Sabbath Keeping

~ winter on the farm ~

"Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child." 

~ Exodus 22:22 ~

"Life can only be understood backwards,
but it must be lived forwards." 

~ Soren Kierkegaard ~   

"Give us a chance to show you that those so-called protective laws to aid women - however well intentioned originally - have become in fact restraints, which keep wife, abandoned wife, and widow alike from supporting her family." ~ Martha Griffiths ~

"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, 

abides with us, more potent, nay, 

more present than the living man."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~

"Widow. The word consumes itself." 

~ Sylvia Plath ~

"It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward." 

~ Dolores Ibarruri ~ 

"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, 

and you shall see that in truth you are weeping 

for that which has been your delight."
~ Khalil Gibran ~

"Happiness is beneficial for the body,
but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."

~ Marcel Proust ~

                                                                  

“May a man live well-, and long-enough, 

to leave many joyful widows behind him.” 

~ Roman Payne ~  

"Where you used to be, 

there is a hole in the world 

which I find myself walking around 

in the daytime and falling into at night. 

I miss you like hell."
~ Edna St. Vincent Millay, Letters ~

"You can't do anything about the length of your life,
but you can do something about its width and depth."

~ Evan Esar ~

                               

"We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full."

~ Marcel Proust ~

                                                                      

"Music I heard with you was more than music,
and bread that I broke with you was more than bread.
Now that I am without you, all is desolate;
All that was once so beautiful is dead."

~ Conrad Aiken ~

   "We must embrace pain and

 burn it as fuel for our journey"

~ Kenji Miyazawa ~

"It is difficult to become accustomed to the loss of happiness."
~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld~

"While we are mourning the loss of our friend, 

others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil"
~ John Taylor ~

"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world" ~ James 1:27 ~

If you'd like your name added to the prayer list, please let me know.

Prayer Keeping ~ Kerrie ~ Ray ~ Ruth Anne ~ Kathy - Sandra ~ Miki ~Adrienne ~ Karena ~ Roland ~ Debbie ~ Beckwith family ~ Lea and family ~ Kary ~ Mildred ~ John ~ Noelle ~ Geoffrey ~ Terry ~ Angela, Penny and family ~ Daniel ~ Morgan ~ Meredith ~ Susan ~ Stephanie ~ Winnie ~ Wanda ~ Steve ~ Leslie ~ William and Catherine ~ Becky ~ Rick ~ Misha ~ J ~ Linda ~ Skip ~ Ryan ~ Roy ~ Tonya ~ me ~