you with the right people who appreciate you. Ask and you shall receive.
Order Your World
If God gave the world order why wouldn’t you be expected to order your own world? May you be blessed to organize the obvious, clear the clutter, and live harmoniously in a world of your making.
{prayers}
Clear & Cleansed
Thank You, God, for clearing my head and cleansing my thoughts. Contentment washes over me. I am still and calm. Thank You, God, for bringing me to this sacred state of mind.
Heal the Sick
Dear God, Cure the sick, end the pain, save the souls. Praise to the holy Healer. Amen
God’s World
God’s World O world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! Thy mists, that roll and rise! Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff! World, World, I cannot get thee close enough! Long have I known a glory in it all, But never knew I this; Here such a passion is As stretcheth me apart,—Lord, I do fear Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year; My soul is all but out of me,—let fall No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
River of Life
If joy is a river, then I want to swim in it. I’ll stick my toe in it, wade in it, and splash in the joy. My strokes will be strong when the current is against me. I will float along when it is with me. Praise to You, Who makes rain to raise the waters in the river of life.
Wake & Glory
I thank You for another day to wake up and give You glory. Thank You for my health, my family, and my work. I sing Your praise and thank You for what is about to happen this day.
{bible affirmations}
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 offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
Wisdom and money can get you almost anything, but only wisdom can save your life.
Proverbs 22:4
Laying your life down in tender surrender before the Lord will bring life, prosperity, and honor as your reward.
Joshua 24:15
As for me and my house, we shall serve You, O Lord.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Three things will last forever; faith, hope, and love. and the greatest of these is love.
{stories, features, videos}
Holy Humor: VIP Drive-By
Feature: 100-Year-Old Powerlifting Granny + video
Music Video: There is a Time Classic Andy Griffith
Feature: Did God Not Give Me a Calling? Hannah Brechner
Video: Being a Blessing Alden Solovy
Feature: Focus on the Miracles of Kindness