Real Love, Truth and Stability

Good Day! I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering, from Bernie Brillstein:

"In a world where celebrity equals talent, and where make-believe is called reality, it is most important to have real love, truth and stability in your life."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today we may not be world famous, but we are dedicated to being world class in living the mission of healing you have given us. We are not satisfied to have our lives scripted by others, but dedicated to the reality of the gifts of healing you have placed among us. Bless us with your presence today in a way that brings us real love, truth and stability. Amen.

I hope you will find a blessing in this day for you.

Receiving and Giving Comfort

Good Morning! I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering from Dr. John Henry Jowett:

"God does not comfort us to make us comfortable only, but to make us comforters."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today, we thank you for the gift of empathy, the ability to transform our own suffering into a deeper understanding of the suffering of others. We ask for your comfort. We ask for your healing. We receive these blessings today not only for ourselves, but also to increase our ability to bring comfort and healing to others. Amen.

I hope you will find a blessing in this day for you.

Don't Take Unbelief Too Seriously

Good Morning! I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering , from Karl Barth:

"Everyone who has to contend with unbelief should be advised that he ought not take his own unbelief too seriously. Only faith is to be taken seriously, and if we have faith as a grain of mustard seed, that suffices for the devil to have lost his game."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today, we live in a world of uncertainty. Though to you the past, present and even the future are clearly visible, we do not see the future. In this uncertainty we may choose to look with doubt or with faith. Give us the gift of faith today, enough faith so that we will not take our own unbelief too seriously, enough faith so that we may see the possibilities you have already invested on our future. Amen

We hope you will find a blessing in this day for you.

Hanging On

Good Morning! I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering , from Ann Landers :

"Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today, we ask your help in keeping our energy free and in the present moment.
Free us from resentment that would bind us with memories of the past wrongs of others;
Free us from guilt that would bind us with memories of our own wrongs;
Free us from shame that makes us want to withdraw into the shadows;
And free us from regrets about small things that distract us.
Let us live today free from these weights of the past;
Let us live today in the present moment, enjoying all the energy we need to thrive, to heal, to move forward in the life you have designed for us, to take on the next hallenge we need to overcome. Amen.

We hope you will find a blessing in this day for you.

Waking Up . . .

Good Morning! I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering , from jazz singer Cleo Laine:

"Nurses told me I awoke from the anesthetic singing. I asked if it was any good. They said it was loud."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today, it is good to be waking up.
Some of us are waking up from a good night’s sleep, for which we are very grateful.
Some of us are waking up from “not so much” sleep; for these we ask that you give them your rest.
Some of us are waking up to a workday; bless each with meaning, purpose and
effectiveness.
Some of us are waking up to another day of questions, illness and recovery. Bless these with your healing presence.
Some of us are waking up from sleep-walking through life, just beginning to discover new questions and new possibilities. Bless these with a great sense of discovery, curiosity, wonder and newness of life.

Amen.

May you find a blessing in this day for you.

Creativity From Suffering

Good Morning! I invite you to consider these WordsWorth Remembering, from Ursula LeGuin:

"The creative adult is the child who has survived."

My prayer, O Living God, is this:

Today, as we become aware of suffering, we ask for an end to suffering. We appreciate the opportunity to work in partnership with you to reduce and end suffering. We ask that you would help pain to disappear once it has done its warning work to identify destructive activity.
In regard to suffering that we have already experienced, may the roots of that suffering become the lifespring of our creativity so that we may not simply survive, but thrive. Let us partner with you to take breakdowns and turn them into breakthroughs.
Amen.

May you find a blessing in this day for you.

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.