“There's no vocabulary For love within a family, love that's lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent.” ~ T. S. Eliot ""I will be glad and rejoice in Your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul."' ~ PSALM 31:7

“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ "'In CHRIST JESUS, We are righteous, holy and redeemed."' ~ 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” ~ G. K. Chesterton ~ '""For everything created by GOD is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;"' ~ 1 TIMOTHY 4:4

“The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.” ~Hamilton Wright Mabie ~ ""'I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well."' ~ PSALM 139:14

"'May the LORD bless us and keep us: The LORD make his face shine upon us and be gracious unto us: The LORD lift up His countenance upon us, and give us peace."' ~ NUMBERS 6:24-26

"Prayer of Charity" Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility. "'"Let all your things be done with Charity."' ~ 1 CORINTHIANS 16:14

"Prayer of Thankfulness" I asked for strength that I might achieve; I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy; I was given poverty that I might be wise. I asked for power that I might have the praise of men; I was given weakness that I might feel the need of GOD. I asked for all things that I might enjoy life; I was given life that I might enjoy all things. I got nothing that I had asked for, but everything that I had hoped for. Almost despite myself my unspoken prayers were answered; I am, among all men, most richly blessed. Amen... "'that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my GOD, I will give you thanks forever."' ~ PSALM 30:12