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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
“Say it with flowers!” Christians did not wait for FTD in the 20th century to express their religious spirit and belief with flowers. The rose was a popular religious symbol from earliest times.
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We all have those times in our lives when we need to take a break and be re-filled. There is no “pause” button in life, though, so we must take and make our own opportunity to do this.
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This verse. I can’t get it out of my head. I don’t even remember when I read it, but somehow it’s been on my mind and heart the past couple months and that’s usually a pretty good sign the Holy Spirit put it there.
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All of us know children who are coping with the pain experienced when family relationships are fractured by angry divorces, abuse, or neglect. They are our children’s friends, our grandchildren, our neighbors, or perhaps our nieces and nephews. Beyond the emotional woundedness they carry into each day, hidden spiritual scars can devastate their lives for decades and enslave their souls. We can comfort a hurting child in surprisingly simple but effective ways.
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The seventeenth-century poet John Donne famously quipped “No man is an island” in his poem of the same name. Like the ripples in a pond after a stone is thrown, our actions continue on – even after our part has been done. While it is easy to feel as though we are the only ones impacted by what we do, that is not the case. We affect everyone around us.
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My friend xyz posted that s/he needed prayers for a loved one who has been sick for quite some time now. The family is at wit’s end between doctor’s appointments and trying to take care of their children. We have made praying for people a brief response to circumvent their pain. When people are going through struggles, we reply with “I’ll pray for you,” and then we proceed to walk away and forget about their struggles and refocus on our menial, unimportant to-do list for the day.
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