Sabbath Keeping

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine owner understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge Him, 

and He shall direct thy paths."

~ Proverbs 3:5-6 ~

" Be intentional." 

"If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day." ~ Leonard Cohen ~

"Don't wish me happiness

I don't expect to be happy all the time...

It's gotten beyond that somehow.

Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor.

I will need them all."

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh ~ 

"People underestimate their capacity for change.
There is never a right time to do a difficult thing."
~ John Porter ~
"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable." 
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh ~
"What I like most about change is that it's a synonym for "hope". If you are taking a risk, what you are really saying is, "I believe in tomorrow and I will be a part of it."
~ Linda Ellerbee ~

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference."

~ Reinhold Niebuhr ~

"A flower does not think about competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."
"The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one is wearing a mask. I have shed my mask." 
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh ~
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it." ~ Lena Horne ~
"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change." 
~ Mary Shelley ~

"Letting go doesn't mean giving up, 

but rather accepting there are things that cannot be."

"It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage,

but for that long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security."

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh ~

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter 
another."  ~ Anatole France ~
"Don't let your happiness depend upon something you may lose." 
~ C. S. Lewis ~ 

"Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us,

carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you."

~ 2 Timothy 1:14 ~

If you'd like a name added to the prayer list, please let me know. Names are kept for one week; around the world, people are praying.

Prayer Keeping ~ Stephanie ~ Jim ~ Donna ~ "A" ~ Laura ~ Maxine ~ Sandra ~ 

Sabbath Keeping

~ my small flock of wool sheep ~

"Do not remember the former things; 

neither consider the things of old.

Behold, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs forth; 

do you not perceive and know it 

and will you not give heed to it?

I will even make a way in the wilderness 

and rivers in the desert."

~ Isaiah 43: 18-19 ~

"One day spent with someone you love can change everything." ~ Mitch Albom ~ 

"If you don't like something, change it. 

If you can't change it, change your attitude."

~ Maya Angelo ~ 

"Fashion changes but style endures." ~ Coco Chanel ~

"God grant me the courage to accept the things I cannot change, 

the courage to change the things I can, 

and the wisdom to know the difference." 

~ Reinhold Niebuhr ~

"There are women who make things better...simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference. And women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who -through strength and courage- make it through. There are women who change the world everyday...Women like you."  ~ Ashley Rice ~

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. 

I'm frightened of old ones." 

~ John Cage ~ 

"To improve is to change. To be perfect, is to change often." ~ Winston Churchill ~
"If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."
"For the past 33 years, every morning I have looked in the mirror and asked myself, "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."  ~ Steve Jobs ~ 

"When we are no longer able to change a situation,

we are challenged to change ourselves."

~ Viktor E. Frankl ~ 

"Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you." 
~ John Green, The Fault in Our Stars ~
"If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you've made, if they don't realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go." ~ Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free ~ 
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." 
~ Wayne Dyer ~ 

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, 

but no one looks at changing himself." 

~ Tolstoy ~ 

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." ~ Frederick Douglass ~ 

"All that you touch

You Change.

All that you Change

Changes you.

The only lasting truth

is Change.

God

is Change."

~ Octavia E. Butler ~

"All great change in America, begins at the dinner table." ~ Ronald Reagan ~
"Those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything." 
~ George Bernard Shaw ~
"We are products of our past but we don't have to be prisoners of it." 
~ Rick Warren ~ 
"Here's to the crazy ones. the misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no great respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only ting you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." ~ Apple Inc. ~

"I alone cannot change the world,

but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."

~ Mother Teresa ~

"Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away...and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast...be happy about your growth, in which of course you can't take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don't torment them with your doubts and don't frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn't be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn't necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust...and don't expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet ~

"He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" 

Then he said, "Write this down for these words are trustworthy and true."

~ Revelation 21:5 ~

If you'd like a name added to the prayer list, please let me know. Names will be kept for one week, around the world, people are praying.

Prayer Keeping ~ Max ~ Kurt ~ Timi and family ~ Sandra ~ 

Sabbath Keeping

"God is not man that he should lie, 

or a son of man that he should change his mind. 

Has he said, and will he not do it? 

Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? 

~ Numbers 23:19 ~

Through the pitch-black night, the Captain sees a light dead ahead on a collision course. He sends a signal, "Change your course 10 degrees east."
The light signals back, "Change yours, 10 degrees west."
Angry, the Captain sends, "I'm a Navy Captain, change your course, sir!"
I'm a seaman, second class," comes the reply. "Change your course, sir."
Now the Captain is furious. "I'm a battleship! I'm not changing course!"
There is one last reply. "I'm a lighthouse. Your call."

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the Father of lights with whom 

there is no variation or shadow due to change." 

~ James 1:17 ~

If you'd like a name added to the prayer list, please let me know. Unless requested, names will be left for thirty days; all over the world, people are praying.

Prayer Keeping ~ Maxine ~ Raeann ~ Geoffrey and Terry ~ Stephanie and family ~ Mary and family ~ Timi, Miki, Mira, Mark ~ Steve and Gwen ~ Linda Sue ~ Jane and Lance ~ Kary ~ Debbie ~ Jill ~ Yvonne ~ Renee ~ me ~