CONFESSION
It's said that confession
is good for the soul and it is.
That doesn't make it easy, though.
So, here's my confession anyway.
This week's blog
is right out of my wrong
the other day.
I know of what I write here.
I lost it big time and
didn't keep it to myself.
There was collateral damage.
Oh Lord, be merciful
to me a sinner.
Oh Lord, thank you
for putting all the pieces
of this Humpty Dumpty
together again,
centering me in your
Wholeness
John Quite Frank
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Dear All of Us,
Sometimes we just can't cope.
People and problems,
self and situation,
are way too much.
We go
BONKERS!
Our manner and behavior
are plain out
"For the birds!"
More than feathers fly.
We are jarred, off key,
ticked, out of sorts, flipped,
not nice to be around.
We've lost it.
We can't handle.
Coping, composure, calm
are out of the question,
out of reach.
Seems we just
"Don't have a prayer."
Well, actually we do.
THE NEW SERENITY PRAYER
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the people I can't change,
which is pretty much everyone,
since I'm clearly not you, God.
At least the last time I checked.
And while you're at it, God,
please give me the courage
to change what I need to change
about myself, which is frankly a lot,
since, once again, I'm not perfect.
It's better for me to focus on
changing myself than to worry about
changing other people, who,
as you'll no doubt remember me saying,
I can't change anyway.
Finally, give me the wisdom
to just shut up
whenever I think that
I'm clearly smarter
than everyone else in the room,
that no one knows
what they're talking about
except me,
or that I alone
have all the answers.
Basically, God,
grant me the wisdom
to remember that
I'm not you.
Amen
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Thanks to the folks at
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for this praying us
SERENE.
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For further ponder and prayer
please see below for
SCRIPTURE SERENE
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SPECIAL ANNONCEMENT
We're in for a special surprise
next week.
In the words of Jackie Gleason's
Ralph Cranston
"How sweet it is!!"
(Yah, it's a generational thing
but hey, those
Saturday Nights Really Were Live!!)
Anyway, just wait til you see!!
NEXT WEEK
Posting Title:
PROGRESSIVE
Posting Dates:
Wednesday, September 6th.
through
Tuesday, September 12th.
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A great big,
WELCOME
to all together
here at
frankly speaking
spirituality for the street
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I'm not sure just
how to say this,
so I'll just say it
straight out and
that right from my heart.
This week more than
five hundred of us
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are from
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at all important
as a statistic.
It is wildly wonderful
as a
HOLY COMMUNION
Thank You
Sisters and Brothers
from
Singapore
for the gift of
YOU
and our
UNITY
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PONDER PRAYER
SCRIPTURE SERENE
"Don't fret or worry.
Instead of worrying, pray.
Let petitions and praises
shape your worries into prayer,
letting God know your concerns.
Before you know it,
a sense of God's wholeness,
everything coming together
for good, will come
and settle you down.
It's wonderful what happens
when Christ displaces worry
at the center of your life.
Philippians 4:4-7
The Message
When we are upset,
how do we get
set back up again?
What's our "go to"?
What do we make/take
of what Paul presents above
about getting above our downs?
A top spins only if
well centered.
When we spin out,
will we let Christ
displace worry
"...at the center
of your life",
be the center
of our life??
Are we willing to shape
our worries into prayer,
letting God know
our concerns?
When we're undone,
pieces of us all
over the place,
we are invited
to blow it all off to God
and let God center us,
put the pieces
together again, so that
"a sense of God's wholeness,
everything coming together for good,
will come and settle you down."
Beats Prozac!!
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Praying us all
God Centered
Soul Serene
See you next week.
Love to all,
John Frank
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I pray us all
SERENE
See you next week.
Love to all
John Frank
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