Christian Reflection and Prayer

New Year Prayer

God grant us this year a wider view,
So we see others' faults through the eyes of You.
Teach us to judge not with hasty tongue,
Neither the adult ... nor the young.

Give us patience and grace to endure
And a stronger faith so we feel secure.
Instead of remembering, help us forget
The irritations that caused us to fret.

Freely forgiving for some offense
And finding each day a rich recompense.
In offering a friendly, helping hand
And trying in all ways to understand;

That all of us whoever we are ...
Are trying to reach an unreachable star.
For the great and small ... the good and bad,
The young and old ... the sad and glad

Are asking today; Is life worth living?
The answer is only in, loving and giving.
For only Love can make man kind
And Kindness of Heart brings Peace of Mind.

By giving love, we can start this year
To lift the clouds of hate and fear.
Helen Steiner Rice

GOD'S BLESSINGS IN THE COMING
KIM

Scripture:

17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation; the old has
gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17 (New International Version)

Matthew 18:20 (New International Version)
"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."


And while I stood there
I saw more than I can tell,
and I understood more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner
the shapes of things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must
live together like one being.
(Black Elk)

"May hope unite us, love connect us,
and peace dwell among us"

Have a Christ filled and Blessed New Year

Kim

Scripture:

4and drank the same spiritual drink;
for they drank from the spiritual rock
that accompanied them, and that
rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:4)

Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy wounded side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save from guilt and power.
(Augustus Toplady)

Reflection:

I have some very close friends who
disagree with me.  Some disagree
with my theology, some with my
philosophy and moral standards.
I have learned over the years to
listen to them.  I take  their advice
to my heart and mind, and then, do
you know what I do?  I go to the
Holy Scriptures to be led by God.
I read of the life and teachings of
my Rock, our Savior Jesus Christ.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU
WENT TO YOUR ROCK?

Prayer:

While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyes shall close in death,
When I rise to worlds unknown,
And behold Thee on Thy throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
AMEN