Resting Place

Scripture:Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.
Psalm 46:10

Words of Inspiration:Let me love you... God.

Prayer:Lord, thank you for being a refuge and stength for Beth as she journeyed in Sudan and Uganda. Now that she is in Amsterdam, a stopping point between Africa and North America, may you create time and space for her to be still and know.
Amen.

Inscribed

Scripture:But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me." Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
Isaiah 49:14-6

Words of Inspiration:God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
C.S. Lewis

Prayer:Lord, love is inscribed in the palm of your hand by which all creation is held. Continue to mold, shape, and mind us together. May the comfort of your hand bring healing to the wounded soul.
Amen.

Quenched

Scripture:Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life."
John 4:13-14

Words of Inspiration:Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.
Mother Teresa

Prayer:Beautiful Savior, may Beth continue to be a hand that points to the well that never runs dry.
Amen

Clearest Image

Scripture:He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers-all things have been created through him for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:15-17

Words of Inspiration:Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.- Matthew 5:6

Prayer:Christ, in you we see God's clearest intentions for creation. May you continue to be the guiding presence along Beth's journey in Gulu. May she see you, share you and experience you in the relationships she enters into.
Amen.

Light

Scripture:This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5

Words of Inspiration:
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Prayer:God, may the light that radiates from your love and grace guide the steps, words and heart of Beth as she cares fro your children who have known great pain.
Amen.

Prepare

Scripture: He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."
Luke 3:3-4

Words of Inspiration:We will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize that ends are not cut off from means, because the means represent the ideal in the making, and the end in process, and ultimately you can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Prayer: God of love, mercy and justice, you have called us to prepare a way for the Lord. May Beth and her team be a voice crying out love, mercy and justice in the wilderness moments you lead them into.
Amen.

Praise

Scripture:Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
Psalm 146

Words of Inspiration:To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.
Chinese Proverb

Prayer: Lord, we praise you. We praise you for the love you so freely give. We praise you for carrying Beth along the journey in Sudan. We look forward to your witnessing your unfolding mercy as he travels to Gulu tomorrow.
Amen.