Editor’s note: Psalm 23 has brought comfort to believers since it was first written, read, and sung. In The Book of Common Courage, Psalm 23 is divided line by line and shared with photography, poems, blessings, writings, and prayers for your encouragement. Enjoy this excerpt! * |
Father, if You are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from Me. Yet I want Your will to be done, not Mine. — Luke 22:42 NLT I will make them and the places surrounding My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. — Ezekiel 34:26 NIV Lord Jesus, You pulled up a chair to the table of this earth and drank the whole cup of human suffering and hurt.
We ask You to fill the cups of our lives to overflow with You. Make us chalices of Your compassion. Where the world overflows with hatred, let us hold hope. Where there is sorrow,
let us savor the sacredness of every tear-stained face. Where there is doubt, let us spill over with grace. For it is in emptying the cup of our prejudice that we become filled; it is in swallowing the wine of sorrow
that we are surprised by grace; it is in drinking the dregs of doubt that we digest a love stronger than fear. Because You held this cup first. Amen. * |
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We ask You to fill the cups of our lives to overflow with You. |
We ask You to fill the cups of our lives to overflow with You. |
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A Poem from My Grandma, Jan Bass |
I searched and searched
And could not find
A single place for rest
Until the hand of Jesus
Drew me close unto His breast.
He said, My little child,
I see in you no blame.
You are of My choosing. You’re the very reason I came. I said, My Father God,
What with me would You then do? And He said, Child, child of mine, I want only to love you. If there was only you
And I knew of no other,
Still I would come,
That I could be your brother. You must begin with your own life-giving lives. It’s who you are, not what you say and do, that counts. Your true being brims over into true words and deeds. — Luke 6:34 MSG Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. — John 14:27 Living Water, Your true being brimmed over at a table full of fear.
You poured out peace. You spilled out care. Tip Your love
into our lives and so make us people who pour love where there is pain and kindness where there is fear. May we be filled so full of Your grace that when we are bumped, Love will trickle down. We thank You, our Generous Friend. |
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We believers, as we’ve heard often, truly are blessed to be a blessing! Think back to a time when someone showed you love in your suffering, kindness in your fear, generosity in your need… Let’s pray that God will show us opportunities to overflow with His love and goodness, too!
~ Laurie McClure, Faith.Full |
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Find a flicker of strength in the small and hard moments of life |
The Book of Common Courage: Prayers and Poems to Find Strength in Small Moments |
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Beloved author and therapist K. J. Ramsey invites you to journey word-by-word through Psalm 23 to experience how the Good Shepherd is with you and for you, especially in the valleys of life. When you struggle to find the words to hold your pain or trauma, be encouraged to cultivate the compassion and courage to believe that your story will, in fact, end in joy.
Through K. J.'s lyrical and emotive writing, you are invited to: - Surrender your anxiety and your tears to a faithful God
- Validate your emotions and embrace them as the gift they are
- Slow down and remember that good will come again
- Replenish your soul with the life of Christ and the promises of God
- Refresh your faith with a peace that lasts
- Experience newfound confidence in prayer
- Remember that even when pain is not past-tense, God is still present
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| Courage is a common hope that we can cultivate together. These prayers and poems can be read in group settings--among friends, families, and worshipping communities--and are also ideal for personal reflection. Inside The Book of Common Courage, you will find: - Colorful still life and nature photography
- Prayers, poems, and blessings
- A ribbon marker
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