Prayers and Thoughts

for Reflection

Lenton Devotional

2007

March 22

The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.

Psalm 29:11

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. 

George MacDonald

The only gift is a portion of thyself. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. 

G.K. Chesterton

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. 

Oscar Wilde

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. 

G.B. Stern

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. 

William Arthur Ward

Blessings crown the head of the righteous.

Proverbs 10:6

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. 

Author Unknown

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. 

William Feather

A hug is a great gift - one size fits all, and it's easy to exchange. 

Author Unknown

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. 

Max Beerbohm

Surely, O Lord you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Psalm 5:12

What we are is God's gift to us.  What we become is our gift to God. 

Eleanor Powell

Thank you Lord for the gift of this day and all that will accompany it.  Thank you for the memories of yesterday and the laughter, smiles, and tears that accompanied it. Thank you for the hope of tomorrow.  Help me to learn from the past, but not to live in it.  Help me to plan for the future, but not to worry about it.  Thank you for the blessing of this day. Enable me to live each moment to the fullest, totally involved in Your master plan. Help me to be a gift to someone. Amen.