Mind Paths

How the body controls the mind! My body whines that it’s running down fast, and it seems my mind wants to follow that same path. That is a collaboration that I don’t want to encourage. I realize that by mere positive thinking I can’t run the cancer out of my body, though some may claim to have done so. I do know this: the set of my mind will determine the quality of my life-living, whatever my level of energy or well being. Mind, refocus! Concentrate on the abundant life in the spirit that Jesus gives. Let the body catch up—or not—as it will. Live, anyway.

Today we’re half way through the global “Ten Days of Prayer,” a movement that’s been followed in some parts of the world for more than a hundred years. The ten days are those between Ascension and Pentecost. Today’s printed prayer focus is about empowering the coming generation. That’s a subject that’s very close to my heart. So I thought I’d pass along the five suggested prayers:
1. for Christ to strengthen marriages and homes
2. for young people to follow Christ early in life, serving him for a lifetime.
3. that we would boldly show the love of God to orphans, widows, the defenseless, and the homeless.
4. for Christians to extend God’s fatherly love to millions of children orphaned by wars and the AIDS epidemic.
5. for God to empower the coming generation to fulfill his promises throughout the earth.

Thanks for joining in these highly significant prayers. And thanks for your prayers for us and our family too. These days test our faith.

Love,
Carol