Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

– Deuteronomy 31:6

*40 Days is my personal Lenten project for 2013.  I’m posting a photo (that I took) and a scripture reading or prayer that touched me in some way each day during Lent.

One That I found online, and have always tried to live by… Everything happens for a reason, even if we don’t know what that reason is…

 

Psalm 37:5

Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you.

 

God has a reason for allowing things to happen. We may never understand his wisdom, but we simply have to trust His will.

*40 Days is my personal Lenten project for 2013.  I’m posting a photo (that I took) and a scripture reading or prayer that touched me in some way each day during Lent.

Romans 12:12

¹² Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

*40 Days is my personal Lenten project for 2013.  I’m posting a photo (that I took) and a scripture reading or prayer that touched me in some way each day during Lent.

Matthew 6:34 (NIV)

³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

In trying to decide what to “do” for Lent this year, I was listening to the priest at Mass, and he was talking about the 3 major parts of Lent… Prayer, fasting, and alms giving… Which got me to thinking, what do I want to focus on the most right now? I realized that I kept going back to prayer… So, for the next (almost) 40 days (I do realize I’m starting a couple days late)… I’m going to post either prayers or scripture readings that speak to me in some way.  I will still be posting craft projects (especially from my fabulous upcoming 5 day quilting retreat!!!! Which I’m so excited about, but starting to get a little bit nervous about going away for 5 days not knowing anyone!!) but I’ll also be posting .

This first one is a prayer I come back to often and was found in the book “30 Days of Prayer with Mary”

4-To Pray and Ponder

Mary, pray that I might treasure life
Beauty
Goodness
Opportunity
Truth.

Mary, Pray that I might ponder
How to defend life
How to see and hear beauty
How to affirm and share goodness
How to grasp and utilize opportunity
How to seek and proclaim truth.

Mary, pray that I treasure what I have
And ponder what I might become.