Category: Peace

Prayer of Peace..

7/31/2018

Each week at our Thursday evening service we close with the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Neibuhr. Most everyone has heard or even memorized the first part of the prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” This well-known prayer encourages us to accept our limitations and ask for God’s peace and wisdom in understanding those limitations. For all of the years I have repeated those words I had no idea there was more to that wonderful prayer.

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Hello 2018...

1/2/2018

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Happy New Year!!
I am looking forward to 2018 because it offers a fresh start to the next 365 days and because it is an even number. I like even numbers and it so happens that 18 is my favorite number. I have no good reason why it is my favorite, it just is. I am happy to let go of this past year and look forward to a more positive year ahead.

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Delighted...

12/19/2017

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God delights in me…
Are you sure God? Have you noticed how impatient I can be and how I want answers to my questions immediately? Do you remember that I am always looking for the fastest checkout line so I won’t have to wait? Or how I get irritated with slow drivers and people who don’t use their turn signal. You must remember…

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Let There Be Peace... Hope... Love....

11/9/2016

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Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred,
let me sow love;
where there is injury,
pardon;
where there is doubt,
faith;
where there is despair,
hope;
where there is darkness,
light;
and where there is sadness,
joy.

O Divine Master, grant
that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood
as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we
receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that
we are born to eternal life. Amen

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But God...

9/26/2016

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Sitting on my deck with coffee in hand thinking, praying, dreaming, visioning…
Asking God tough questions… What’s next? In what direction do you want me to serve?

Ssshhh
Listen to the sounds around you that I created for your pleasure... The birds singing their morning greeting… Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

But God…
These are important questions about life. How can I better serve the kingdom? I don’t want to miss your voice…

Sssshhh..
See the beauty of the water that rests on the horizon... See the trees in all of their splendor... And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

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Humanity Wins With Respect

10/12/2015

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After the shooting in June at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina I started writing this blog, but never finished it because the world had moved on.

I mourn for the families of the 9 lives lost in the tragic shooting in Charleston. There have been too many lives destroyed by such violence. There have been discussions in homes, businesses, churches, schools, and the network news programs all over the United States expressing hurt, anger, shock, frustration and even prayers asking for peace. I support any discussion that seeks to stop racism, racist behavior and violence on the street, in the schools, businesses and churches. I too am frustrated with the hatred and loss of human life.

As a white woman, I will not presume to understand racial discrimination and the ongoing treatment of people of color in America. I am truly sorry that everyone is not treated with respect and love just because of the color of their skin.

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Restoration

10/6/2015

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My spirit is restless, uneasy and weary from seeking to understand what lies ahead. I am driven to pursue the quiet of the pristine white sand and rocking of the gentle surf. This evening, the immense body of pulsing waves rush to greet me. I run into the midst of the chaos to feel the stimulating crests of energy upon my legs. The sand shifts beneath my feet. As I stand in the warmth of the surf, a biblical text floats into my mind,

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Prayer of Peace..

Hello 2018...

Delighted...

Let There Be Peace... Hope... Love....

But God...

Humanity Wins With Respect

Restoration

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