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Open My Eyes, Mind & Heart to See The Beauty
God, may the eyes of my heart be enlightened.
May I see today not with the eyes of my fears and desires,
but with the eyes of heaven.
May I see with the eyes of your hope, and your tender love.
May I see your loving presence in all things,
supreme and yet hidden.
May I see the power of resurrection
radiant in every moment.
May I truly see,
with the eyes of my heart
full of your light.
Amen.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
We are the body – use all your gifts!!!
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. – I Peter 4:10 NIV
extravagantly glorious pink trees for everyone!!!
Happy Spring to all!
Spring is busting out all over and the world is full of beautiful color! I love Spring!!!! My very favorite season!
Last year I did a Spring newsletter http://songsfromthevalley.com/March%2011%204.9%20Spring.pdf
We are what we do! Starts with our thoughts! Make good choices!
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. – 2 peter 1:5-8
Do small things with great love! – Mother Teresa
Our Unique Call
So many terrible things happen every day that we start wondering whether the few things we do ourselves make any sense. When people are starving only a few thousand miles away, when wars are raging close to our borders, when countless people in our own cities have no homes to live in, our own activities look futile. Such considerations, however, can paralyse us and depress us.
Here the word call becomes important. We are not called to save the world, solve all problems, and help all people. But we each have our own unique call, in our families, in our work, in our world. We have to keep asking God to help us see clearly what our call is and to give us the strength to live out that call with trust. Then we will discover that our faithfulness to a small task is the most healing response to the illnesses of our time.
– Henri Nouwen
http://www.henrinouwen.org/
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One Lost Sheep
What if it was just me?
If I was the only one
in the world
lost
wandering
searching
hurting
What if no one else needed saving?
If I was the only one
in the universe
alone
wrong
broken
insecure
What if there was only one lost sheep?
What if it was me…or you?
good
bad
ugly
hate-filled
What is the value of one soul to God?
What would Jesus do?
come
die
rise
give
There are so many that feel alone
Lost and struggling on their own
love…unconditional
love…so real
love…for one
love…for all
AL/3-6-12
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