Prayer | Prayer
Aug.09.2011
Pray with total beliefLife will turn a new leaf
First decide your GodAnd then give your nod
By putting fullest trustYour mind you now dust
When you show devotionPurified is your emotion
Your Lord will surely blessPrayer is never at all useless
Any God you can chooseNone can stop your views
Even the...
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Jul.03.2011
In the middle of the night in an unfamiliar hotel room, I have been known to get up from the bed and head in the direction of my bathroom at home and bang into the door or the television. That hazy sleepy trance tricks me and I’m on automatic feeling my way from one place to another. After the rude...
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Jun.29.2011
June 29
When I rise up and when I lay down
In order to be happy with you I have to learn to be happy without you. I gasp at the pain of it and desperately wish that the above statement were not true, but alas, you are gone in a way that I can never reclaim...
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Jun.28.2011
You know, there are times in your life when you stop fighting.
the pushes and the shoves from people on the outside don't bother you as much as they used to
the arguments over whats yours, whats mine become less and less
and you can stand in a crowded room and hear snippets of what you used to be...
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Apr.11.2011
Passover 2011
This Passover, as we celebrate our ancestors’ freedom from slavery, we reconnect through our most important holiday with our centuries-long traditions. It is incumbent upon us to contemplate the broader concept of freedom and what it means to us as individuals, as members of...
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Apr.10.2011
A prayer list can be a useful tool for the believer to remember the many different people and circumstances that need prayer. Nonetheless, sometimes having a dynamic prayer-life means putting away the prayer list for a moment. Here some are things to consider in relation to the list, and some...
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Apr.04.2011
I’d passed her before. In the fiercest of elements, I had driven right passed the elderly woman carrying a sack of groceries bigger than she was. I’d always wanted to stop, but somehow an excuse always presented itself: the Jeep (which my husband treats like a work truck) was too dirty; the...
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Mar.05.2011
I Must Pray
I’ve been spending these last few months more in prayer than my usual (bookworm) reading. I have a few prayer books that I glance at daily. It surprised me this morning to read these reflections in My Daily Bread by Anthony J. Paone, S. J., which I have passionately...
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Feb.03.2011
Grace: A Child's Intimate Journey Through Cancer and Recovery
I believe with all my heart in the power of prayer. This doesn’t mean that I believe that God will grant each and every request from my lips, but it does mean that I know He hears us when we pray. His answer is not always the one...
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Jan.09.2011
change (chnj)
v. changed, chang·ing, chang·es
1.
a. To cause to be different
b. To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform:
2. To give and receive reciprocally; interchange
3. To exchange for or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
It’s a...
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