Reflections for Prayer
First Baptist Church of West Hartford
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You may purchase these Reflections for Prayer books for $5.00 apiece
(please make checks payable to First Baptist Church).
Also, there are several copies of Reflections for Prayer,Book I and Book II
(please make checks payable to First Baptist Church).
Also, there are several copies of Reflections for Prayer,Book I and Book II
A little prayer of mine:
May peace prevail in me.
May hope leap out from every pore.
May faith be deep and true.
May love guide my life.
May compassion not end with my heart.
but move my hands and mouth for justice
May I see below the surface.
May I know the Presence of the Beloved.
May peace prevail in me.
May hope leap out from every pore.
May faith be deep and true.
May love guide my life.
May compassion not end with my heart.
but move my hands and mouth for justice
May I see below the surface.
May I know the Presence of the Beloved.
Reflections for Prayer - Book III Great Gift Idea!!! Purchase a Copy of Book III ($5.00 ea.) Contact the church office or Rev. Carr at 860-521-9460. |
The prayers, poems and reflections in this little booklet are meant to
enhance your spiritual journey that leads you into happiness, compassion
and service. As I wrote in the first Reflections for Prayer, I encourage you
to take your time with each story, poem or prayer. Don’t hurry through
them. Allow the words, phrases and images you find here, work in you
and on you. If you read something that fans a flame in your heart or
raises a question, make your own prayer. If something doesn’t make
sense, don’t try to figure it all out. Try to live with it for a while and maybe
it will open up something in your heart. And finally, enjoy your prayer
time. When you feel peace and calm, take that into your soul. When you
are agitated or anxious and can’t seem to focus, don’t fight those
emotions; let them ease their way out of your mind remembering that
whether peaceful or stress-filled, God is with you. And when you struggle
in prayer, remember that you are in relationship with the Eternal, the One
who though with us always in great intimacy, is also “Maker of heaven and
Earth,” Author of all existence and can never be fully understood or
embraced. Every biblical figure and faithful woman or man for thousands
of years has also wrestled with God; you are blessed to be in such great
company.
" The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is matched only by the extraordinary moment just before it happens. Advent is the name of that moment." ~ Frederick Buechner |
| "To discover how to be truthful Is the reason I follow this star. We anticipate or remember but never are. To discover how to be living now Is the reason I follow this star. ...we have only the vaguest idea why we are what we are. To discover how to be human now Is the reason we follow his star." ~ W.H. Auden, "Star of the Nativity" from For the Time Being, A Christmas Oratorio. |
| I Will Light Candles This Christmas Candles of joy despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch, Candles of courage for fears ever present, Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days, Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens, Candles of love to inspire all my living, Candles that will burn all the year long. ~ Howard Thurman |
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