A time for quiet and prayer! Also a reminder about fireworks and the drought.

Dear Family of Love,

How are you on this fine You Matter Monday? I hope everyone is well and happy and that you made someone feel as thought they mattered and that also extends right back to you. You Matter! It has been a beautiful day here in Santa Maria and yet there is a fire the next town over. We need to pray for the people of Lompoc that this fire is contained quickly and that the residents may return to their homes. That reminds me that we are fast approaching the 4th of July and that means we need to be careful where there are fireworks. We have a severe drought here in California and that calls for being vigilant with the dry brush and fireworks. If your lawn is very dry consider not having fireworks at home. Tonight let us take time to think about how we can be safe during the 4th of July weekend. Make a list and put it on your refrigerator. Tonight let us spend some time in silence and do our virtual prayer walk with a labyrinth.  Enjoy the quiet and listen to what God is saying to you.

God we  thank you for this day. Give us the courage to go off the grid and listen to you and your still small voice.

God we thank you for seasonable weather. We pray for  rain in the drought parched areas of the world.

God we thank you for our family members who love and care for us.

God we thank you for your wonderful creation.

God we thank you and pray for all those who are working mightily to conserve the world's natural resources and the animal kingdom.

God we thank you for our bodies that are strengthened to to the hard works you had  us do.

God we pray for all who are ill that they may be healed and cured of all their diseases. 

God we pray for the least of these who need your and those who feel on the margins of society.

God we pray for justice, equality, mercy, and universal human rights for all.

God we pray for an end to violence, terror, abuse, and human trafficking.

God we pray for_______________

God we give thanks for_______________________

God we lift up these our prayers in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

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Good Night Dear Ones! I love you! You matter! I give God thanks for you this day and always!

Love,

Sara