tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45258369971731322112024-03-29T02:32:21.813-07:00Holy WayThis blog shares prayers, spiritual reflections and insights. It is immersed in the love of the Holy Trinity, which we call the Heart of Love. The Holyway is a choice to live a spiritual path, blessed by the Heart of Love. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger869125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-48724981299969312522024-03-27T08:46:00.000-07:002024-03-27T08:46:11.660-07:00New video by Greg: The Place Beyond Words<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsVO2wV1zkKsqxbrgJt1upbibwxvxX_WWMqCZalJ3qWIb1wGYTCQVG40nAMRovcR49JeVQQ3lnglgDentGe7KrTB-7_vP1LDbjq5Ok81CYoWE5TjUHV4nLpMC3woe_GeG8TgxZdwDSDcisqOONGDv-WtHr49RMCrrJeVOyzLzZVwXyYnE7OkzsKX3AfJy/s2348/IMG_4940.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2348" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsVO2wV1zkKsqxbrgJt1upbibwxvxX_WWMqCZalJ3qWIb1wGYTCQVG40nAMRovcR49JeVQQ3lnglgDentGe7KrTB-7_vP1LDbjq5Ok81CYoWE5TjUHV4nLpMC3woe_GeG8TgxZdwDSDcisqOONGDv-WtHr49RMCrrJeVOyzLzZVwXyYnE7OkzsKX3AfJy/s320/IMG_4940.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Well done Greg for this moving video, music composed and performed by him, also wonderful expressive drawings that convey emotion so powerfully!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-HoS_A7wps">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-HoS_A7wps</a></p><p>A huge achievement to be shortlisted in an international creative art competition out of so many.people.:</p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“There are no words to describe caring for someone in agony for more than thirty years. This video was shortlisted out of over 1800 entries for the 2024 Alpine International Arts Prize.”</span></p><p>There are no words, the only answer is love.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-74377311705134744542024-03-26T11:03:00.000-07:002024-03-27T04:30:55.341-07:00Lord, help me, a poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HdEBEIYEyKs8tTsejlOTu6npcooh8UJ5j8oOFXJYWgmLfUOVROhDnz5ywXKlR9ItcgwZDroSNbXuwKbcxuy3AcXlpafuXIXFNtxTzIyrBEGkcvchXSLk_EyIotle5Il3Q-o_24g7IkUtagrWAiDyvOFPxWOTsqBm4Tx4Di5mJsG0RPzHsS04mlLK9Vp6/s2048/IMG_4921.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HdEBEIYEyKs8tTsejlOTu6npcooh8UJ5j8oOFXJYWgmLfUOVROhDnz5ywXKlR9ItcgwZDroSNbXuwKbcxuy3AcXlpafuXIXFNtxTzIyrBEGkcvchXSLk_EyIotle5Il3Q-o_24g7IkUtagrWAiDyvOFPxWOTsqBm4Tx4Di5mJsG0RPzHsS04mlLK9Vp6/s320/IMG_4921.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Lord help me.</p><p>I am continually being battered by sound </p><p>It robs me of all feeling and movement.</p><p>I need your help to keep trying to rise above the tormenting sensations </p><p>And the sheer emptiness of continuous loss of ability.</p><p>It is breaking my heart Lord</p><p>That my mind and body are so broken</p><p>Yet so invisibly suffering.</p><p>Pkease lift me into your light.</p><p>Heal me now Lord.</p><p>Help me now Lord</p><p>See me now Lord</p><p>Ssve me now.</p><p>“Why would you not wish me well?” I ask You, in my bleakest moments?</p><p>In truth I know you are always with me</p><p>And have suffered profoundly for all of us for all time.</p><p>You know my pain intimately.</p><p>You are here beside me.</p><p>You bless me</p><p>And somehow keep me holding on</p><p>To life</p><p>To love</p><p>To hope</p><p>As another wave of tortuous paralysis envelops me.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-30757419654508843462024-03-25T10:27:00.000-07:002024-03-25T10:27:22.770-07:00Lord steady me. A prayer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41YDgQpMwtXdwxBrTy-5_X7fXCnrFuofF0Bh8lMpj6J2Ustq3dgYaiN_oZh8eH4uJ9BfvRKZ4HA_ygbZtLIllQ6BwOppOC4v1gVsja66M2fzXPsXFTNZykjmKuVSlB5kKhJ0OsCowg0DpenL0RvJqItztExVrU-h1wA96bBKXV0H4DFlCTX3y_jOteu53/s4032/IMG_4910.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41YDgQpMwtXdwxBrTy-5_X7fXCnrFuofF0Bh8lMpj6J2Ustq3dgYaiN_oZh8eH4uJ9BfvRKZ4HA_ygbZtLIllQ6BwOppOC4v1gVsja66M2fzXPsXFTNZykjmKuVSlB5kKhJ0OsCowg0DpenL0RvJqItztExVrU-h1wA96bBKXV0H4DFlCTX3y_jOteu53/s320/IMG_4910.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Today I feel shaky,</p><p>Oppressed by a difficult future ahead, </p><p>Filled with fearful thoughts.</p><p>Lord steady me.</p><p>Lord hold me.</p><p>Lord comfort me.</p><p>Lord strengthen me in my hours of greatest need.</p><p>Lord restore me.</p><p>Amen</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-23869288165692105382024-03-24T07:26:00.000-07:002024-03-24T07:49:03.816-07:00Follow The Lamb<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu39iK-lLWYWZsO17Sf62LuRWTpcqMSI6ZwuXocksmUKRFQtvWnuJhlIH0nJmgiRsZm2xVN-DS2b3170BxqzKDGjT2eoCXn7350B9gAPtyWYbEStqcM_Fcwp-lG-3XJ8STJYud1xM0qKn-aE4YWn-t0HcOKhCre3DUxUjOOMm3C5flvHXbO64XEKNROF8/s1587/IMG_4903.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="1587" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu39iK-lLWYWZsO17Sf62LuRWTpcqMSI6ZwuXocksmUKRFQtvWnuJhlIH0nJmgiRsZm2xVN-DS2b3170BxqzKDGjT2eoCXn7350B9gAPtyWYbEStqcM_Fcwp-lG-3XJ8STJYud1xM0qKn-aE4YWn-t0HcOKhCre3DUxUjOOMm3C5flvHXbO64XEKNROF8/s320/IMG_4903.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Greg has composed a beautiful piece of music and set it to a prayer, written specially for me as I face a harrowing operation ahead. May it bless each of you that hears it. </p><p>A special prayer for Holy week.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixNF1jbtOhQ" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixNF1jbtOhQ</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-17177676896422111952024-03-23T18:09:00.000-07:002024-03-23T18:09:42.854-07:00A Prayer for Palm Sunday<p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUddyhVjS3KbsjbHVgAK7OBKMNiWsJbp2FUtIR1s_lEaY9_lC5UFMJ25uJ8EY1Hx01DxBJ2yMuaOQu94Y-8BCu2pqnOvs_LcilDzv50VRn_7LUxdNiiIeZM98BM4-GFisGYDwbBN47N1BAXejX8jREZUtI18_qmHGfF_ku6S0oXbSC_wJ3h2G1-nm4_QY/s4032/IMG_4863.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUddyhVjS3KbsjbHVgAK7OBKMNiWsJbp2FUtIR1s_lEaY9_lC5UFMJ25uJ8EY1Hx01DxBJ2yMuaOQu94Y-8BCu2pqnOvs_LcilDzv50VRn_7LUxdNiiIeZM98BM4-GFisGYDwbBN47N1BAXejX8jREZUtI18_qmHGfF_ku6S0oXbSC_wJ3h2G1-nm4_QY/s320/IMG_4863.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12.8px;">Lord Have mercy</b></p><p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12.8px;">On me now</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b>Lord have Mercy </b></span></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b>On me now</b></span></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Here I am Lord</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Here I am</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Here I am lord</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Here Ism</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Where are you now, </b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Where are you now?</b><br /></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Where are you?</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">I am with you</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">I am here now</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">I am with you</b></p><p dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Hear me now</b></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-64018773967083531832024-03-22T02:37:00.000-07:002024-03-29T02:31:48.490-07:00Hopeful Outlook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtLJvNsidzcCyh-2MGIr5eHDAYBxrDtton7U1zV7JTKQglwciyUuLiLkF3WqLLP3muJkgY6vIXgw0LtK02K_Fs6DSqXrlnC1tbj6NvbCqE5bMbivAP4hQbBpDL0UK_AsXtXmtgvvBAPBTQzoHzfJz0y54XrO7WjsrCQt6WdiGhOVfCY6wyMoFxYNakp_u/s4032/IMG_4567.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtLJvNsidzcCyh-2MGIr5eHDAYBxrDtton7U1zV7JTKQglwciyUuLiLkF3WqLLP3muJkgY6vIXgw0LtK02K_Fs6DSqXrlnC1tbj6NvbCqE5bMbivAP4hQbBpDL0UK_AsXtXmtgvvBAPBTQzoHzfJz0y54XrO7WjsrCQt6WdiGhOVfCY6wyMoFxYNakp_u/s320/IMG_4567.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Fill me with your Peace Lord</p><p>So that every challenge can be overcome</p><p>With minimum stress</p><p>And a hopeful outlook.</p><p>Amen</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-32403774183691048282024-03-19T18:18:00.000-07:002024-03-19T18:18:35.028-07:00A prayer for sleep<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMMt-O9g8dMM68ifGA8S0fF2bAi_44spOF7_QMwUp_BHidySVWRmxiNj1F_QPNDmk9AsJCu3ihp3n9Q-dfrPahRMdCeRWkseKDLNsViRNzT8WHFkh8JCON-eCWHzCT2Um4uXN8LkSXCW7H2lKZ7b-EJ5d239rFViTMaLDysBlOByIHqLslk-0mcVgPvKl/s2388/IMG_4727.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2388" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMMt-O9g8dMM68ifGA8S0fF2bAi_44spOF7_QMwUp_BHidySVWRmxiNj1F_QPNDmk9AsJCu3ihp3n9Q-dfrPahRMdCeRWkseKDLNsViRNzT8WHFkh8JCON-eCWHzCT2Um4uXN8LkSXCW7H2lKZ7b-EJ5d239rFViTMaLDysBlOByIHqLslk-0mcVgPvKl/s320/IMG_4727.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 0.916667rem; word-spacing: 1px;"> Drawing by Greg</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 0.916667rem; word-spacing: 1px;">May you find the deepest blessings this night.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">May you be visited as you sleep</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">By the Father,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">The Son,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">And the Holy Spirit.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">May they bring you gifts of healing, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">comfort, peace and restoration.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">May you waken refreshed</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">And renewed in strength,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">Touched by the precious and eternal </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">Heart of Love.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">May your days ahead all be blessed.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" style="font-size: 0.916667rem;">Amen</span></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-63811464810273089672024-03-19T10:34:00.000-07:002024-03-21T16:00:44.548-07:00Finding yourself in God<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VIBpsi2Wlr_MICg1Qpd2nmNI6WaSHgFRvQ06YYkZjAN5jlSbo5SvRgjpXyMRTn3sMJlLFK8U64M_u3GgzHYDqTc4GpUijNjkUWScwL3Weo4QT_tqNbOc2rhYrlptHyQqcQQTdQhzT2mlYCGoeSBlAbBybcn11fOkKwAgSoXEmZs8z2w2JMaHaZEhVkQv/s2388/IMG_4723.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2388" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VIBpsi2Wlr_MICg1Qpd2nmNI6WaSHgFRvQ06YYkZjAN5jlSbo5SvRgjpXyMRTn3sMJlLFK8U64M_u3GgzHYDqTc4GpUijNjkUWScwL3Weo4QT_tqNbOc2rhYrlptHyQqcQQTdQhzT2mlYCGoeSBlAbBybcn11fOkKwAgSoXEmZs8z2w2JMaHaZEhVkQv/s320/IMG_4723.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> Drawing by Greg</p><p><span face="-apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">‘Seek yourself in me.’</span></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 1rem;">What does this mean? It is something God said to Teresa of Avila. It is not immediately obvious. It needs some delving into to figure out its meaning, which is just what God’s Word requires. There are many layered answers within it no doubt. When you genuinely seek the Spirit brings Truth and that Truth reveals knowledge and that knowledge brings wisdom..</p><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" dir="auto" style="font-size: 1rem;">I was always on a quest for many years, since God told me, in my 20’s, that an older woman would show me the way. Every time an older woman inspired or helped he, I wondered if this was the woman. Now, 44 years later I realise that that older woman was myself. </p><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" dir="auto" style="font-size: 1rem;">I think the answer to the first question, asked of St Teresa is this. You need seek to God in order to find that He is with you and has always been so. You need to find the self that knows God and resides in God-with-you, for God is always with us and therefore we are always in God.</p><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" dir="auto" style="font-size: 1rem;">So all you need to do is be still and become aware of your oneness with God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you in them and them in you and all one. Then you can know you are always in Him. And you do not need to seek an answer for you know you have found it.</p><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" dir="auto" style="font-size: 1rem;">For when you find yourself in God you find that, actually, you are whole and complete in the core of your being and love springs up as a fountain of joy. You can feel and see your own true nature, perfect and beautiful, loving and loved, which was a gift from God all along.</p></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-36249808122197563782024-03-18T09:34:00.000-07:002024-03-18T09:34:17.456-07:00A Well<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I felt broken about 12 years ago and that my faith, my fundamental me, had been destroyed. Yet slowly it has returned so that I could write this poem recently. I hope it touches and reassures anyone else who feels broken.</span></p><p><a style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">There is a well inside of me</span></p><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTS2WD7_Xot_77DaEi9f-aij7zQm3jDyBvJ23lAhPrb2vRUyDeVZVFjWDiQcrIDzz167lPekJ2Mvhdt8CU1-0aa2UvXcWC1jPiP9eTZ_jWBIoLwsP3C5JYqFoiP11MNaxJJDjRCqM3cg2Fk2wYex-lvOS6jps9-QP5vsF0zAX5y7O74gtRqjIav0-p-9WV/s1572/IMG_4738.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="1250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTS2WD7_Xot_77DaEi9f-aij7zQm3jDyBvJ23lAhPrb2vRUyDeVZVFjWDiQcrIDzz167lPekJ2Mvhdt8CU1-0aa2UvXcWC1jPiP9eTZ_jWBIoLwsP3C5JYqFoiP11MNaxJJDjRCqM3cg2Fk2wYex-lvOS6jps9-QP5vsF0zAX5y7O74gtRqjIav0-p-9WV/s320/IMG_4738.jpeg" width="254" /></a></div><br />So deep</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">It cannot be destroyed.</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">It holds my integrity.</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">It bolsters my courage.</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">It contains all that is beautiful, good and true.</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">It is me</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">In my purest sense.</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Despite I feel locked away</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">And out of touch with it</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Still it remains</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Silent </div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Cool</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Peaceful</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Waiting to be accessed</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Needing to be expressed</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Strong</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">True</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Wise</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Expressive</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Full.</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">It is love</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">At the centre,</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">Emanating peace</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">In the depths of my despair.</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important;">26.2.04</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-38048814612845073772024-03-18T04:38:00.000-07:002024-03-18T04:38:46.046-07:00Hope<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQxHc7M8c-sPQtH4AG3AYdUbvPvvexQ883lWY0RMXmvhPZnalmVmTZSH2DViEjmW0TkXbHhQg0vuXN9QryEsFuzRV-18K_ej7Fufpo_MRL11HN63yUyK0gYy_r5cXh4z15V4eIvwBzb1jOUxDlNZHK9NlVqSk5I6aBl6XTUGRXF7bHLoFfcA_7mNQ36i7/s1000/IMG_4734.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQxHc7M8c-sPQtH4AG3AYdUbvPvvexQ883lWY0RMXmvhPZnalmVmTZSH2DViEjmW0TkXbHhQg0vuXN9QryEsFuzRV-18K_ej7Fufpo_MRL11HN63yUyK0gYy_r5cXh4z15V4eIvwBzb1jOUxDlNZHK9NlVqSk5I6aBl6XTUGRXF7bHLoFfcA_7mNQ36i7/s320/IMG_4734.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 900;">I banish all fearful thoughts and imaginings. I choose to flow with Hope today.</span><p></p><blockquote style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" type="cite"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 1rem;">Hope lifts my spirits, fills my mind with light, helps me feel more centered in the day ahead.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 1rem;">I need to stay in Hope as events try to batter me and lead me down a fearful path. I call on Hope for clear sight and a fearless mind.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 1rem;">Hope comes to me when all seems difficult and lost. I seek for Hope in my innermost being. There I find it glowing with Truth, filling the future with other possibilities. Hope helps me keep going through moments of struggle and leads me on to brighter pastures. It helps me hold an inner vision of goodness that the world cannot touch or destroy.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 1rem;">It is the guiding star of life.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 1rem;">I give thanks for Hope which blesses my day and keeps me safe from negativity. I reclaim hope once more when fear hides it from me.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 1rem;">I hold myself in Hope - not hope based on worldly things but on the intangible blessing it brings to me.</span></p></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-70329121570920809732024-03-17T06:07:00.000-07:002024-03-17T06:07:16.746-07:00St Patrick's Day<p> </p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z-mpLcUcXvgq8HUNARrs0Vj6_YMGY_EWsqoqI9rDJxqHB921JUzA5by3VihVfXLS1MX35DRpCA84pjigHz9eRrcfGa4atVckYbtPUIx7VNw51RgFY5qFOtGcM4EAmNsG4c_qyR1t8a0Pnp9IZv7GwaDfg05LEyMyhegnQ8VIfK-vC_x-_cEoV9_1SLXI/s1440/IMG_4729.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z-mpLcUcXvgq8HUNARrs0Vj6_YMGY_EWsqoqI9rDJxqHB921JUzA5by3VihVfXLS1MX35DRpCA84pjigHz9eRrcfGa4atVckYbtPUIx7VNw51RgFY5qFOtGcM4EAmNsG4c_qyR1t8a0Pnp9IZv7GwaDfg05LEyMyhegnQ8VIfK-vC_x-_cEoV9_1SLXI/s320/IMG_4729.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br />St Patrick’s Day, many years ago, I am flying into London, looking down at England, about which I know nothing, wondering what lies ahead.<p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">This morning the daffodils outside are wet with rain. All those years ago, I had literally just stepped off a tropical, surfer's paradise beach the day before. It felt very cold, very old, very strange here.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">That night I flew in and gazed down, it might have been over Linda’s house. Who knows?</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">All I know is that I had no idea what joy and happiness lay ahead. We were meant to be together.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">The suffering, the agony, the struggle, is terrible and continues. The isolation appalling. The politics disgusting. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Yet freedom and love, I have learned to my joy, cannot be suppressed.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">As Linda writes:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">"The bizarre nature of my life continues,</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Whilst I cling on to my essential being.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">I choose life and all the freedom my spirit is.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">There is a unique insight that comes</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">When literally no plans are possible to make</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">For No direction is known or knowable.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">The future is impossible to predict</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Or channel in your own direction.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">You are at the mercy of freedom, in it’s truest sense,</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">You live eternally in the now of the present moment."</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Even though it was raining, as I strolled down the garden, first thing this morning , I took great comfort in the daffodils, for we planted them.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">And there they are, glistening, soaking wet, alive with irrepressible hope and courage. I took the picture below.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; animation-name: none !important; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Brave flowers that, if I had not flown into London that Saint Patrick's Day, where I would eventually meet my beloved, might never have been.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-13828741943322290512024-03-16T13:04:00.000-07:002024-03-16T13:11:18.812-07:00Give Thanks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGMKWVw9NZYz8X6cItPX6ccsvGjkZ7_7KO7KSmQvJbfXERyRdJQQ9hQAH3gqXthobYrtqEnCywcYAHQQtO42rFC90qlCnZWzHdlpLvegRMGuWh8m4FIatsLAYN8ioTeHMPngJbfN9IJo-IG-FLyBFFaSQPxaJF3htgB9eiCieGYp5DEFtm0lOeYEDCLj0/s5152/IMG_1787.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGMKWVw9NZYz8X6cItPX6ccsvGjkZ7_7KO7KSmQvJbfXERyRdJQQ9hQAH3gqXthobYrtqEnCywcYAHQQtO42rFC90qlCnZWzHdlpLvegRMGuWh8m4FIatsLAYN8ioTeHMPngJbfN9IJo-IG-FLyBFFaSQPxaJF3htgB9eiCieGYp5DEFtm0lOeYEDCLj0/s320/IMG_1787.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p><br /></p><p>We give thanks for better moments</p><p>In a sea of chaos,</p><p>For all the simple things that bring us unexpected pleasure:</p><p>A sunny day</p><p>The sight of a patch of tiny violets thriving</p><p>Light shining golden through a daffodils petals </p><p>The grace of the Red Kite soaring above us</p><p>The delightful hello of a Robin Redbreast</p><p>An happy thank you for a gift received.</p><p>All these things bless our day </p><p>And lift us into a finer light</p><p>Bringing a special joy of being</p><p>A connectedness with ourselves</p><p>With others</p><p>And with God.</p><p>Amen.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-10470805245529402752024-03-15T12:51:00.000-07:002024-03-15T12:52:42.817-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvkH2Ma-JgsWWzf0DZxCDPOii8LAqebWf8GnZsA1N964P-VIhCMgaS4OE9UGq9QgL_MOvGa_-_gSWyuAfkwF3-v8CoL94fIEtvQJqyaR5oTtFMVTCR2E37zrwVNf4wKzHu5AxnE_54gnvle3qMG_A_xeMcFDt2K2Mv_yKDfaqtMBwRXlrH7qBMq3RDp-P/s1600/IMG_4511.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1219" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvkH2Ma-JgsWWzf0DZxCDPOii8LAqebWf8GnZsA1N964P-VIhCMgaS4OE9UGq9QgL_MOvGa_-_gSWyuAfkwF3-v8CoL94fIEtvQJqyaR5oTtFMVTCR2E37zrwVNf4wKzHu5AxnE_54gnvle3qMG_A_xeMcFDt2K2Mv_yKDfaqtMBwRXlrH7qBMq3RDp-P/s320/IMG_4511.jpeg" width="244" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> Lord please help me</p><p>As fear batters away</p><p>And diminishes me.</p><p>Help me feel strong</p><p>And safe</p><p>Held in the Heart of Love</p><p>Where miracles abound</p><p>And Hope resides in plenty.</p><p>Amen</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-1751540006138700452024-03-14T16:35:00.000-07:002024-03-14T16:35:41.465-07:00Be still<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn-bTBEi-oIhS1I82SozofACkxyZu7btzP4Qw7-TJhdE2wULp2l_FGf1vDl7EpS82LB6M3IbGht7-vMwBs3tQBMbqcLjLs_hTxfiTo3QbYOaVKqd7qH8jgP6xQLKh_-jtAD6u2vBRT9cRwk-u2Hs10SlttGI4ZXyam11CiidquwqGUIhIz0cuiBT0lA-_/s4032/IMG_4577.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn-bTBEi-oIhS1I82SozofACkxyZu7btzP4Qw7-TJhdE2wULp2l_FGf1vDl7EpS82LB6M3IbGht7-vMwBs3tQBMbqcLjLs_hTxfiTo3QbYOaVKqd7qH8jgP6xQLKh_-jtAD6u2vBRT9cRwk-u2Hs10SlttGI4ZXyam11CiidquwqGUIhIz0cuiBT0lA-_/s320/IMG_4577.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>When all around is chaos</p><p>And the way ahead unclear</p><p>Take time to breathe</p><p>And think</p><p>Be still and listen</p><p>You will feel God near,</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-47782841728219661242024-03-12T12:50:00.000-07:002024-03-12T12:51:34.166-07:00Help us to know<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3KZQordwQfqhvW4FGfD6-04r0yAnAHvyc_uu7BSdEWi84FgXk372lxErNKewVt90ZI6bE4a71D4AK5Ph1HohyphenhyphenwbxFCacF7J3Ht4WAbGE-OKHUUSIHxKxN5EPF5oldAul6aBIBlh0BD7dFoxl22BQ0ZFH5gXfdZEDYD-SzOeDpkx596QDnyy_D88CgNrU/s4032/IMG_4568.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3KZQordwQfqhvW4FGfD6-04r0yAnAHvyc_uu7BSdEWi84FgXk372lxErNKewVt90ZI6bE4a71D4AK5Ph1HohyphenhyphenwbxFCacF7J3Ht4WAbGE-OKHUUSIHxKxN5EPF5oldAul6aBIBlh0BD7dFoxl22BQ0ZFH5gXfdZEDYD-SzOeDpkx596QDnyy_D88CgNrU/s320/IMG_4568.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Lord, help us to know </p><p>Which is the right way</p><p>The true way</p><p>The radiant way</p><p>Filled with your Light</p><p>And the hope of new possibility </p><p>And a sure direction</p><p>Led by You.</p><p>Amen</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-6796666766196535752024-03-11T12:37:00.000-07:002024-03-11T12:37:09.002-07:00A prayer when feeling lost<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJk_lv5RpDzBUdkuhXfvI4eRnmxnRIMXPRKLWtVr8Y4zu1LNIIYjt2l9jvX6r75X7GZFtkQTtpspEA3wQ9T8bK9seoqK9FpQf-wIUiyOIk03Nzv5BfQkj_GzpW6pk8P3i3l9G1ef5djuO3gfSlsAMBm2YqF8mw_cXBa6c6y3LFxhB8AZaLCqs7dh1jAjJ/s4032/IMG_4569.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJk_lv5RpDzBUdkuhXfvI4eRnmxnRIMXPRKLWtVr8Y4zu1LNIIYjt2l9jvX6r75X7GZFtkQTtpspEA3wQ9T8bK9seoqK9FpQf-wIUiyOIk03Nzv5BfQkj_GzpW6pk8P3i3l9G1ef5djuO3gfSlsAMBm2YqF8mw_cXBa6c6y3LFxhB8AZaLCqs7dh1jAjJ/s320/IMG_4569.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>When I have lost touch with all that I am</p><p>And a tiny voice inside he cries out in fear,</p><p>Lord love me more</p><p>Help me more</p><p>Bless me more</p><p>Till I can feel your love surrounding me</p><p>To help me find myself again.</p><p>Amen</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-8097276719101162462024-03-10T08:50:00.000-07:002024-03-16T04:44:10.260-07:00A Prayer for Truth<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE56SGE0EOhYGXL-rSbN0jS2YCHr2adf0ToJ9PXAO_CWNTLeKVGJd9PlUzRUcP4lAS4EJvDueyNUSURQ32xHjOLZEqoULPc0RvQt5aBCKOSC8VFtYHidsmjxjwr3IBC8Djjor95CAd26uvAz49PyFvWSoqf4s8cvhMVEeOPzi7c-tCSOKlB4slTDM5V7mk/s4032/IMG_4574.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE56SGE0EOhYGXL-rSbN0jS2YCHr2adf0ToJ9PXAO_CWNTLeKVGJd9PlUzRUcP4lAS4EJvDueyNUSURQ32xHjOLZEqoULPc0RvQt5aBCKOSC8VFtYHidsmjxjwr3IBC8Djjor95CAd26uvAz49PyFvWSoqf4s8cvhMVEeOPzi7c-tCSOKlB4slTDM5V7mk/s320/IMG_4574.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Dear Lord,</p><p>Help me reside in truth</p><p>Do not let fear overwhelm me</p><p>Or batter me into submission.</p><p>Help me always see the true path</p><p>Lit by love</p><p>Held tenderly in the Heart Of Love</p><p>Where all is whole and complete</p><p>And love abounds in plenty.</p><p>Amen</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-29226371555322338122024-03-08T15:46:00.000-08:002024-03-08T15:47:21.844-08:00A message of love<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfT3L0pPE88S5cw70aH_L92CGIHidpWzT8Q4dEZfx6t71vrutqwGnlegOuP48jQyGgymfHt8iwN1qCFBOY9lFjFAEhaKfUrTbsZezw2JY336wrmGc1GE6IlgavRxq3sT30236x4m4YkocOwYm-H-fpgXgeMhu9tJfJ8tnsLgPaLlG_sbT0yhRe2o0oVeJP/s4032/IMG_4581.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfT3L0pPE88S5cw70aH_L92CGIHidpWzT8Q4dEZfx6t71vrutqwGnlegOuP48jQyGgymfHt8iwN1qCFBOY9lFjFAEhaKfUrTbsZezw2JY336wrmGc1GE6IlgavRxq3sT30236x4m4YkocOwYm-H-fpgXgeMhu9tJfJ8tnsLgPaLlG_sbT0yhRe2o0oVeJP/s320/IMG_4581.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 30.56px; font-weight: bold;">I do not abandon anyone who calls my name.</span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">Open your hearts to feel my presence with you,</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">No matter how hard your path.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">I come to your call.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">Open your ears to hear My Word</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">Open your eyes to see with Spirit.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">I am the One who loves</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">In spite of all the pain.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">I am He</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.6px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.55px;">And I am here.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-57590178494273948292024-03-08T01:57:00.000-08:002024-03-08T01:57:27.523-08:00Spirit of Comfort<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVYGREQRRAO2IrtFdy2RLyVvE_ianaWO5BbM3LtnD0-yweSk9CEUd399iOspglC_f0_7v21DKUPQ2RYmonnYgDpAh6fsw62mHTsnJZ1iX3316DSp65_hw7xLLR9Qdy-qGieLEAOr_Uf1uoLuZ-4SEWDhRlx9I00tscY-GX7lX5pbYp8vU4jQLU8SQURfi/s1920/IMG_4622.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVYGREQRRAO2IrtFdy2RLyVvE_ianaWO5BbM3LtnD0-yweSk9CEUd399iOspglC_f0_7v21DKUPQ2RYmonnYgDpAh6fsw62mHTsnJZ1iX3316DSp65_hw7xLLR9Qdy-qGieLEAOr_Uf1uoLuZ-4SEWDhRlx9I00tscY-GX7lX5pbYp8vU4jQLU8SQURfi/s320/IMG_4622.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Oh Spirit of comfort</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span></p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Grow in me</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Touch the hurting places not yet reached</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Oh Spirit of comfort </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Strengthen me</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Console me in my deepest griefs</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Oh Spirit of comfort</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Entwine with me</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">And lift me above the tumult of enduring pain</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Oh Spirit of comfort</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Ease my hurt</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Heal all that is suffering within me</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Oh Spirit of comfort</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Bless me anew each day</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">And help me reach out to others</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">That they too may feel your comfort</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">And be saved</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Amen </span><div data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" role="button" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;">See less</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-57553146352824414762024-03-07T11:55:00.000-08:002024-03-16T04:45:36.478-07:00Give Us A Clear Vision<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dLZocJbeAN_iPTi26hcC8pryxdAeGD90dXlvPxfIO4suAaoUv0L_h5Hz-_cQQWoeg_2s9ul4bDpDe2HdweFVwDZepZK6OlPOoWUY2nZGlL-d_JeHjCSu0RrAXoP00yXm2cQ_y4BIgvwKEC5eQaaG-bzW37EWjmSyVYtS37QlqNwZ9j-pzZ39RulYxKe7/s4032/IMG_4589.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dLZocJbeAN_iPTi26hcC8pryxdAeGD90dXlvPxfIO4suAaoUv0L_h5Hz-_cQQWoeg_2s9ul4bDpDe2HdweFVwDZepZK6OlPOoWUY2nZGlL-d_JeHjCSu0RrAXoP00yXm2cQ_y4BIgvwKEC5eQaaG-bzW37EWjmSyVYtS37QlqNwZ9j-pzZ39RulYxKe7/s320/IMG_4589.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Lord, when the way ahead is not clearcut,</p><p>And time is pressing,</p><p>Give us a clear vision to hold on to.</p><p>Help us know that you will remain close</p><p>And keep us safe</p><p>When fear mounts a believable campaign against us.</p><p>Let your light shine brighter still</p><p>And lead us safely on.</p><p>Amen</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-61500281896544067102024-03-06T02:28:00.000-08:002024-03-07T11:50:29.090-08:00Forgive, a prayer.<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hT48TKAcrc0AZxaHdlF3sUN45_VF59FiaTfu1fSB1wvNJEmAQARrsLt0wHbhTfE3cIXxDupWfrazUC3VsLNxwSI3A88zk9Tku5E8oQk_fhyphenhyphenHid6QEYQgoOhWfY6vXCKe36D5HfDcRQvVqpRH5yCF4nQF_C0SOgaFeLP2POaIaXPVbwzYExCAfrNveFiD/s2388/IMG_4253.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2388" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hT48TKAcrc0AZxaHdlF3sUN45_VF59FiaTfu1fSB1wvNJEmAQARrsLt0wHbhTfE3cIXxDupWfrazUC3VsLNxwSI3A88zk9Tku5E8oQk_fhyphenhyphenHid6QEYQgoOhWfY6vXCKe36D5HfDcRQvVqpRH5yCF4nQF_C0SOgaFeLP2POaIaXPVbwzYExCAfrNveFiD/s320/IMG_4253.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Lord, forgive us when we get things wrong.<p></p><p>Help us to say that we are sorry.</p><p>Strengthen us in our resolve to always seek the light,</p><p>To speak and act with kindness, fairness, compassion to the fore,</p><p>Rather than anger, hurt and fear.</p><p>Bless each hurt we carry that keeps us stuck in painful moments</p><p>And renew us </p><p>with your Peace.</p><p>Amen</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-69242181303950788302024-03-02T13:53:00.000-08:002024-03-02T13:53:11.473-08:00Living The Holy Way Through Lent:2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAYSbGavWTPejLgtNPnd3oEbhIctn2_UdxP7S4pNHiG1Uxl4d82pdLCKtZx53ayRummPubMy4XKrO89hlHiG_QEQM6homEtPgn-giyoxFWvdVIPN8u9kaaoit3lJU7p-RyTkSXIoC7pyjaQKbn0XNHNdtv205x4QziNDbXGCoT-6w0WY935EN6TcXLPu8/s2385/IMG_4566.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="2385" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAYSbGavWTPejLgtNPnd3oEbhIctn2_UdxP7S4pNHiG1Uxl4d82pdLCKtZx53ayRummPubMy4XKrO89hlHiG_QEQM6homEtPgn-giyoxFWvdVIPN8u9kaaoit3lJU7p-RyTkSXIoC7pyjaQKbn0XNHNdtv205x4QziNDbXGCoT-6w0WY935EN6TcXLPu8/s320/IMG_4566.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><a href="http://www.holyway.co.uk/lentjourney/lent24.html">http://www.holyway.co.uk/lentjourney/lent24.html</a></p><p>We are collecting all the Lent reflections and prayers for this year into a spiritual document, for easy access, on our Holyway Website. See the above link. We hope they bless you.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-64138484051111527812024-03-02T02:41:00.000-08:002024-03-02T05:40:22.757-08:00Cobweb years.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC1JJtBo30eZZ1xTGAst9NscOWiHZfCJNXuwdPJ1tpruC-oA9x5e29eYJLxIWVkoiFp7knQSmeJG2Su8jYSUPW3Lj-XiWlmRHOlOhbh80NhbK0Oye0fp002jZaX6aATphsU_dogZlhl8qnh9JzlFwdaSXCOMiUyGECzdzUA7nk-JfBgFFQHFHNq3mYpyq/s2339/IMG_4563.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="2339" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC1JJtBo30eZZ1xTGAst9NscOWiHZfCJNXuwdPJ1tpruC-oA9x5e29eYJLxIWVkoiFp7knQSmeJG2Su8jYSUPW3Lj-XiWlmRHOlOhbh80NhbK0Oye0fp002jZaX6aATphsU_dogZlhl8qnh9JzlFwdaSXCOMiUyGECzdzUA7nk-JfBgFFQHFHNq3mYpyq/s320/IMG_4563.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p> A beautiful love song, written by Greg, illustrated very movingly by this wonderful video.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56jFWXNA8iU&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56jFWXNA8iU&feature=youtu.be</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Love has always sustained us through the most difficult of challenges. Gad has always been present in our lives.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-65654647398478772142024-03-02T02:10:00.000-08:002024-03-02T02:10:01.574-08:00New prayer song video: Draw near to us<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQrWXizEQwp8d7r4fFXkE-aRDwbCNSe04oFG8On3dI7Tw17DvcnRbq3Vucrc2dVcG9M1l4mh8XE24lkU7V88houG_LFd_CX4OzSZPyjTIljgc-3ll9Z3pZstTUAiS1-soS05X6e9G9ETG3c_m1VaLVswKSjFQWZ8Rqvrzl53gPI1desVKnNCV76svbDlf/s1564/IMG_4494.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1231" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQrWXizEQwp8d7r4fFXkE-aRDwbCNSe04oFG8On3dI7Tw17DvcnRbq3Vucrc2dVcG9M1l4mh8XE24lkU7V88houG_LFd_CX4OzSZPyjTIljgc-3ll9Z3pZstTUAiS1-soS05X6e9G9ETG3c_m1VaLVswKSjFQWZ8Rqvrzl53gPI1desVKnNCV76svbDlf/s320/IMG_4494.jpeg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Here is our new video prayer song which we hope touches your hearts and lifts your spirits. Amen</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL3DK1oJjyQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL3DK1oJjyQ</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525836997173132211.post-68479782233232496532024-02-29T16:01:00.000-08:002024-02-29T16:01:18.381-08:00Restore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3eac-Zh39TrVkNLD7GNRKif0jrQ3MvK2CFV9GxT3QRtmHOm3HGXiLYX92WHdEjo7Bdf3iHjlpy4eZtgaqIbrBOe1gR28DnxOhwGxdLbOxeU0-xC_3VZGRLmyF5WLCP62LZ3b15GQ1PwCyfrxhSxpo_r_9swpfvYIrro6WfIm1ASCTyVGwV5sYrf4Kjsf/s2206/IMG_4519.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1609" data-original-width="2206" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3eac-Zh39TrVkNLD7GNRKif0jrQ3MvK2CFV9GxT3QRtmHOm3HGXiLYX92WHdEjo7Bdf3iHjlpy4eZtgaqIbrBOe1gR28DnxOhwGxdLbOxeU0-xC_3VZGRLmyF5WLCP62LZ3b15GQ1PwCyfrxhSxpo_r_9swpfvYIrro6WfIm1ASCTyVGwV5sYrf4Kjsf/s320/IMG_4519.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> When I lose my peace</p><p>And get lost in hurt, anger, distress,</p><p>Lord, guide me to a place</p><p>Where grace can fill me once again</p><p>And restore calm and balance to me. Amen</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0