You know exactly why I have been ill for so long. You know the illness that I have been struggling with for a long time now and that there is little that seems to be able to be done by the medical profession - but I believe that I am fearfully and wonderfully made and that You know every part of my body.
Grand Spirit Thank You for being with me through all the ups and downs of my life and for the many blessings that You have given me for which I praise and thank You. I can endure anything with You by my side.īack to top Healing For My Long Time Illness Help me appreciate that after the sorrow, joy is sweeter. Blur the sharp edges by reminding me that from bad comes good. They are like a spring that overflows with goodness. I give you all that I am, and rest in your peace. I will keep my eyes on you, and trust in you that I will fully recover. I choose to bathe in these clear waters each day. O Lord the oil of your healing flows through me like a living stream. Now may your hope and healing lead me quickly to a place of restoration. Living Lord, Your love has held me and kept me through this suffering.
Every moment holy full#
Restore me to full health in mind and body so that I may serve you the rest of my life. Let the warmth of your healing love pass through my body to make new any unhealthy areas so that my body will function the way you created it to function. Remove all inflammation and cleanse any infection. Open any blocked arteries or veins and rebuild any damaged areas. Cast out anything that should not be in me. Fill me with the healing power of your spirit. For if you created me from nothing, you can certainly recreate me.
I ask you now to touch me with that same power. Every breath I take, every morning I wake, and every moment of every hour, I live under your power. It is through your power that I was created. Gracious God, I call on you right now in a special way. Guide me towards better health, and give me the wisdom to identify those you've placed around me to help me get better. Give me the strength to move forward on the path you've laid out for me. You gave us life, and you also give us the gift of infinite joy. Hold my heart within yours, and renew my mind, body, and soul. O' Holy One I come before you today in need of your healing hand. restore strength to my body and joy to my spirit, so that in my renewed health, I may bless and serve you, now and forevermore. Holy Spirit, drive away from me all forms of sickness and disease. It is indeed a profound spiritual experience to know and feel myself so totally in God's hands. This is what I have wanted all my life from my youth.īut now there is a difference the initiative is entirely with God.
I have just received a copy of Volume II – Death, Grief, and Hope.More than ever I find myself in the hands of God. I was very disappointed when I finished the book, but I have no doubt that I will revisit it often. The second takeaway that I got from this book is a realization that every aspect of our lives can, or should be touched by God, and thus can be holy moments. It is a nice book to give as a gift.Īs I was reading through it the first time (and I limited myself to one per day), I found that I was eagerly anticipating the liturgical topic for the day and was rarely disappointed. The print edition is a keepsake, with a rigid leather-type cover with gold gilding on the edges of the pages and a bookmark. The book itself is available in print or in digital format. Each liturgy is accompanied by at least one scripture, written in the margins. They are flexible, allowing you to be so. However, the reader can adapt each one for his or her own use.
Others are for personal devotion time as individuals or families. They take various forms – some are intended to be read responsively in a group. The book is divided into several sections including Liturgies of Labor & Vocations, Liturgies of Creation & Recreation, Liturgies of Blessing & Celebration, Liturgies of Petition & Provision, Liturgies of Sorrow & Lament, Liturgies of the Moment, and Liturgies for Table Blessings. In a liturgy on “Changing of Diapers I” (Yes, there are two), McKelvey states “I am not just changing a diaper, by love and service I am tending a budding heart that, rooted early in such grace-filled devotion may one day be more readily-inclined to bow to your compassionate conviction – knowing itself then as both a receptacle and a reservoir of heavenly grace.” In my mind that takes a mundane task to a new level, a holy level.
Every moment holy series#
written by Douglas McKelvey and published by Andrew Peterson’s Rabbit Room Press, is a series of ligurgies that seeks to “remind us of the sacredness of all things, of the pervasive truth of the Gospel.” It takes events from everyday life and turns them into holy moments.
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