Farewell & Welcome

Tonight is an ending; tonight is a beginning. 

Help me stay in the moment
to bid farewell and welcome
in my own way. 

(Amy E. Dean, Night Light, 31 December)

31 December 2013

Prayer & Petition

Help me, then, Lord, not to be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present my requests to You. And Your peace, which transcends all understanding, will guard my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus.
(Phil. 4:6-7 in Praying God's Word Day By Day,by Beth Moore, 18 November)
30 December 2013

Meditation

Meditation is the quiet and sustained application of the mind to the contemplation of a spiritual truth. Its purpose is to deflect our minds from the problems we are experiencing, to raise our thoughts above the grievances and discontent that color our thinking.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 17 October)
29 December 2013

Guidance

When you pray for God's guidance, don't complain when it is different from your preference.
(Our Daily Bread in Night Light by Amy E. Dean, 15 December)
28 December 2013

Everything I Need To Do

Heavenly Father, help me learn how to become content and at peace.
As you strengthen me, help me to do everything I need to do.
(Joni Eareckson Tada in Promises Of Joy, p. 286)
27 December 2013

Hope Of Christmas

What keeps the wild hope of Christmas alive year after year in a world notorious for dashing all hopes is the haunting dream that the Child who was born that day may yet be born again even in us and our own snowbound, snowblind longing for Him.
(Frederick Buechner in Peace Flowing Like A Gentle River, 27 December)
26 December 2013

Emmanuel ... God With Us

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, 

and shall bring forth a son, 

and they shall call his name Emmanuel...

God with us.

(Matthew 1:23 KJV)

25 December 2013