Enduring- Sea Glass

Like the sea glass you find 

Polished along the shore

Beautiful things take time 

Endure. Life offers more!

What's the Worst Thing That Can Happen?

If you don't get it right

It will set you back

Seek through prayer for insight

As you work to stay on track

There's so many paths to choose

So many things you can lose

Don't let the spirit be one of them

For that is your eternal friend 

Purity in Thought-Each Understood

There's something to be said
Of purity in thought
When others are worldly led
Those pure choose to not

When angry words insult
They turn the other cheek
And for the eternal result
They try to be kind and meek

Oh, may this turn away wrath
If not from man then from God
As we each travel life's path
Our influence is narrow or broad

Let's be kind to each other
And see in each what is good
For we're sisters and brothers
Each seeking to be understood

[Verse 1] There's something to be said Of purity in thought When others are worldly led Those pure choose to not When angry words insult Turn the other cheek For the eternal result Try to be kind and meek [Chorus] Let's be kind to each other Let's be kind to each other See in each what is good (what is good) For we're sisters and brothers For we're sisters and brothers Each seeking to be understood (to be understood) [Verse 2] Oh, may this turn away wrath If not from man then from God As we each travel life's path Our influence is narrow or broad [Chorus] Let's be kind to each other Let's be kind to each other See in each what is good (what is good) For we're sisters and brothers For we're sisters and brothers Each seeking to be understood (to be understood) [Bridge] If anger comes, let it fade If pride should rise, let it kneel May mercy mark the choices made And make our hearts more real [Final Chorus] Let's be kind to each other Let's be kind to each other See in each what is good (what is good) For we're sisters and brothers For we're sisters and brothers Each seeking to be understood (to be understood

Offering Your Cheek in a Messy Divorce

 

What does offering your cheek

Look like in a messy divorce?

Avoid escalating disputes

Use grace in every discourse

Work to promote the idea

Of emotional resilience

Get off by yourself to think

And be taught in the silence

Focus on personal growth

For dignity and composure

For healing in your heart and soul

Make the kind of goals your can measure

Perhaps use a mediator

So your can heal and move on

You don't have to talk together

No longer a mat to step upon

Know your emotions are raw

And you need to get your thoughts out

Ever turn towards God

Be transformed with the Spirit about

[Verse 1] What does offering your cheek Look like in a messy divorce? Avoid escalating disputes Use grace in every discourse Work to promote the idea Of emotional resilience [Pre-Chorus] Get off by yourself to think And be taught in the silence Focus on personal growth For dignity and composure [Chorus] Offer your cheek Offer your cheek When the room runs hot Offer your cheek Offer your cheek And let the anger stop [Verse 2] For healing in your heart and soul Make the kind of goals your can measure Perhaps use a mediator So your can heal and move on You don't have to talk together No longer a mat to step upon [Pre-Chorus] Know your emotions are raw And you need to get your thoughts out Ever turn towards God Be transformed with the Spirit about [Chorus] Offer your cheek Offer your cheek When the room runs hot Offer your cheek Offer your cheek And let the anger stop [Bridge] Get off by yourself to think Be taught in the silence Ever turn towards God Be transformed with the Spirit about [Final Chorus] Offer your cheek Offer your cheek When the room runs hot Offer your cheek Offer your cheek And let the anger stop

• Non-violence in Conflict: Encouraging individuals to avoid escalating disputes and instead respond with grace, even in emotionally charged situations.
• Emotional Resilience: Promoting the idea of maintaining dignity and composure rather than seeking revenge or harboring bitterness.
• Transformative Approach: Focusing on personal growth and healing rather than getting caught up in the adversarial nature of divorce proceeding

What Sticks- Write it Down

What sticks to the walls of your heart

From all you have learned at conference?

How often do you feel God impart

His love and wisdom for a difference?

Write it down 

And let it grow within

To reach you,

With love. That what's written

Can teach you again and again

When you come to church, expect this

As you partake of the sacrament 

As you hear the talks and lessons

Here something, just for you is meant.

Write it down 

And let it grow within

To reach you,

With love. That what's written

Can teach you again and again

As you read from His holy word

Pray that it be a part of your life

You will feel love, holier

As you seek out what for you has light

Write it down 

And let it grow within

To reach you,

With love. That what's written

Can teach you again and again

As you serve, working as His hands

From what you have learned impart

Together then to understand

That every soul has a part

And He writes upon the heart

[Verse 1] What sticks to the walls of your heart From all you have learned at conference? How often do you feel God impart His love and wisdom for a difference? [Pre-Chorus] Write it down Let it grow within To reach you With love [Chorus] Write it down And let it grow Within your heart Again and again That what's written Can teach you Again and again (again and again) [Verse 2] When you come to church, expect this As you partake of the sacrament As you hear the talks and lessons Here something, just for you is meant [Pre-Chorus] Write it down Let it grow within To reach you With love [Chorus] Write it down And let it grow Within your heart Again and again That what's written Can teach you Again and again (again and again) [Verse 3] As you read from His holy word Pray that it be a part of your life You will feel love, holier As you seek out what for you has light [Bridge] As you serve, working as His hands From what you have learned impart Together then to understand That every soul has a part [Final Chorus] Write it down And let it grow Within your heart Again and again That what's written Can teach you Again and again (teach you again) And He writes Upon the heart (again and again)

Psalms 25

 

Read the teal. why?

Read the pink. your gratitude and praise

Read the green. your needs

Read the yellow. your faith

Psalms 25  To You I Lift Up My Soul

Of David.a

1 To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

2in You, my God, I trust.

Do not let me be put to shame;

do not let my enemies exult over me.

3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame;

but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

4Show me Your ways, O LORD;

teach me Your paths.

5Guide me in Your truth and teach me,

for You are the God of my salvation;

all day long I wait for You.

6Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion,

for they are from age to age.

7Remember not the sins of my youth,

nor my rebellious acts;

remember me according to Your loving devotion,

because of Your goodness, O LORD.

8Good and upright is the LORD;

therefore He shows sinners the way.

9He guides the humble in what is right

and teaches them His way.

10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful

to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

11For the sake of Your name, O LORD,

forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

12Who is the man who fears the LORD?

He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.

13His soul will dwell in prosperity,

and his descendants will inherit the land.

14The LORD confides in those who fear Him,

and reveals His covenant to them.

15My eyes are always on the LORD,

for He will free my feet from the mesh.

16Turn to me and be gracious,

for I am lonely and afflicted.

17The troubles of my heart increase;

free me from my distress.

18Consider my affliction and trouble,

and take away all my sins.

19Consider my enemies, for they are many,

and they hate me with vicious hatred.

20Guard my soul and deliver me;

let me not be put to shame,

for I take refuge in You.

21May integrity and uprightness preserve me,

because I wait for You.b

22Redeem Israel, O God,

from all its distress.

In the darkest moments

I read Psalms twenty five

Until I feel His peace

Come light and lift my mind

I feel His love wash over me

I know He hears my prayers

He knows my sorrows, my cares

I pray and share my feelings:

Lord, I am lonely

I am afflicted

I am troubled in my heart

How I feel dejected  

sad, depressed; dispirited

Still, I know who Thou art!

I come, fleeing commotion

Thou promises salvation

I feel Thy deep compassion

I come for love and devotion

Thou art good and upright

Thy ways are loving and faithful

Thou speaks and leads with Light

Reveal Thy path 

For mine in painful

Guide me, 

Teach me

Give me truth

Remember not the sins of my youth

Forgive

My iniquity

My rebellious acts

I want but your goodness

I want to walk on Thy righteous path

Free my feet from the mesh

Come teach me of Thy Way

Redeem me from distress

Humbly for this I pray

For Thy refuge I wait

[Verse 1] In my darkest moments I read Thy Psalms twenty-five Until I feel Thy peace Come light and lift my mind I feel Thy love wash over me I know Thou hears my prayers Thou knows my sorrows and my cares [Pre-Chorus] I pray and share my feelings Lord, I am lonely I am afflicted I am troubled in my heart How I feel dejected Sad, depressed, dispirited Still, I know who Thou art [Chorus] Guide me, teach me Give me truth Guide me, teach me Lead me through Thy path is mercy Thy path is light Guide me, teach me Hold me right (Guide me, teach me) [Verse 2] I come, fleeing commotion Thou promises salvation I seek Thy deep compassion I come for love and devotion Thou art good and upright Thy ways are loving and faithful Thou speaks and leads with Light Reveal Thy path for mine in painful [Pre-Chorus] Guide me Teach me Give me truth Remember not The sins of my youth Forgive My iniquity My rebellious acts Still I lean on Thee [Chorus] Guide me, teach me Give me truth Guide me, teach me Lead me through Thy path is mercy Thy path is light Guide me, teach me Hold me right (Guide me, teach me) [Bridge] I want but Your goodness I want to walk on Thy righteous path Free my feet from the mesh Come teach me of Thy Way Redeem me from distress Humbly for this I pray For Thy refuge I wait For Thy refuge I wait [Final Chorus] Guide me, teach me Give me truth Guide me, teach me Lead me through Thy path is mercy Thy path is light Guide me, teach me Hold me right (Guide me, teach me) (For Thy refuge I wait

Brainstorm

Throw things out

While they're hot

See what sticks

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