September 30, 2008
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- People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
- If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
- If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
- If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
- The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
- Give the world the best you have, it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
- For you see, in the end, it is between you and Him.
- It was never between you and them anyway. ~Mother Teresa
Leeny’s Prayer:
“Lord, teach me how to let You love through me fearlessly. Teach me how to trust You to keep my heart pure and my motives right in every circumstance You allow. My heart is bleeding, God. How must Your heart bleed much more. Here we are, living in America where Christianity has subconciously become a form to many of us. There are so many faces here, faces that are caught in the swift current of activity and the spoil of instant plenty. Behind those faces are live hearts…so many broken hearts, because of broken lives-broken by sin and the great famine of true love in our land. Many of those faces have become a facade of happiness…just a facade. I think of Your Son Jesus, and I know if He would be here, He would be going about touching those hearts with such a profound love that the tears would finally release, and He would bring healing through His eternal love and forgiveness. Oh, God, how can so much pain and fear and rejection remain buried and uncared for when so many profess Your love with their mouth?
“So please, God, please make us willing vessels of Your love, sanctified and full of Your Spirit and wisdom! Please make us willing to walk humbly and quietly like Jesus did, and not fear the devil’s darts of suspicion and misunderstanding around us. Help us to love quietly and deeply, ready at any moment to lay down our life for those You love. Thank-you so much for Your distinct call to be friends to sinners. Thank-you for loving me, a sinner.
“In Jesus’ name I offer this prayer…”
Thanks Leeny…stole this from your site. It has become my prayer as well…
Ok everyone. I know you might consider this a kinda lame post cuz there’s so little of ME in it…but I promise to update again soon…very soon. This is just a fraction of what’s been making me think the past few days.=)
Los amo…
me.
Comments (27)
hey! saw your site on http://main.xanga.com/NewlyUpdated.aspx…have some e-props =D bye!
@FreeStuffCrazy - thanks.=)
Hi, Beth! The picture is absolutely beautiful! I wish I could just step onto that beach and take a stroll under the sunset…. ~Tonia
@sisters_R_us - thanks tonia!! Took it a few days/maybe weeks before we came up this year…awesome memories.=)
Beautiful photo! the prayer is so true as well….may we be vessels of His love! Blessings!
@shanabanana89161 - thanks Shana…yeah. Leeny has a way of expressing my thoughts exactly…especially with that prayer.=)
Great post all the way through!
I really like your post…Especially the reminder that in the end, its all between “me and God”…Reminds me of the verse that says, “In as much as ye have done it unto the Least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me…” Thanks, girl. Love you! =)
@buzzinbees - thanks!=)
@nvrenufcoffee - Thanks, Thellie…hey I’m assuming you’re back from Honduras? How did that go? Was it refreshing…fulfilling…awesome?=)
Love you too.
hey thanks so much for posting the beautiful picture and the prayer. oh beth that is what i’m saying right now. what i read in the prayer has been exactly what i’ve been thinking but i was just never quite sure of the words to use. she does such a good job with words. thank you so much.
love ya,
Tammy
@tammysh - welcome.=) I know…she DOES do a good job with words.=) I almost cried when I read it the first time…it’s just so perfect, huh?=)
love you too!
me.
Little sis… you are precious. I love you, not to speak of MISS you. Just soon… the promised email- I hope! It’s been a couple of weeks of the deep uprooting kind of work God keeps doing in my heart. Sometimes it takes a while to sort it out and realize what it really is, enough to express it. Does that make sense?
Te Amo Mucho,
LW
The pic…. oooooooh.
hey i loved it……..
it’s a great reminder……i needed to read it!
well im not the first to comment but oh well i ussualy am not lol….i loved the prayer i think everyone would addmit it to be ….thanx for the comment you left me …anything beautiful i have i owe all credit to God ….i just realized that when i read you comment.
love you,
kay ok
yes, the prayer is so perfect. i’m feeling quite overwhelmed with this and then other things too. the picture too is just so calming. wow!! where did you get such a picture like that? it’s beautiful!!!
@pdweaver - I shall be awaiting that email with great anticipation!!=)
Glad you liked the pic.;)
@latriguenita - thanks so much, Mabes. Glad you liked it.=) Good to have you on my site again after so long ha ha!!=)
como te va?
@hottie62293 - I love you…miss you too. Sorry couldn’t talk longer this morning. i wanted to.
Ok Kaye!! See ya later…
me=)
@tammysh - I took the pic when we went to the beach the last time we went on vacation as a family. I’d go watch the sunset every night while we were there (only 2 nights I think lol), but anyway, it was a good way to finish off the daylight part of the day ha.=) Glad you like it.
Hey Beth! how are you doing?..me Im doing great!:)..lol..Im totally excited about my brothers wedding!:)..are you coming?..I sure hope so!:)..well just thought I would say hi and leave you a comment!:)..ttyl bye
@Ammo_94 - Hey Amy!! =) I’m doing good too…wow. Wish so bad I could make it to Randy’s wedding. I know it’s gonna be out-of-this-world awesome. And I’m gonna miss out on seeing some pretty special people there too…which just makes it suck all the more…but…”asi es la vida”. (as Ronny used to say=). Hope you guys have an awesome time out there!! =)
Nice pic!
@wudjago - Gracias.
well I updated now,,,,,your turn! ha
oh and nope I’m not going anymore!:( I had ordered my ticket and everything but then relized I had a Cup game and senior game the day before and after the wedding…..so couldn’t go. so it’s all good! ha
how you been?
I deff like the gangsta pic better than the other one!!! ha Yea I heard about you going to NYC, that’s pretty great, except that you got to see my adopted city without me!! ha jk Oh and just wait till you see the rest of the “cake” you’ll love it!:]
Ha si eda la mismo para yo! porque yo no eda segudo si usted estava pensando a id para la boda…
Oh really, I’m impressed with your….um lets see…diligence?:) ha but yea good luck with that test and can’t wait to see that update:]
I loved the comment by the way!:]
have a good evening,
W.H.S. #11
Hi… I don’t think you know me, but I came across your site, and decided to drop you a note!
You have some beautiful pics, and some great thought provoking things to think on in the days ahead! 
~Carol
@haileyhelm - thanks for the comment. I’m glad you enjoy my pics and site…makes it all worth it when people appreciate my efforts. =)
~Beth