Week Ending Friday, July 11, 2025
{quotes}
A long life is not good enough, and a good life is long enough.
Benjamin Franklin (inspired)
We all have purpose, even if we’re still striving to understand what that is.
Angela Bassett
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.
Henry Miller
You build a wall to keep something unwanted out, or to hold something precious in.
Jodi Picoult
{prayers}
That’s Family
Sometimes it’s a mess. Personalities and preferences muddled together, even when we don’t want to be. That’s family, and I’m grateful for it. Bless us one and all as we deal with our problems through the language of love, and the lens of Your Word. Thank You, dear God.
Prayer of Protection
Dear God, cover me in love. Protect me from the forces against me. Give me the strength to carry on and the blessings of good fortune.
Draw Me Near
Dear God, hear my prayers, feel my need. I reach out to You from a faraway place where I don’t belong, and don’t want to be. Draw me near.
There’s Beauty Here
Dear God, Thank You for the gift of tranquility. It’s not always present, but when it is, it’s heavenly. Blessed are You, O Lord, my God, for the moments in my life to sit, observe, and absorb the beauty all around me.
Filled With Miracles
I’ve got to hand it to you, dear God. You fill the world with Your miracles, and I receive them. Thank You for unexpected delight.
{bible}
Hold on, help is coming. ‘Fear not. I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you.’
Isaiah 41:10
God’s compassion is endless. He didn’t destroy them or abandon them. He is a merciful and compassionate God.
Nehemiah 9:31
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek You. I thirst for You, my whole being longs for You, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and Your glory. Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You. I will praise You as long as I live, and in Your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalms 63:1-4
God knows where I am going. And when I am tested, I will emerge as pure as gold, signifying the refining power of trials.
Job 23:10
{blessings}
Complete You
God doesn’t leave any unfinished business. What is promised is completed. God bless you.
God at Center
You don’t need rituals to reach the Lord. God is fully accessible, anytime, anywhere. May you be blessed to take one of the many paths that lead to the same center, God.
Companionship
May love, companionship, and affection be at your beck and call whenever you want it.
Wake Up Call
May you be blessed with energy, enthusiasm, and the will to do what’s right and good on this glorious, God given day.
Focus on Getting it Right
Life is like a camera. May you be blessed to focus on what’s important. Capture good times, develop from negatives, and if things don’t work out, take another shot.
{features, stories, videos}
Humor: Frog Needs a Loan
Feature: Six Days of Creation
Inspirational Video: Kindness at the Crosswalk
Parable: Kafka’s Before the Law
Video Feature: The History of 7-Eleven