“To live is to be slowly born.”


Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Sunflower Seeds

Celebrating Everyday Spirituality

Renew the Face of the Earth with a Smile

Who do you think you are?  God’s gift to the world?  You’re right! Just for a moment, accept that you really are God’s gift to the world. You can make a positive difference in the world. This is what we pray for when we pray “Renew the face of the earth.” Let the Holy Spirit inspire you with a smile or a kind word. These acts are all “bits of hope,” “fragments of salvation.” Remember the words of Dr. Seuss:  “Unless someone like you care a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”  So “rejoice in the Lord always” (Phil. 4:4) and let everyone know it, because your face shows it.

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