Meditation and Prayer for the Day…

 

Meditation for the Day

Spiritual development is achieved by daily persistence in living the way you believe God wants you to live. Like the wearing away of a stone by steady drops of water, so will your daily persistence wear away all the difficulties and gain spiritual success for you. Never falter in this daily, steady persistence. Go forward boldly and unafraid. God will help and strengthen you, as long as you are trying to do His will.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may persist day by day in gaining spiritual experience. I pray that I may make this a lifetime work.

 

Second Night Out…

I’m getting ready here within the hour to go out to capture my second night’s pictures for the local newspaper.  I got a text today from my boss saying that he liked the results from last week and that the post had gotten a lot of views on their FB page.  So I’m figuring I do much the same this week as last.

I’m not sure what the crowds will be like tonight….last week was St. Patrick’s Day and I think that’s one reason all the places were so crowded.  We shall just have to wait and see.  I did get a lead from a friend that there was a play uptown tonight, but I’m not sure what the possibilities would be for taking pictures at that venue.  I figure I would have to get the patrons on their way in, during intermission, or on their way out.  I’ll just have to play that one by ear.

I’m also going to visit several places that I didn’t go to last week.  I’m hoping that the results will be good there as well.  You never really know until you’re there.

So here’s to another week as a free-lance photographer….May this week’s pics be as good as last week’s.

David Lee

This World….musical selection

Another child is born
Another race is won
Another dream is shattered
Another day has begun

This world is still afloat
No not in Noah’s boat
We’ve only lost the vision
Of the stars we’re meant to be

Another broken heart
Another lesson learnt
Another harvest eaten
Another night is gone
A new day’s begun
Even your dreams they can be real

This world is still afloat
No not in Noah’s boat
We’ve only lost the vision
Of the stars we’re meant to be

This world is still afloat
No not in Noah’s boat
We’ve only lost the vision
Of the stars we’re meant to be

This world is full of love
We still have hope
This world is full of love
We still have hope
This world is full of love
We still have hope
This world is full of love
We still have hope
This world is full of love
We still have hope
This world is full of love
We still have hope

Please Pay Attention…shared reading

I normally read a lot of books, but rarely read one all the way through.  I guess I could blame it on my ADD, but a part of it is that I’ll find something else of interest in another book and off I go.

I got the following quote from a book, but neglected to write down what the book’s title was and therefore can’t give proper credit.  But it’s wisdom is such that I want to share.  I wrote the quote on a yellow oversized Post-It Note and it obviously has weathered the storms of its age.  So it must be something someone else needs to hear:

Please Pay Attention

You’re going to find that you have everything you need in order to do everything you need to do.

According to Philippians 4:19,  God is going to supply the resources, connections, and support you need, even during sudden crisis.

Stay calm, go into prayer.  Now look around you.  You’ll notice you have all you need.  Use your resources wisely!!!

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Goodbye…Big Wave Dave’s “Spin of the Day” for Friday, March 24, 2017

 

Everybody’s got their reasons
Everybody’s got their lines
Everybody says forever
But it’s never ’round when it dies
My heart is on the table
Somebody’s gotta try
I’m willing and I’m able
Don’t you know it?
I don’t wanna say goodbyeAll my life
Waited for something this right
One more night
And I’m tryna stop the morning light

I don’t wanna say goodbye
I don’t wanna say goodbye
I don’t wanna say goodbye
Don’t wanna say goodbye

Nobody said it’s easy
And nobody wants a fight
Nobody in here is perfect, but it’s worth it with wide open eyes
My heart is on the table
If nobody’s gonna try
I’m willing and I’m able
Don’t you know it?
I don’t wanna say goodbye
I don’t wanna say goodbye

All my life
Waited for something this right
One more night
And I’m tryna stop the morning light

I don’t wanna say goodbye
I don’t wanna say goodbye
I don’t wanna say goodbye
Don’t wanna say goodbye
I don’t wanna say goodbye

My heart is on the table
Somebody’s gotta try
I’m willing and I’m able
Don’t you know it?
I don’t wanna say goodbye

Language of Letting Go Reading…

 

Appreciating Ourselves

We are the greatest things that will ever happen to us. Believe it. It makes life much easier.
—Codependent No More

It is time to stop this nonsense of running around picking on ourselves.

We may have walked through much of our life apologizing for ourselves either directly or indirectly – feeling less valuable than others, believing that they know better than we do, and believing that somehow others are meant to be here and we are not.

We have a right to be here.

We have a right to be ourselves. We are here. There is a purpose, a reason, and an intention for our life. We do not have to apologize for being here or being who we are.

We are good enough, and deserving.

Others do not have our magic. We have our magic. It is in us.

It doesn’t matter what we’ve done in our past. We all have a past, woven with mistakes, successes, and learning experiences. We have a right to our past. It is ours. It has worked to shape and form us. As we progress on this journey, we shall see how each of our experiences will be turned around and used for good.

We have already spent too much time being ashamed, being apologetic, and doubting the beauty of ourselves. Be done with it. Let it go. It is an unnecessary burden. Others have rights, but so do we. We are neither less than nor more than. We are equal. We are who we are. That is whom we were created and intended to be.

That, my friend, is a wonderful gift.

God, help me own my power to love and appreciate myself. Help me give myself validity instead of looking to others to do that.