Prayers for timone #4

from C. Cattledge
"Dear timone, I am not surprised about your success. You are God's amazing gift. May he always Bless you and your family! Love, C."

I'm surprised by my successes. I'm surprised by what our amazing God has done/is doing in me/through me. I focused a great deal of my early life on what was wrong with me. I struggled to see God's amazing gift in me. In my early 30s I thought I was doomed to live a life of hellish unhappiness. Then I said "YES" to God and the transformation began. The long journey to this point has not been easy. I have NOT always welcomed what God was doing. I didn't readily get on the "bandwagon" of being conformed to Christ. No. I fought and discovered the futility of that fight. Living is SOOOOOOOO much better with God. Easier? Not always. More fulfilling? Filled with purpose? Yesssssss Indeed!!!

As you continue your journey toward Christ's Peace, don't fret. With Christ it's ALL Good.

Peacefulness

Prayers for timone #3

from C. Riley
"God our loving father and provider, I thank you for this awesome and most Holy woman Dr. timone. Lord I know that all things are possible through you and I ask you to continue to Bless her as she begins her new journey at Loyola as an assistant professor. Lord this great lady reflects justice, peace, love and hope for all that she encounters. May your Blessings continue to surround her and keep her attentive to your call. I love her as a friend and mentor. Amen."

God is so GOOD!! Sure there are things happening that challenge this belief. But I will not be moved. I have "come too far" and God has done so much that I can only sing God's praises!! As difficult as it can be to carry my cross, doing so is easier than living life without God.

Life in God is my way even as I stumble; even when I fall. Life in God is my way. Thank You LORD for the continuous call.

Peacefulness

Prayers for timone #2

Prayers for timone #1 introduces this series of reflections.

from T. Carter:
"God and Gracious God, Thank you for bringing Dr. Timone Davis into my life. Thank for the stretching poking and prodding you have prompted her to do to me. Through the gifts you have given her, she has made me a stronger person. Thank you God for the gift of Timone. In Jesus' Name. Amen."

Becoming our best selves. I take serious the role God has given me: to journey with people and move them along to their best selves. This isn't easy work as it often puts me in the position to say the hard things; to seek the hidden. Most of us want to move on from our place of complacency, heartache, confusion, chaos, boredom, etc. to a place of service to others. We just get stuck along the way. God has asked me to help people get out of the mud, muck, mire. God has asked that I work at moving people past their known to God's unknown. I said yes. T. Carter's prayer is a testament to that work: God's gifts.

I invite you to say yes to the gifts God has given you to serve others.

Peacefulness

Prayers for timone #1

On Saturday, 16 May 2015 the Tolton Community celebrated another successful academic year with the End-of-Year Celebration. The prayer service we had featured handwritten prayers from those in attendance for the honored people. I was one of those persons.

I have decided to share those prayers in my blog. Pray with me as I share these prayers.

from G. Spearman, class of 2004
"Blessings and Balance to you today and always. Congrats!"

This prayer invites me to remember that no matter how much I have to do because God is Blessing me, I must seek to have BALANCE. This prayer also calls to the work Orlando and I will be doing on our first book proposal.

Stay tuned as I read a different prayer and write about it here.

Peacefulness

Today?

I can feel the Holy Spirit moving me along.