Dear Family of Love,
It has been a wild day for sure. But a good one. Trying to install a new computer modem on the main computer has been a challenge and I have yet to get connected. But tonight has been a wonderful night on Skype with a dear friend who just happens to be my former flame when I wasn't with Steve. He also was Steve's best friend and musical collaborator. We shared many memories and had lots of laughs. I think tonight was the first time in a long time that we talked about when we were a we. It is truly a wonderful gift from God that I still have Jon as a friend and his wife Judith as a sisterly friend. God gives us people in our lives for a reason and some of them become lifelong. I'm blessed that even though the romantic love is gone the unconditional love remains. Don't take those whom you love for granted and even some of your former loves may at some point in your lives may become your heroes, friends, and staunch supporters. God always makes things better for each of us even in our times of grief, loneliness, and believe it or not even in the happy and joyous times of our life Today I feel blessed to have each of you and you are precious gifts from God. Let us celebrate being family and friends each and every day. Tonight let us meditate on what it means to be loving to our family and friends.
Here are a few choice pieces of music having to do with friendship: They may be funny but I think you'll get the point. Sacred music comes later.
The More We Get Together
You've Got A Friend -Carole King
That's What Friends are for
Let us all remember that we all need to be like the little children who approached Jesus and he accepted them with open arms. May we all welcome all of our family and friends who are also family with loving, compassionate, and warm loving arms. I wish that I could give each of you a warm and loving embrace of welcome!
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend. we pray for unity this night and may we never forget that we are to love our friends just as we love you.
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend we pray for all who haven't felt the strong and loving bond of friendship.
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend we pray for all who are in danger, homeless, hungry, the least of these, refugees, prisoners, captives, and all troops who are currently at war. May we learn that we are to lay down our swords and spears so that wars may cease.
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend, we pray for all of those who are suffering mental illness and do not have loving and supporting friends to care and comfort them.
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend, We pray for the healing of all who are ill and are recovering from surgery or are hospitalized, May we find it in our hearts to step up as good and faithful friends and visit and comfort them. We pray that they may offer help to their friends when they need it.
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend, may we all learn to be accepting and inclusive of all of our family members who may differ from us in any way. May we learn to love with out limits and conditions.
Jesus, our Loving and Compassionate Friend, Help us to make friends with our enemies and the unlovable. Give us the courage to do this and become peacemakers to your broken and fragile world.
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend, hold our hands and walk with us on our journey of life and where ever God leads us.
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend. We give thanks for all the wonderful memories we share with our family and friends. May we all become keepers of the lore.
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend, we pray for_________________________
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate Friend we Give thanks for_________________________
Jesus our Loving and Compassionate we pray these our prayers and thanksgivings to you In Your Most Holy Name Amen.
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Good Night Dear Family and Friends for that is what we are. I love you and hope you all have a restful night. Don't forget to put your worries into the Sabbath/Worry box every day now. Tomorrow is Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday. What Random act of Kindness will you do? I give thanks to God for you always.
Love, prayers, and blessings to you my family and friends,
Sara
What a Friend we have in Jesus
Gather us in
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