Great Spirit, You Are the Life of Things
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer. All things belong to you -- the two-legged, the four-legged, the wings of the air, and all green things that live.

You have set the powers of the four quarters of the earth to cross each other. You have made me cross the good road and road of difficulties, and where they cross, the place is holy. Day in, day out, forevermore, you are the life of things.

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Giving Thanks

No matter how shy you feel, I tell my kids, you can always say thank you. But sometimes it's hard to speak our thanks.

"You shouldn't have," we say instead. "You did too much."
Or, "Please. I don't deserve something so extravagant."
Or we nod our heads brusquely and turn away, embarrassed to acknowledge what we've received.

What is it that gets in our way of accepting a gift? Is it our sense of unworthiness? Or at the opposite end of the spectrum, is it our pride? Either way, we're usually looking only at ourselves. Pride and embarrassment aren't so very different from each other; they're both self-conscious.

Thankfulness turns us outward; however, it takes the focus off ourselves. It allows us to reach out and accept what is given to us, simply, honestly, humbly.

And in the end, the truest friendships are built on that simple, honest humility.

Thank you

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A joyful heart is like a SUNSHINE of GOD'S LOVE, the hope of eternal happiness, a BURNING FLAME of GOD. . . .

And if we pray, we will become that SUNSHINE of GOD'S LOVE—in our own home, the place where we live, and in the world at large.


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Dear Lord, I need Your shield of victory to protect me from discouragement. I pray that You would extend Your right hand to sustain me; Your grace to strengthen me; and Your wisdom to lead me. Thank You for Jesus, who stooped down to make me great because of Your great love for me. Today, I find a new

starting place with You. In Jesus' Name, Ame