A Prayer for All Women on Mother’s Day …

I want you to know I’m praying for you if you are like Tamar, struggling with infertility, or a miscarriage.

I want you to know that I’m praying for you if you are like Rachel, counting the women among your family and friends who year by year and month by month get pregnant, while you wait.

I want you to know I’m praying for you if you are like Naomi, and have known the bitter sting of a child’s death.

I want you to know I am praying for you if you are like Joseph and Benjamin, and your Mom has died.

I want you to know that I am praying for you if your relationship with your Mom was marked by trauma, abuse, or abandonment, or she just couldn’t parent you the way you needed.

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Desert Day 16: Solitude of Heart …

The word solitude can be misleading. It suggests being alone by yourself in an isolated place. When we think about solitaries, our mind easily evokes images of monks or hermits who live in remote places secluded from the noise of the busy world. In fact, the words solitude and solitary are derived from the Latin word solus, which means alone, and during the ages many men and women who wanted to live a spiritual life withdrew to remote places—deserts, mountains or deep forests—to live the life of a recluse.

One With Life …

Once you have made peace with the present moment, see what happens, what you can do or choose to do, or rather what life does through you. There are three words that convey the secret of the art of living, the secret of all success and happiness: One with Life. Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realize that you don’t live your life, but life lives you. Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
— Eckhart Tolle from A New Earth

Prayers for Singles: Evening Prayer …

I come to you now, Lord, at the end of my day.

This time is just for me – the quiet time that I save for myself.

Prayers for Singles: Morning Prayer …

Good morning, Lord, here I am!

I may only be half-awake, but I am slowly learning that this time I spend with you at the beginning of each new day refreshes and prepares me like nothing else can for what is ahead.

Prayers for Singles: Lord, I Feel Lonely …

Lord, I feel so lonely.  Lonely right to the core of my being.  I don’t feel wanted or needed by anyone.  I’m not sure if anyone even cares whether I live or die.