Showing posts with label prayers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayers. Show all posts

Kid's Prayers

Yesterday, I was looking for something to write. (and yes,  something to cheer me up too). I saw two kid's letters to God in a magazine. Made me smile and I’ve decided to look for more in the internet.  Here are some…
 "Dear God, It rained during our whole vacation and my father was mad! He said some things about You that people are not supposed to say, but I hope You will not hurt him anyway, Your friend, (but I am not going to tell you who I am)

A short amusing  story from Kerygma magazine:
Bernadette was teaching  her five-year old daughter, Andi the Lord’s Prayer. For several evenings, Andi would repeat the lines after her. Finally, one night, Andi decided to do it on her own.  Bernadette listened with pride as Andi carefully pronounced each word, right up to the end: “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from e-mail. Amen!”  

...O Lord, please deliver us from spammers, too  (lol)

Finally, let me share a quote by Drew Barrymore: 
"I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?"

Humps and Potholes

toy car




That’s my car..
I mean my toy car. I bought it as a souvenir several years ago. I’ve taken few shots yesterday and then cropped the edges of one photo for this post.



toy car on the road


We are all travelers heading to a certain destination. We definitely want a pleasant and safe journey. However many times we are interrupted by humps and sometimes potholes along the way.

Author Bo Sanchez made an interesting analogy regarding humps and potholes.

We do not expect potholes. These are the difficulties or big problems we encounter - our house burned down, a family member got sick,  we lost our jobs, etc.  Nobody warns us about this. Therefore we are forced to stop and think things out.
toy car and potholes
On the other hand humps are made deliberately. We allow ourselves to pass though them as we move slowly yet safely.  These are the quiet time for  prayers, retreats or attending masses or worship services. We decide to stop. We think things out not because we are forced to but because we want to. prayers and humps
Going through these humps could be vital for us  to get rid of more potholes. We need some time for quiet reflections so as to avoid any path leading to nowhere and in the process help us find  better ways.   

"We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way." ~Gloria Gaither

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears." ~Glenn Clark