SoulFull Week Forty-Three

 Happy Halloween, Friends!  

I hope you have had a peaceful week. 

Do you get a lot of trick-or-treaters?  We do, and I'm hurriedly writing this post before the doorbell starts ringing.

I truly enjoyed this week's lesson because it focuses on what's truly important to a Christian.  I like the visual of Notre Damn to remind us that we were also designed to prevail.  

Our soul is our cornerstone, and I loved how Farrell broke everything down (into four main points) explaining how we should build-up our faith in a fallen world.  In this post I will focus on the second one:  We were created to endure.

Here's a quote from Richard Rohr about gratitude, and I think that gratitude helps us build endurance to face the day (whatever it may bring).

Each and every morning offers us a chance to start anew, fresh, and to begin again. Each morning when we awake--- should we choose to listen--- is a message from our Creator to remember the privilege we were given of waking up. It's a reminder to get up and prepare our self, to honor our self, to go out into the world, to connect with Mother Earth, and the hearts of other beings, and encourage those who cross our paths, and most importantly, to enjoy life.   

Here is a Bible verse that reminds us that not only were we made to endure, but that God's plan is an abundant life for us:

Here are the Bible verses from the lesson:

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Rita as she mourns the loss of her sister.
• Please keep Rita's neighbor Chris in prayer as she battles her cancer.  She is recovering from a 2nd surgery to remove what is believed to be another cancer on her lung.
• Kitty's son Mike and his friend are working on a game for a company and need to have it done in three months and have a verbal agreement for another game. Prayers that they can get this done.  Also, pray that they will get good news on a proposal (a separate project).
• Keep Rita's daughter Megan in your prayers as she delves into her 3rd and final year of Nurse Practitioner program. Her anxiety is pretty high with the new schedule of work, school and home life balance.
• Pray for my best friend Barbara who is battling cancer.  
• Carla's prayer request is for all the young people entering the military, the love they feel for the USA to become warriors to fight to keep us free. She is so thankful, as we all are!
• Carla and her husband has decided to stay in their home and not sell it and move.  Pray that God will give them peace in their decision.  
• Pray for my mother.  She is declining rapidly, and is not waking to eat.
• Rita's daughter Megan had rotator cuff surgery a few of weeks ago.  Continue to pray for her recovery.
• Pray for Jenna Meon.
• Please pray for our Westie Finlay.  He had to have a second eye ablation today.

Happy Halloween!

Until next time...

Blessings!

Ricki Jill