A Prayer for today

Treasures In The Garden

 

Dear God:

Let me not look back on
what I could have done........
But instead, let me look forward 
at what I still CAN do.

Rather than dreaming
 of what might have been .......
help me to have visions
of what I might BECOME.
Give to me greater dreams
for my present and future.

 Show me the battles 
You would have me fight.
Give me the strength and
  the will of mind and body
to continue fighting them
for all the days You have left for me.
                                                    The River Walk

Amen.

My word for today is "gratitude."

Words to live by

Treasures In The Garden

 

Butt prints in the Sand

 

One night, I had a wondrous dream:

One set of footprints there was seen.

The footprints of my precious Lord,

But mine were not along the shore.

 But then some stranger prints appeared, 

And I asked the Lord,"What have we here?"

"Those prints are large and round and neat,

But, Lord, they are too big for feet."

"My child," He said in sombre tones.

"For miles I carried you alone.

I challenged you to walk in faith,

But you refused and made me wait.

So I got tired and fed up,

And there I dropped you on your butt,

Because in life, there comes a time,

 When one must fight, and one must climb,

When one must rise and take a stand,

Or leave their butt prints in the sand.

                                                      The Story Bin

My New Year Resolution: To have a better sense of humour