Thursday, May 17, 2012

O Lord, I praise you for your great faithfulness! Thank you for being faithful even when I am faithless! Thank you for allowing me into your everlasting kingdom. Keep my wandering heart close to you. Amen. from the blue letter Bible

Oh my wandering heart. I don't know if you find your heart wanders away from God and from priorities, love and kindness but mine does. I get confused some days about what is important and what gives meaning in my life. Some days it feels as if God has left my heart or maybe it's just I've stopped listening. Maybe that's it.
Keep my wandering heart close to you, God.
amen.
"For [Jesus] is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us."
- Ephesians 2:14

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Don't Have Love

Words for You

"Mysteriously hidden within each of us are the seeds that can germinate into a new society, a new planet. Like the corn, we have hidden deep within our living process a wisdom that reaches back to all knowledge and beyond all possibilities.... We have the wisdom of the ancestors reaching back to the mighty power of all creation... within us."
- Anne Wilson Schaef

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Creation Care

Environmentalism, Going Green.....for our private lives but also for our community, our church. Article here on caring for God's Creation with our church in mind.
paz.

Monday, May 14, 2012


Organizations and individuals around the world have worked tirelessly to amplify the voices of survivors and stop rape. The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict unites us into a powerful and coordinated effort for change.
We are the first ever global collaboration between Nobel Peace Laureates, international advocacy organizations, and groups working at the regional and community levels in conflict.
The Campaign will demand urgent and bold political leadership to prevent rape in conflict, to protect civilians and rape survivors, and call for justice for all—including effective prosecution of those responsible. These three pillars of the Campaign—PREVENT, PROTECT, PROSECUTE—signal a comprehensive effort to stop rape in conflict.
Our first four focus countries—Burma, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya—represent places where immediate, coordinated action is needed. Within these four countries we know that our united efforts can make the biggest impact in the shortest amount of time.
We are excited to announce our launch on May 6 with a Week of Action. Join us and Take the Pledge.
Don’t forget that this is your Campaign – every member and every action counts!

Jesus asks us to remember the least of these.....to love one another, to have mercy and compassion that transforms our hardened hearts.
God of mercy and compassion, please pour peace into our hearts and give us the courage and the knowledge to take action so that all of your people may live abundant lives, free from fear and violence.
Amen.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Surrendering Outcomes

"You can absolutely rip your heart out and put it on a plate for them week after week after week … and you cannot control whetherh they will be your friend, whether they will listen, whether they will walk away, whether they will stab you in the back. It’s simply not possible. But it is possible to live with the great illusion that if you do certain things you will achieve a certain result — and that’s simply not true. The sooner you come to terms with this, with our powerlessness, the more joy you will have.” r.bell

This is part of an article written by former Pastor and radical Christian, Rob Bell, who speaks such truth. I need to hear this message that no matter what you do and how you behave and look, act etc. you can't control how people will percieve you or if they will love or find great fault with you. We don't have control over that. We don't have control. 
Love anyway.
paz.
article here.

t.s. eliot

from little gidding....

You are not here to verify,
Instruct yourself or inform curiosity
Or carry report. You are here to kneel . . . .

Bread for You

“When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, least it find a way into my heart.”
- John Wesley

Happy Mother's Day


Article here from Sojourners.
I think mothers are like trees. Branches are our arms for hugging, leaves for shelter, roots for wisdom and strength. Think of yourself like a tree. Holy.

Bread for You

"So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!"
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
God of healing, we pray for those who are in pain -- physical or emotional, real or imagined. Lord, only you know the depths of their suffering. You alone know the path to healing and recovery. In your mercy, wipe away their aches and pains, their headaches and heartaches. Amen.

prayer from Sojourners