May your day be one of peace and tranquility. May your mind be filled with song and your heart be filled with love and most of all may the good Lord bless and keep you.
Happy Sunday.
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From a Distance
We all see life differently whether from up close or from a distance but I think we all have the same hopes and dreams of peace, love, harmony, hope, health, happiness. Listen to how Bette Midler describes it. Happy Sunday.
Heavenly Applause
Can’t you just hear the angels clapping when we get something right down here on earth? Scripture gives us some insight into this business of clapping our hands and so we know that it is not merely a human trait.
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. Psalm 47:1
Let the rivers clap their hands,
Let the mountains sing together for joy. Psalm 98:8
“For you will go out with joy
And be led forth with peace;
The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12
Psalm 134:2. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD. (This doesn’t exactly exemplify clapping but I’m sure you get the picture.)
And then there’s that great children’s song from the fifties:
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it;
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!
Happy Sunday.
Clap Your Hands
Today is the last day of February! It brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart. Spring is on the way! Even the trees of the fields will soon clap their hands as Isaiah tells us. Enjoy the day, whatever it holds for you, and be sure to clap your hands as you envision Spring in the air and Covid-19 out of it. Happy Sunday.
“You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. . ” Isaiah 55:12 NIV
Picture of Peace
Psalm 104:12 reads: The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
Praying your Sunday is as peaceful as this pastoral scene. Happy Sunday.
That Added Touch
One of the life questions I’ve been asked is, “How did you get the peace you seem to have?” Looking back over my life, there was a time in my forties and fifties, when my mantra was, “God loves me and has a wonderful plan for my life.” The one-liner was never far from my thoughts and became exactly what a mantra is…a statement repeated frequently.
One of my favorite songs at that time was “He Touched Me”. It was always the added touch I needed. Happy Sunday.
Something About Romans
Do you have a favorite book in the Bible? I have several but today will lean on the book of Romans which has been a blessing to me for many years. Here are a few scriptures from that book.
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2
Love must be sincere. Romans 12:9
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Romans 12:15
Live in harmony with one another. Romans 12:16
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans 12:18
It would be wonderful to hear about your favorite scriptures. Happy Sunday.
Just for Today
It’s been awhile since a poem has composed itself in my mind and with never knowing what the next day will bring in this world of uncertainty, here is Just For Today:
Just for today…
may your sun shine a little brighter,
may your pain be less severe
may your eyes behold the beautiful
may sweet sounds fill your ear
may your thoughts be full of gladness
may good things come your way
may your heart be filled with love and peace
just for today.
Peace Be With You
In the midst of a pandemic, peace be with you.
In the midst of protests, peace be with you.
Missing the human touch, peace be with you.
If you are still staying home, peace be with you.
Whether the day be sunny or gray, peace be with you.
Happy Saturday.
A Sunday Prayer
Breathe on us breath of God as we welcome your Holy Spirit into our hearts.
Make us aware that talking about you is not the same as talking to you. Help us to do both.
Help us to overcome the obstacles that prevent us from enjoying a relationship with you.
Help us to trust you with the problems we face and the decisions we make.
When we are depressed and anxious help us to feel your love, peace, and presence.
When we lose our sense of compassion, remind us of your compassion for us.
Make us humble enough to know that without you we are incomplete.
Remind us to pray for one another that you would replace our grief with peace, our sickness with healing, our poverty with prosperity, and our self centeredness with thoughts of others.
Grant us the grace to live this day in your strength. Amen.
Happy Sunday.
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