God’s Blessing of Parents and Community Remembered
Index Card Prayers
This family wrote down those small bits of thanks on a collection of index cards. A dialogue across time and generations.
Wisdom in tiny doses
They See Beyond Our Shortcomings
6/12/07 Our Father, we thank you for the beauty of this day for the opportunity of life and our fellowship here this hour – for family and friends that see beyond our shortcomings. Encourage and help us support those in need and be ever with…
You Care for Each of Us
undated: We thank Thee, our God, for an hour like this – a time when we can enjoy fellowship & laughter – free of tensions and strain. Teach us the secret of living without strain and worry. Teach us how to live just one day…
Those Who Give Leadership
6/8/04 Our heavenly Father we give our thanks for the warmth of the day – for our health and well being – for the sacrifices of those we honored yesterday and for the lives of those past and present who give leadership to this nation.…
Opportunities That Are
6/7/05 Our Heavenly Father, we give you our thanks for blessings received and for prayers answered. Forgive us for our reluctance to give thanks before asking for something else – Remind us often of what we ought to be about and the opportunities that are…
Direct our paths
6/6/06 Our Heavenly Father, thank you for the rest of the night, for the beauty and opportunities of this day. Guide and direct our actions this day – help us to be better listeners – to be more tolerant and patient with others and to…
Scrubbed with Salt
6/5/01 We give thanks, our Father, for all that is ours. For food, friends and our fellowship here this day we are grateful. We give thanks too for our families and the support they give us. Remind us to reach out to others – to…
All Depends on God’s Blessing
The righteous man & woman walks in their integrity. Their children are blessed after them.
A paraphrase of Proverbs 20:7