A Prayer for Mondays
Oh Jesus, Here we are, You and I, another week. I offer you last week with all of it's joys and sufferings and unfinished to-dos; please give me the grace to let go. [Pause to call these things to mind…
To Bear the Fruit of Love
Heavenly Father, thank you for revealing Your immense love for me through the gift of Jesus. Jesus, thank you for helping me open more fully to You, that I may more fully receive and live in your love. Thank you…
The Fragrance Prayer
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly, That my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me,…
A Legacy of Love
Whenever a certain friend of my oldest comes over, at some point she wears my Grandma Gerry’s wedding dress. This homemade, pink dress that oozes the 70s somehow made it into our wardrobe of costumes, and it gets amazing use. Besides…
A Prayer for a Pure Heart
Loving Father, I want my heart to be completely free to love You, Who are Love itself. Give me a heart free of self absorption, that I might know and love Christ in every person I meet. Give me a…
To Embrace a Spirit of Power, Love, and Self-discipline
Loving Jesus, Many days my life feels ruled by fear: the large looming fears about the future or relationships, and the smaller nagging anxieties of daily life and tasks. When I get so caught up in my fears I lose…