Let us bless the source of life,
source of darkness and light,
heart of harmony and chaos,
creativity and creation.
Let us bless the source of life,
source of the fullness of our knowing.
May we learn with humility and pleasure,
may we teach what we know with love,
and may we honor wisdom
in all its embodiments.
Let us bless the source of life,
source of faith and daring,
wellspring of new song
and of the courage to mend.
Marcia Falk, The Book of Blessings: New Jewish Prayers for Daily Life, the Sabbath, and the New Moon Festival (Beacon Press, 1996) pp. 166, 168, 174).
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Dear friends, please please pray for a young friend of mine.
His girlfriend/fiancee is pregnant, but they have not been together long and the timing is a bit off--he's not sure the baby is his. He is very upset and torn, as he loves her very much, but honesty and integrity are very important to him as well. He's planning to marry her, but the possibility of the baby having another father is tearing him up.
He and I have talked it into the ground...our conversations today have been mostly silence. They have an appointment with the midwife tomorrow, and he's hoping to have more answers, although his fiancee isn't comfortable with him asking any--which makes him more uneasy.
To cap the whole thing, he lost a contract because he had to care for her when she had some pregnancy related health problems.
Please keep them in your prayers. My heart is bleeding for both of them, especially him--he is trying so hard to do the right thing, at the age of 28, but is not sur what it is anymore.
Thank you so much...
RP
Wow, what a hard situation. Prayers going out for them both, the baby, and you as you support him.
What a unique blessing.
Prayers for rainbow pastor's friend.
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