Read Every Day

I pray for the steadfastness to read every day, something that will help me to gain understanding. (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 23 January) 31 January 2012

Spiritual Plan

A spiritual plan is a statement of clear intention about what you desire to experience within yourself and a clear definition of what you must do to make it happen. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 3 January) 30 January 2012

Sharpen My Perception

Photo: Mr. Dickie - Kennett Square, PA

I ask God to make me willing to see clearly my everyday experiences, to sharpen my perception of how much there is to enjoy, even in ordinary things and happenings.  Let me be receptive.  Restore to me my capacity for wonder.  (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 12 January) 29 January 2012

Give Thanks

Give thanks for those who have guided you ... 

(The Upper Room Disciplines - 2003, 14 May) 

28 January 2012

No Matter What

Photo: Mr. Dickie - north of Frederick, MD

• Be cheerful no matter what; 
• pray all the time; 
• thank God no matter what happens.  

(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 MSG, Daily Guideposts - 2010, 9 January) 27 January 2012

This Bread and This Wine

Photo: Mr. Dickie - Emmitsburg, MD

Blessed art Thou, O Lord, who gives us this bread and this wine, the fruit of man's labor.  (Anonymous and Ashleigh Bryce Clayton in A Gentle Spirit, 11 January) 26 January 2012

Quiet My Mind

Photo: Mr. Dickie - Emmitsburg, MD

... Quiet my mind before I speak.  

(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 20 January) 

25 January 2012