Sabbath Keeping

~ view from my front yard ~

"...But I have trusted in Your mercy;

My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

I will sing to the Lord,

Because He has dealt bountifully with me."

~ Psalm 13:5-6 ~

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." ~ Maya Angelou ~

"Life is full of misery, loneliness and suffering.

And it's all over much too soon." 

~ Woody Allen ~

"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better." ~ Henry Rollins ~ 

"Pray that your loneliness may spur you 

into finding something to live for, 

great enough to die for." 

~ Dag Hammarskjold ~

"Language has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone." ~ Paul Tillich ~

"Loneliness if the poverty of self;

Solitude is the richness of self.

~ May Sarton ~

"Loneliness and the feeling of being wanted is the most terrible poverty."
~ Mother Teresa ~

"I want to be with those who know secret things 

or else alone." 

~ Raniner Maria Rilke ~

"If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company." ~ Jean-Paul Sarte ~

"They cannot scare me with their empty spaces

Between stars--where no human race is.

I have it in me so much nearer home

To scare myself with my own desert places.

~ Robert Frost ~

"The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone."
~ Mitch Albom ~

"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, 

whom the Father will send in my name, 

will teach you all things,

and will remind you of everything I have said to you."

~ Christ, John 14:26 ~

If you'd like a name added to the prayer list, please let me know. Names must be given weekly and will be kept for a week; no anonymous requests, please. Around the world, people are praying.

Prayer Keeping ~ Maxine ~ Townsend family ~ Timi and family ~ Weaver family ~ Quesenberry family ~ Smith family ~ Jane and Lance ~ Debbie ~ Katie ~ persecuted 
Christians ~