Increase Our Joys

Dear God,

The more things change the

more they stay the same.

We still live where the

buffalo roam.

Life continues to be filled

with joys and pains.

Increase our joys and

ease our pains.

Thanks God.

Amen.

Today's Prayer by Sam Miller

Who Am I?

Good Day! I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering , from Marrianne Williamson:

"Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today, we appreciate your design to create each of us patterned after you. May
we appreciate that spark of Divinity in ourselves.
Bless us with the ability to also see it in others.
And may we use this vision to help move
our world from chaos toward order and beauty. Amen.

May you find a blessing in this day for you.

Ready to Learn

Good Morning! I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering , from Winston Churchill:

"Personally I'm always ready to learn,

although I do not always like being taught."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

I am ready to learn, although I don’t know who my teacher, or teachers, may be today. I am reminded that everyone in my life is here to teach me something,
and that the circumstances of my life may also teach me. These are not all easy lessons, and the difficult people and circumstances may appear to me at first as trouble rather than as opportunities.

Bless us today with eyes to see and ears to hear what you would have us learn. And please bless us with the creativity to see opportunities in each difficulty we face today. Amen.

May you find a blessing in this day for you.

On Being Careful

Good Morning!
I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering , from Mark Twain:

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today, we are thankful that we can get our health information face to face,
where we can make sure we understand what is happening, what might happen, and
what can happen when we make the right adjustments.
Bless those who provide that information with clarity;
Bless those who listen with understanding.
When there is good news, let us multiply the joy by sharing it;
When there is difficult news, let us divide and reduce it’s power by sharing it.
And may we all be blessed by your healing presence. Amen.

May you find a blessing in this day for you.

Traveling with Hope

Good Morning!
I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering , from Robert Louis Stevenson:

"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today, may we travel with the hope of knowing you have plans for us, plans for the prosperity of worthwhile work and plans for health and well-being;
May we travel with the hope of knowing you have gifted our community with the ability to heal, to cure and to improve health;
May we travel with the hope of knowing that we travel not alone, but in the company of your guiding Spirit.
Amen.

May you find a blessing in this day for you.