INSPIRING QUOTE - on CHANGE

"Things do not change; we change." 

~ Henry David Thoreau ~

INSPIRING QUOTE - on LIFE

"Life began as a mystery and will end as a mystery, but what an exciting and wonderful time it is in between." ~ Diane Ackermann ~

INSPIRING QUOTE - on PURPOSE OF LIFE

"You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing." ~ Henry Louis Mencken ~

INSPIRING QUOTE - on TREASURE

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." ~ Thornton Wilder

INSPIRING QUOTE - on PRAYER

"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers." ~ Garth Brooks

INSPIRING QUOTE - on LOSING GOD

"When we lose God, it is not God who is lost." 

~ Unknown ~

INSPIRING QUOTE - on HOPE

"Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark." 

~ George Iles

INSPIRING QUOTE - on TRUST

"Don't trust to hold God's hand; let Him hold yours. Let Him do the holding, and you the trusting." ~ Hammer William

EASTER PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father,

We thank you for the awesome gift of your Son who gave so freely and lovingly to ensure our hope of salvation.

We thank you for the gift of forgiveness and for sending your beloved Son to be our pathway into life everlasting.

We praise you for the unconditional love you give us everyday – especially on those days when we fall and stumble.

We thank you for always being there to pick us up, drag us or carry us along the pathway to you and toward eternal life.

We thank you for the gift of your grace – the gift of our faith. Without it we know we would be lost.

We praise you for the gift of our seven sacraments where we most deeply feel your grace and amazing love for us. Help us to always fully experience the depth of your love every time we celebrate each beautiful sacrament you’ve given us.

We thank you for each moment you give us here on earth and pray we use these precious moments to draw closer to you; to do your will.

With this bright new day as we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, let it be also a resurrection for us - a new beginning to our own life in Christ.

We pray in the name of your beloved Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.

Amen.

~ Melissa Knoblett-Aman ~

INSPIRING QUOTE - on LOVE

"There is no greater love than to lay down ones life for ones friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me." ~ 

John 15:13

You loved me,

When I was so unlovely,

You sought me

When I was lost;

You showed me

How much You really loved me,

When You bought me

At the highest cost

There’s no greater love than this,

There’s no greater love than this,

That a man would give his life for a friend;

There’s no higher sacrifice

Than a man would give his life,

You have paid

A precious price for me

You chose me,

When I was so unworthy

You cleansed me

With Your own blood;

You clothed me

With righteousness and mercy,

And You crowned me

With Your steadfast love

There’s no greater love than this,

There’s no greater love than this,

That a man would give his life for a friend;

There’s no higher sacrifice

Than a man would give his life,

You have paid

A precious price for me   (2)

You have paid

A precious price for me…

INSPIRING QUOTE - on SERVANT LEADERSHIP

"Life is a place of service. Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." 

~ Leo Tolstoy ~

INSPIRING QUOTE - on SELF-EMPOWERMENT

"Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less." 

~  Ken Blanchard ~