“[A]nd let us run with endurance the race
that God has set before us.”
~Hebrews 12:1c (NLT)~
If you haven’t already begun to pray for Jesse Dean and his surgery Tuesday, now is a good time. I know he and Majel will appreciate that very much.
Doctors seem to have found more concerns for Momma now that she is hospitalized. The family continues to covet your prayers.
Katrina was a big event for those of us living here. 9/11 was a significant event for every American. It seems like it cannot be ten years already, but to those closer to the heart of 9/11, it probable seems like much longer than ten years. Pray for the families of 9/11 just like you did on 9/11. Pray for America to stand strong against terrorism and for God and the Christian values we hold so dear.
You may find some interesting 9/11 reading at BPNews.net.
Heart to Heart with Holley: A Time for Everything
Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:00 AM PDT
I’m facing the beach. The sun has just slipped above the sea. I sip coffee and my thoughts roll, roll, roll, like the waves.
Unbidden, concerns come to the surface.
What about…?
When will I…?
How can I…?
I could fill in those blanks a thousand different ways.
And yet this morning one passage from Ecclesiastes seems to be the answer to all of them…
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Each sentence flows over my soul. And I realize, if all the waves came in at once it would be too much for us. We’d drown in our desires.
And so we wait, watch the shore, trust the hand and heart of the One who brings us what is best in its time.
Lord, we surrender to your ways.
We yield to your rythm.
We who hurry choose to let
each answer in our lives have its moment.
Give us your time for everything…
and help us trust you for all things.
Amen.
Blessing to all of you today!
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 