Peace, Mercy and Prayer

Peace be with you.

Finding God brings peace.

Finding peace brings God?

I try to bring peace to my soul.

I wish to bring God to my soul.

Some days it's so easy.

Some days...

I wish to have peace.

The peace of the Lord be always with us.

Mercy.

Compassion shown.

Debts forgiven.

Charity.

Compassion...Why is it so easy sometimes, and so difficult at other times?

Have mercy upon us.

In mercy, we find God.

Where mercy is, God is.

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.

Lord have mercy.

I can have mercy, because God has mercy upon me.

Remind me, Lord, to give your mercy to others.

Help me to show mercy.

Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your unfailing love;

according to your great compassion

blot out my transgressions

Psalm 51:1

God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr


What a reminder!
Lord, help me be calm in your presence. Remind me to pray. Remind me to trust. Remind me that I am Yours, You are mine, and all will be well.  Thy will be done.