Week Ending Friday, October 22, 2021
{quotes}
Patience with others is Love. Patience with self is Hope. Patience with God is Faith.
Adel Bestavros
The best gift you are ever going to give someone— the permission to feel safe in their own skin. To feel worthy. To feel like they are enough.
Hannah Brenchner
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
Norman Cousins
It pays to know the enemy. Not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
Margaret Thatcher
You can start anew at any given moment. Life is just the passage of time and it’s up to you to pass it as you please.
Charlotte Eriksson
{blessings}
Praying Hard
Praying hard and not getting any answers? Try praise instead of prayer today. May God bless you when you praise God.
Habit Forming
Everything you do can be habit-forming. Make sure what you do is good enough to stay with you for life. May you be blessed with healthy habits.
So Small
The size of your problem is small compared to the power of your God. May you be blessed by the Almighty.
To Forgive
To error is human, stubborn is dumb, and to forgive is the smartest way to live. May God bless you with the giving and getting of second chances.
Keep it Clean
If you wrestle with a pig you’ll get dirty. Preserve your dignity and let that one go. May you be blessed with worthy opponents and companions who will never drag you down in the dirt.
{prayers}
Silent Stillness
In the stillness, with silence, I pray the prayers of my heart. To be blessed with people who love me. To prosper from hard work and good fortune. For good health, for happiness, and for God to be generous with me so that I can be generous to others. Amen
Living Lightly
Dear God, I pray for more love in the way I think of myself and less low self-esteem. Help me live lightly when I am tempted to be harsh and judgemental. Touch me with continual awareness of the good all around me and within. Amen
For the Children
Dear God, Help me to teach the children. To share the wisdom I have gained and to lead by example. Let the next generation learn how to fill their world with good people who inspire them to grand plans. May they be strong and live long, enjoying life as we know it, and know love in the way we always hoped they would love and be loved.
Miracle of Flight
Praise to You God, whose miracles I see everywhere, every day. I lift my eyes and acknowledge the miracle of flight. Not only for the birds in the sky but for those of us who can board an airplane and be transported to faraway places. And then be taken back home again. Thank You, God, for new inventions and the awareness of how blessed we are, to live in a time when we too, can fly.
Helping Out
Prayers, hopes, and dreams surround me. I hear them in the faces I see. The people known to me, and the ones I love. Let me be your partner. Grace me with holiness and I will help you, God, my beloved.
{bible affirmations}
Luke 12:22
Don’t worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear.
Nehemiah 8:10
The joy of God is my super-power.
Matthew 19:26
With man, this is impossible, with God all things are possible.
Micha 7:18
Who is a God like you, who pardons the guilt of the people, overlooking their sins? You do not stay angry with Your people forever, because You delight in showing unfailing love.
Psalm 103:1-2
Bless the Lord, O my soul, all that is within me, and forget not all God does for me.
{stories, videos, features}
Story: Be a Lake
Feature: Enjoying Life to the Fullest Sonsyrea Tate
Musical Video: Drumbeat Joy Boy
Video: Fantastic Fungi
Feature: I’m Fully Vaccinated, My Wife Isn’t: Here’s How We Make it Work
Art Feature: Walking the woods of our childhood all these years later, I think about how things don’t play out the way we imagine they will, and I know we are lucky, because we have climbed from the valley where the dark was deep, to stand tall on the top of the hill, and we have not been alone.
StoryPeople