Thought for the Day

Many demands upon our time and many opportunities waiting to be explored often fill our lives too full with activities and distractions. When this happens it is not surprising that we grow anxious and lose our sense of peace and tranquility.

Today remember that God and God alone is able to care for all that exists; we can trust our smallest and largest concern to the wisdom and love of God. Peace, hope, calm, and joy are the fruits of placing our confidence in God. May these gifts be yours in abundance.

- Rueben P. Job
A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God

Thought for the Day

Do not fear what may happen tomorrow.

The same loving God who cares for you today

will care for you tomorrow and everyday;

God will either shield you from suffering or

will give you unfailing strength to bear it.

Be at peace then, and put aside

all anxious thoughts and imaginings.

- - - St. Francis de Sales

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Mother Teresa of Calcutta was once asked
how she could continue to work in situations
of irrevocable hunger and suffering.
"God calls us to be faithful," she said, "not successful."

- - from Gerald G. May, M.D. in Care of Mind, Care of Spirit, p.124.

Prayer for Today

In sacred times of word, wonder, and awe,
in ordinary days of work and play:
in every moment, God is with us.
Whether we are stuck in doubt's mud,
or standing on faith's shoreline:
in every place, God is with us.
In those who teach us
and those who trouble us;
in those who surprise us,
and those who forgive us:
in every person, God is with us.

-Thom Schuman

FOOD for THOUGHT

"There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think"

- Martin Luther King Jr.

I expect to pass through life but once.
If therefore, there be any kindness I can show,
or any good thing I can do to any fellow being,
let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it,
as I shall not pass this way again.

- - - William Penn

Creative and Divine Surprise

Life overwhelms us at times. We find it challenging to maneuver through the chaos the world imposes so that we might see the order God intends for our lives. Yet God’s intention is wholeness and peace. Peace is not the absence of chaos but the ability to persevere and thrive in the midst of the confusion.

-Connie Davis Rouse, Upper Room Disciplines, 2008