Santa's Community Blog: Think of Bobbarama

Santa's Community Blog: Think of Bobbarama

California Prays...

California Prays

Spirit of Grace
Embrace and fill our hearts with courage
As we face an uncertain future.
Hold us close and let us know
That You feel our pain.
Bring us into that place where we can
Move into wholeness and safety once again.

Our hearts are breaking as we see
This devastation and our dreams go up in flames.

We are grateful to be alive, but this...
This is so hard.

We see our friends and neighbors
Running for their lives.


The wild animals are everywhere and so confused.
The children are crying...

Help us, we pray, oh God!
Hear our prayers in these days of sorrow.
Help us to see beyond the smoke.

Comfort the ones who are grieving.
Keep them in your care.
Shield the children and our elders.

Protect all the firefighters who
Are putting their lives on the line to
Suppress this thief of life.

Spare their lives and bless them
For their valiant efforts
On behalf of all of us.

We are tired now.
We need to rest somewhere.
Help us to get through the next days and weeks,
To know what to do and where to go.

It's overwhelming to think about.
And yet, the fire consumes our thoughts as well.

Let there be peace in the midst of this turmoil.
Let there be hope, just a glimmer.
Let us see something to look forward to
and have someone to hold.
In the name of the One Who Loves us all,
Amen

Compassionate Prayer

Compassionate Prayer

Sometimes in the still of the night I awaken with one thought on my mind: people who are hurting. Some are people I know personally. Some are those I've only read about. Some are those whose blogs I've read and have not met face tot face but with whom I still share a heart-felt and spiritual connection.

I am keenly aware that we face many things in our lives that cause pain. Although I believe that we face these things to make us stronger, I do know that we are not meant to go it alone.

And so I pray for them. I pray for peace and wisdom. I pray for comfort and healing. I pray for God-given strength and energy to get through this. I pray simply, "Thy will be done." It doesn't make any difference if they know I am praying or not. God knows. The Creator of this vast Universe knows.

I don't pretend to understand entirely why some people seemingly get along fine in this world and others are plagued with what appear to be insurmountable tragedy and loss. All I know is that if I am a compassionate member of the human race, it touches me, too.

Victor Frankl said, "What is to give light must endure burning."

I care. I really care. And rather than submit to the feeling of helplessness, and aside from offering my words of comfort, I know that I can pray. The God who knows all things knows this, too.

We are given the opportunity to speak up on behalf of friends and loved ones, of strangers and people we've never met. We are allowed to say what is on our hearts and minds. We have a voice. And He is listening.

Duke Ellington said, "Everyone prays in their own language and there is no language that God does not understand."

This is known to some as intercessory prayer. It is a powerful tool. And it works. Whether it's from a distance or right in the same room that a prayer is offered makes no difference. It is just as effective. It was designed to be.

There have been numerous studies done on prayer and its effects. If you want more information on the subject, there is a wonderful book entitled Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and The Practice of Medicine by Larry Dossey, M.D. and it's available at Amazon. (Important: Be sure to type the entire title into the Amazon searchbar.)

We are all connected. We do feel each other, in the good times and the bad. Prayer is very empowering. It brings us into the center of the human experience and plugs us into the Power of the Universe. As prayer unites the physical and the spiritual, we become the conduit for the most powerful force known to man. Love. And by some unexplained process, perhaps then, healing can occur.

At the beginning of chapter 6, Larry Dossey quotes Paracelsus (1493-1541): "The main reason for healing is love".

Be Blessed,
Robin



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To All My Favorite Christmas Elves: Speedcat Hollydale, Santa, and Friends

To All My Favorite Christmas Elves: Speedcat Hollydale, Santa & Friends


Christmas is right around the corner and the Good Folks over at
Santa's Community Blog have invited my buddy, Speedcat Hollydale, me, and all who share the Christmas Spirit to participate in spreading good cheer about the upcoming Season and Santa's wonderful Community by sharing in a collectively written Christmas Meme. Please feel free to join in the fun and festivity!
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Here are the guidelines:
Add 2 lines to the first text line that is provided. In those added lines, one word will have to be hyperlinked to your own blog, and your post will have to include a link to Santa's Community Blog. Please include line numbers, and please also include a call to all bloggers to join Santa's Community here on MyBlogLog!

Then tag 5 more bloggers (picking existing members of the "Santa's Community Blog" community would be a good start), who will add their next 2 lines, and they tag another 5 more bloggers, etc. etc.

You can turn the text after the first line into a Christmas Short Story, a Poem, a Carol, whatever you feel like doing. When the text has reached 21 lines, you are asked to submit the story. You can do that by leaving a comment to this message, with a link to your own post. We will select the best, nicest, warmest, funniest Collectively Written Christmas Stories and publish them here on Santa's Community Blog.

Santa's Community Blog Collective Christmas Meme
1- The day before Christmas a young little girl
2- knelt before a tiny manger beneath the twinkling tree and whispered
3- "Baby Jesus, what do you want for Christmas?"
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5-
(etc. up to 21)
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The first bloggers that are tagged are:
All members of the Santa Certified Award Hall of Fame

Magical Golden Cat
Mike from Ordinary Folk
Tish from The Kat House
Cotojo from Life
Bob from Bobbarama
Deborah from Climate of our Future
Marzi from Mariuca
Emila from Emila's Illustrated Blog
Adrian from First Time Dad
Christy from Christy's Coffee Break
Andrew from Hotel Booking Pro
Christine from The Sapheyerblu Review
Kim from PurpleFrogCat
Zubli from the Book Project
Janice from This is a Miracle
Sophie from WeWe_WetWet
Catherine from A Week in the Life of a Redhead
Lynda (ljw) from Lynda's Loft
Lili from Feel Happy
Surjit from gurushabad
ArahMan from My Journey to Recovery
Bobby from Revellian
JohnC from Homeless Family's Blog
Sandy from At Your Service
Kim from Laketrees
Jeane Michelle Culp from Nomdeplume the Poetress
Judy from SugarQueen'sDream
Gracie Belle theblogfairy from She Walks in Beauty
Kuanyin from Blog-Blonde
Ev Nucci from My Life is Murphy's Law
Jo from Life with Heathens
Nick from Anything Goes
Andrea from A Circle of Women
Ann from A Nice Place in the Sun
Jackie (Shinade) from The Painted Veil
Paula from Polliwog's Pond
Joey from Hearts A Fire
Lisa from Work at Home Mom Revolution
Brown Baron from Brown Thoughts
Maartje from Behind the Page
Jos from NoDirectOn (not: NoDirection)
Tyro Pearl from Interesting Observations
Janice from Twist and Skewer
Michelle Dyer from Michelle Dyer's Writing Circle
Eric from SpeedCatHollydale
Diane (DCA) from Much of a Muchness
Robin (Healing Words) from The Spirit Knows Best
Colin from Chronic Pain Lifestyle
Lynn from Recipes
Joy from The Insane Writer
The Blog Elf from Elf Patrol
ManningtonDeal at Blogging $100 a day and
Hey! It's Spanklin
NAFASG - United And Dedicated Behind You
Deborah (FastFastLane) at Life In the Fast Lane
AdSense Tracker
Sandee from Comedy Plus
Adria at Incinq
Tiny Bellows at Doing It The Tiny Bellows Way And Adding A Little Magic

Christmas
Christmas Spirit
Santa
SpeedCatHollydale
The Spirit Knows Best
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