Category: caring

Devotional

by worrylessjourney, posted in caring, forgiven, kindness

March 29 2025

Psalm 51 Verses 11-13

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

It is easy for me to think that I am a really good person and then something will happen and I do something to hurt someone. It’s then I realize I am not as good as I thought. We don’t like to think of ourselves as capable of lacking compassion or being unkind. . I don’t like to think of myself that way.. I like to think of myself as caring and decent but we all do things wrong.

We are not perfect. We make mistakes and sometimes our bad behavior is not a mistake but a choice. Guilt is often our reward.

The good new in all of this is that God forgives us. He does not turn away from us or give up on us, He will help us to begin again. Thank you God!

Prayer: Forgiving God, turn us away from evil and make us clean again. Help us to consider our choices and make good ones. Let your Holy Spirit guide us to live a holy and blameless life. AMEN

Devotional

by worrylessjourney, posted in beauty, caring, love, the earth

March 23 2025

Psalm 8 Verses 3-4

3 When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
    the moon and the stars which thou hast established;
4 what is man that thou art mindful of him,
    and the son of man that thou dost care for him?

You are the Lord of life. What wonderous things you have done. The moon and stars are only a small part of your creation. You have given us so much beauty to behold. Yet we fail to see it. We don’t take time to look around at what God has done for us. God’s hand is in everything from the flowers of the field to the beauty of the ocean. We seldom pay attention. And yet…and yet he does not forget us. We are part of that creation and he remembers us each and every one. I wonder if we deserve so much.

What an amazing gift!

Prayer: Creator God thank you for all the wonders of the earth. Help us to remember that we are just caregivers and not owners. Help us to change our greedy ways. AMEN

Homework: Take some time to look at the beauty around us and thank God.

Devotional

by worrylessjourney, posted in caring, God's love, grace, infinite

March 22 2025

Psalm 139 Veerses 1-6

You have searched me, Lord,
    and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
    you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
    too lofty for me to attain.

We forget that Gods is aware of everything that we do. We cannot hide from his presence. This is God God who is present with each of us every single day. God is within us. Many times we think of God as being in heaven or at a distance but this is not true. God is Immanent and Infinite…that means he is always here but his ways are more wonderous than we can imagine.

Prayer: Intimate and Infinite God, This Psalm clearly tells us clearly you understand us. Thank you for being in our lives. Remind us that you are with us in each moment. But also thank you for being far beyond our understanding. AMEN

Ever Changing

by worrylessjourney, posted in acceptance, aging, caring

I am so aware that every day is different. I frequently think about the song ” What a difference a day makes.” Life is ever changing and mine is no exception. After a difficult few weeks things are better and I am so glad. Living in this Independent Living Facility, which is wonderful has the downside of losing friends. I have lost ones who don’t life here but it is different with those I see every day.

It is hard but it is part of life and life is ever changing.

Hello from the long lost

by worrylessjourney, posted in caring, communication, connections

For a while I didn’t write. I don’t know why. It seems as if thoughts were dormant. Nothing new, Nothing to write home about.

Now it is as if I have found new thoughts, new ideas and something to write.That’s why there are two posts today. One some wanderings of the mind and the other a “glad to be back.”

My friends the books

by worrylessjourney, posted in books, caring, comfort, connections

I have been cleaning out my bookshelf. We have a library here and I will donate some books. It is always hard to give books away. They have been my friends and companions my whole life. A few of them are that old. Many of them I have read multiple times and will read again. I have too many books on my Kindle and for some reason don’t enjoy reading there as with a book in my hand. It just feels right.

I will post about new books I loved another day. Peace and Love.

Is there any hope?

by worrylessjourney, posted in caring, hope, Uncategorized

Today I listened to the new presidents’ address. If you have been reading my blog for any length of time you know that I am a moderate. Dead center. I just want everyone to be able to talk without getting angry with each other.

It was refreshing to hear a coherent, logical speech. There were several phrases that impressed me but one that I liked a lot was “We will lead not merely by the example of power but by the power of our example.”

I certainly hope that this can be true. The speech had some reminders of the Gettysburg Address especially this part: “It is rather for us, the living, to stand here, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth. “Abraham Lincoln

I am with Lincoln. May we return to being a civil, respectful, caring people. I hope that our whole government (no matter the party) can move forward with this focus and work to end the discord we have been living with.

Times are a changin

by worrylessjourney, posted in caring, family, life changes

I am sorry that I haven’t been able to read on a logical schedule lately. I want to keep up with everyone but things have been so crazy that I just couldn’t get to it.

We only have a few more weeks to go and the hectic part will be over. It will be time to settle in and get a routine going. I will be nice to have my daughter and her family to be with since they have been quarantining and we feel safe around them.

They have done so much for us during this transition as have my other two children. We are so blessed that my three and their families don’t fight with each other and love each other dearly.

Family is everything

by worrylessjourney, posted in blessings, caring, change, family, love

There are some time when I am excited about being able to decorate with a whole new style and then some times when I know that I will miss some things. In reality, family is what matter the most and I know that we will find our lives simpler, easier and happier.