Dear Family of Love,
Happy Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday ! Tonight this blog will celebrate a milestone that is like none other. Tonight we will reach 100,000 page views in history. This is something never would have expected this soon but it is here. God has brought us to this very moment and I give thanks to God for God calling me to this ministry and your reading of this blog. I am deeply moved that writing this blog almost daily with and without a prayer walk as made a difference. Walk With Me On Our Journey is so much more than just words typed in cyberspace every night it has become a family of love brought together by God to show the world that love, light, and acceptance are key to unity, familyhood, and peacemaking. I know that is quite a lot to chew on but we are so blessed each and every night to come together to pray, meditate, and feel God's presence wherever we are throughout the world. In honor of this milestone I would like everyone til the end of the year to start paying it forward in some kind of way that will make a difference someone's life. Remember that someone is a family member. It doesn't have to be grandiose, but simple and something that only you and God know about. I'm not going to furnish a list because that is what tonight's meditation and time of going deeper into the center is all about.
Take this time to find out what God wants you to do this time of giving and random acts of kindness.
If you aren't given an answer right away that's okay keep on praying and listening to God in the center of your inner beings.
Here are a few pieces of music that will help you in your meditating and prayer time to help you with your pay it forward list.
The Summons
Here I am Lord
Voices that Challenge
Jesu, Jesu
Gather Us In
The Servant Song
There's Honey in The Rock
Gracious God, we thank you for Walk With Me On Our Journey and all the lives it touches. We pray for all of our family members who read this blog and those who will be joining us to learn how love and being a family can transform and transfigure the world into a place where we are united in peace, love, hope, and joy.
We pray this night for all of our family members who find themselves outside in the cold. We pray for protective shelter. We pray continually for the least of these that we may always remember that they are family members to us all.
We pray this night that we may all learn how to pay it forward with love and kindness.
We pray for peace, unity, and universal human rights in this fragile and broken world.
We pray for an end to violence and any act that harms God's family and Creation.
We pray for seasonable weather and especially rain in all drought parched areas of the world.
We pray for all of our family members who mourn the loss of loved ones. We pray that all of us who continue to grieve may find and feel your comfort and solace.
We pray for all or our family members who are face bullying and abuse on a daily basis that they may be protected and removed from harmful situations.
We pray for all refugees, immigrants, captives , and victims of human trafficking.
We pray for all who are ill and living with chronic illness. We pray for all of us who are learning to live in limbo awaiting diagnosis and treatment.
We pray for sound government and that all citizens of the world may be afforded equality, justice, and courage to use their voices for the voiceless.
We pray for____________________________
We give thanks for________________________
We pray these our prayers and thanksgivings in the name of Jesus our brother, savior, and model in the way we should live our lives. Amen.
Good Night Dearly Loved Family! I love you and continue to give thanks to God for you this day and all the days to come. You are a blessing to me and all of us here in the Walk With Me On Our Journey Family. May God give you a peaceful rest and that you may awaken refreshed and renewed. Keep working on your pay it forward list. Remember tomorrow is Keeping the Faith Friday Fearlessly without Fretting!
With love and gratitude.
Where we were a year ago!
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