Faithfulness

Father, give me faithfulness in all things large and small, 

so that I may be an example and blessing to others.

14 February 2016

Open My Eyes

Open my eyes that I may see.

13 February 2016

Harmony

Lord, give me the resolve to make things better, to ignore my pride, and to do whatever is needed to keep harmony in my family. Amen.

(Prayers From the Heart, Day 270)

12 February 2016

Saint Francis

Lord, grant that I may seek rather

To comfort than to be comforted

To understand than to be understood

To love than to be loved;

For it is by giving that one receives,

It is by self-forgetting that one finds,

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven,

It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.

(Francis of Assisi, in Flowers Along the Path by Esther Carls Dodgen, p. 306)

11 February 2016

Refresh and Strengthen

Be present with your servants, Lord;

we look to you with one accord;

refresh and strengthen us anew, 

and bless what in your name we do.

(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 10 February)

10 February 2016

All Creatures Great And Small

God gave us eyes to see them,

and lips that we might tell

how great is God Almighty,

who has made all things well.

All things bright and beautiful,

all creatures great and small,

all things wise and wonderful --

the Lord God made them all.

(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 6 February)

9 February 2016

God's Chart

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by,

to keep you from the bottom of the sea,

and to show you where the harbor is,

and how to reach it without

running on the rocks and bars.

(Henry Ward Beecher, Flowers Along The Path, Esther Carls Dodgen , p 291)

8 February 2016