A Prayer of Thanks for This Day
From Gretchen Miller: Father, Thank You for this day. For all its joys and sorrows, trials and triumphs, laughter and tears– For the time spent with friends And time spent with family– For tasks completed and tasks yet on “the list”. Thank You for this day to work, This day to rest, This day to play, This day…. To smile, To share, To speak, To listen, To write, To read, To sing, To learn, To teach, To see, To hear- To LIVE! “For all the days ordained for me were written in your...
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From Rob Stearns I had been thinking about a couple verses in Ps 94 for a couple of days when I got the news that a sister of a dear friend of mine had just been diagnosed with cancer. The way these verses were playing in my head had a completely different context as to what I just wrote. I crawled into bed shortly after getting the news. I was wide awake, although it was late. These verses wouldn’t let me sleep…they took on a completely different meaning. This poem became a poem with double...
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For Christmas my father-in-law bought me Charlie Hall’s newest album “The Bright Sadness“. Whether I’m in my car, working on my laptop, or running/lifting weights with little Gina (my ipod shuffler), I haven’t stopped listening to it for over a week now. With songs like Bloom Again, New Year, Scenes, and Hookers and Robbers, you will find yourself drawing closer to God…appreciating Him for His majesty, complexities, and goodness. I have participated in musical worship...
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