Peace With the Psalms: Week Fifteen

 

Happy Friday, Friends!  I hope you have had a lovely and blessed Easter Week!

Awaken Me

Risen One,

come, meet me

in the garden of my life.

Lure me into elation.

Revive my silent hope.

Coax my dormant dreams.

Raise up my neglected gratitude.

Entice my tired enthusiasm.

Give life to my faltering relationships.

Roll back the stone of my indifference.

Unwrap the deadness in my spiritual life.

Impart heartiness in my work.

Risen One,

send me forth as a disciple of your unwavering love,

a messenger

of your unlimited joy.

Resurrected One,

may I become

ever more convinced

that your presence lives on,

and on, and on,

and on.

Awaken me!

Awaken me! 

~Joyce Rupp

I have had the best week.  I'm getting into a good rhythm of cooking, and I love how organized our kitchen is.  Plus the weather has been splendid here in Central Alabama, but unfortunately, the air quality hasn't been the best.

What did you think about this week's lesson from Psalm 121?  I loved the visuals, especially this week because everything has really greened out here in Central Alabama.  Reading it gave me the loveliest sense of peace just like the title of our book!  I also enjoyed the protection prayer, too.  This is yet another one I have flagged.  

Here are the scriptural references from the lesson.

Before we get to the prayer requests, I have a very important announcement!

I am so happy!

I will be going to Ann Arbor to help fluff the nursery next week  :D

I will not be announcing this on my other blog or social media for a couple of weeks FYI.  

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Rita's daughter Megan as she finishes her masters program this semester.  Pray that she will stay healthy, and that she will manage her time well for work/school/life balance.  
• Pray for my best friend Barbara who is battling cancer.  UPDATE:  Her scans were better than expected.  She will have about a month's break before her surgery.
• Carla would like for us to pray for the military build up at the door of Iran. Pray for our leaders to seek wisdom.  Continue to pray for our military, our young men and women who are at that door waiting what orders might be coming. May God protect them.
• Please pray for Kris's MIL because she has been having some heavy health issues, and Kris is currently her full time nurse.  Pray that God will help and bless Kris as she cares for her MIL.  Pray that other family members will step-up and will be discerning about what's best for her care.
• Rita's friend Pam needs our prayers because her cancer is stage four.  She is in palliative care, yet still trying to live.
• Please pray for my baby great-niece, Lundy.  
• Pray for Rita's neighbor Chris who is undergoing chemo treatment for her urethral cancer, and for her brother, Mike, who has esophageal cancer.
• Pray for Kris's son-in-law Tim.  UPDATE:  Things are going better at work.  Tim and Jen put their home up for sale last week. Pray for them as they prepare for this big move. 
• Pray for Carla's friend Alice who had plastic surgery on her nose due to skin cancer.  UPDATE:  Alice did not have a good outcome with the reconstructive surgery. They will be looking at doing another.
• Carla recently had to deal with a very bitter person.  She has been very bothered by this, and she does not want this person to steal her JOY.
• Praise God I'm still cancer-free!
• Carla has an extended family member stationed in Kuwait named Haley. She is her cousin Steve's daughter.  Please pray for her safety!
• Carla's Sam has several Wisconsin Guard friends stationed in Kuwait and Iraq.  Sam had an update for us from his teammates who are currently deployed in the war zone. Please be in prayer, they have been bombed several times. Continue to pray for safety.
• Continue praying for Kitty's son Mike as he continues on his journey of no pain meds. Praise: He has been successful for over eleven weeks!  UPDATE:  Mike is requesting that we pray for his mental health.  
• URGENT:  Pray for Rachel who has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
• PRAISE:  I am going to be a grandmother.  I am so excited!!!  Please be in prayer for Shanley Belle and Christopher as they prepare for parenthood, and pray for my little precious granddaughter.  I'm calling her my Little Starling!  
• Travel mercies for me as I go to Michigan Wednesday to help Shanley Belle and Christopher with Starling's nursery.

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill