August 17, 2015

PRAYER TO PROTECT LIFE

from Prayerbook.com

Loving God, I thank you for the gift of life you gave and continue to give to me and to all of us. Merciful God, I ask your pardon and forgiveness for my own failure and the failure of all people to respect and foster all forms of life in our universe.

Gracious God, I pray that with your grace, I and all people will reverence, protect, and promote all life and that we will be especially sensitive to the life of the unborn, the abused, the neglected, the disabled, and the elderly.

I pray, too, that all who make decisions about life in any form will do so with wisdom, love, and courage. Living God, I praise and glorify you as Father, Source of all life, as Son, Savior of our lives, and as Spirit, Sanctifier of our lives. Amen.

August 7, 2015

This is my little cactus.

I'm not quite sure what his name is, but it's something like Charlie or Sunny or something cute like that. He's a tough little guy. I don't do a very good job raising him, because I'm not very good at raising plants, but he hangs on and keeps that happy little flower blooming even when I forget to water him or leave him in a shady place for too long.

I love him.

August 3, 2015

I was feeling so overwhelmed and discouraged this evening when God reminded me of this song:



I don't have to tackle all of my life changes in one big sword-swing effort. They will all unfold slowly, like a flower. Life is mostly made up of small moments and small steps; and the only step I need to focus on right now is the next one.

Tonight, my next step is to clean up my mess of books and papers on the couch and go to bed before it gets too late.

I started to list tomorrow's next steps, but I'm not even going to do that. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

Goodnight, my sisters.

August 1, 2015

It was a beautiful night.  :-)