Spiritual Progress

Coneflowers attract yellow finch pair to our yard.

The birds are two shy to allow me to get a photo.

Our worth and our spiritual progress do not rest on warm feelings and God-given comforts, but rather on patiently enduring great challenges and trials.
(Thomas 'a Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 2, Chapter 12)
21 September 2014

Cause For Celebration

Photo by Mr. Dickie

Dear Lord, help us to remember that every day is cause for celebration. Today we will try our best to keep joy in our hearts., We will celebrate the life You have given us here on earth and the eternal life that will be ours in heaven. Amen.
(100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 204)
19 September 2014

In Hope

Photo by Mr. Dickie

In hope we pray!

Come to us, O Lord!

In our sorrow and our joy!

In our emptiness and our hope!

In our life and in our death!

(Magnificat, May 2004, Vol. 6, p. 293)

15 September 2014

Make Haste

Mosaic in Hyattsville, MD

Photo by Mr. Dickie

Lord, my strength, make haste to help me!

(Magnificat, May 2004, p. 388)

14 September 2014

Adversity

Lord, may grace make possible what my nature seems to make impossible. You know how little I am able to suffer and how quickly I collapse when the slightest adversity rears its head.
(Thomas 'a Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 3, Chapter 19)
13 September 2014

Change

Backyard Iris - photo by Mr. Dickie

I pray to accept, with a serene mind, the things I cannot change, knowing it is futile to be obstinate about the inevitable. I pray to be resolute to take action in things that must be changed.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 5 March)
12 September 2014

Come To The Lord

Melva' Orchids - Photo by Mr. Dickie

In the midst of anxious conflict, we can come to the Lord in prayer. He is able to give us serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference.
(The 12 Steps For Christians, p. 194)
9 September 1014