Thank you, Lord, for the upcoming New Year. I pray that this is the year that good things happen in our home. Please bless this home. I pray that I will remember that You are who You say You are and that I am who You say I am. Help me to remember that I am exactly where You want me. I pray that you gather all the prayers said for T and raise them as a banner above her. Bring her friends and healing to her marrow, merciful God! I pray "Increase in Jesus' name" to her marrow. Sickness, be gone and replaced with devine healing!
Yes, 2009 will be a year of new beginnings and new healings. Help me to have faith, Dear Lord! Help me to be a Prisoner of Hope!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Sad.
It is so hard to see your children suffer. T is having a hard time. Being 15 is a big deal. Lots of stuff going on to share. She feels like she doesn't have friends. Oh, sure, she is well liked at school, but a girl needs a best friend, you know? She is such a sweetie. She would be a great friend. She has so much to share and she needs someone to talk to. Please, LORD! Bring a friend. I put my trust in you.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Thank Goodness!
Thank you, LORD that this quarter is over! Just in time. I feel so stressed out!
You know what is in my heart and head. I pray that your will be done in my life and that you don't forget that I am but dust and clay. I am weak and afraid sometimes. Be my strength. Help me to lean on you and please let me feel Your presence in my life, Oh LORD! I can't do this without you. My prayer is that you continue your mighty healing in Taylor's life. I speak life into her bone marrow LORD. Please, Father, protect her from the evil one. I pray Your will be done in her life. Sing over her, LORD. Sing life over her. In Jesus' name. Help me to continue to be a prisoner of hope....
You know what is in my heart and head. I pray that your will be done in my life and that you don't forget that I am but dust and clay. I am weak and afraid sometimes. Be my strength. Help me to lean on you and please let me feel Your presence in my life, Oh LORD! I can't do this without you. My prayer is that you continue your mighty healing in Taylor's life. I speak life into her bone marrow LORD. Please, Father, protect her from the evil one. I pray Your will be done in her life. Sing over her, LORD. Sing life over her. In Jesus' name. Help me to continue to be a prisoner of hope....
Found from another blog...
GENTLE STILL
Let me do my work each day;
and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me,
may I not forget the strength that comforted me
in the desolation of other times.
May I still remember the bright hours that found me
walking over the silent hills of my childhood,
or dreaming on the margin of a quiet river
when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God
to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years.
Spare me from bitterness and
from the sharp passions of unguarded moments.
May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit.
Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be
such as shall keep me friendly with myself.
Lift up my eyes from the earth
and let me not forget the uses of the stars.
Forbid that I should judge others lest I condemn myself.
Let me not follow the clamor of the world,
but walk calmly in my path.
Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am;
and keep ever burning before my vagrant steps
the kindly light of hope.
And though age and infirmity overtake me,
and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams,
teach me still to be thankful for life,
and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet;
and may the evening's twilight find me gentle still.
Max Ehrmann
Let me do my work each day;
and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me,
may I not forget the strength that comforted me
in the desolation of other times.
May I still remember the bright hours that found me
walking over the silent hills of my childhood,
or dreaming on the margin of a quiet river
when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God
to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years.
Spare me from bitterness and
from the sharp passions of unguarded moments.
May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit.
Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be
such as shall keep me friendly with myself.
Lift up my eyes from the earth
and let me not forget the uses of the stars.
Forbid that I should judge others lest I condemn myself.
Let me not follow the clamor of the world,
but walk calmly in my path.
Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am;
and keep ever burning before my vagrant steps
the kindly light of hope.
And though age and infirmity overtake me,
and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams,
teach me still to be thankful for life,
and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet;
and may the evening's twilight find me gentle still.
Max Ehrmann
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be
greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements
as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career,
however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life
keep peace with your soul.
With all its
sham,
drudgery,
and
broken dreams...
it is still a
beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
max ehrmann
c 1927
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be
greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements
as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career,
however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life
keep peace with your soul.
With all its
sham,
drudgery,
and
broken dreams...
it is still a
beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
max ehrmann
c 1927
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