“Tucker was my safe place for three years, my secure dock in a sea of indecision as I dealt with my father's illness and death. And now I had to sink or swim. It was time to let go...and move on. Slowly, I pushed off from the dock that was Tucker Montgomery and prepared to swim...praying I wouldn't drown.” YearsMovingThreeFatherSeaPrayingSafeLetting GoPreparedIllnessSecureSwimThree YearsIndecisionSafe PlacesLetting Go And Moving OnDocksMontgomerySink Or SwimTime To Let GoIllness And Death Author:Melissa Brown
“I would never use God to promote foreign policy decisions. I recognize that in the eyes of an almighty, I am a lowly sinner, and I ask for strength and wisdom and I pray for calmness when the seas are storming, and I pray for others.” UseEyeAsksDecisionSeaPolicyPrayingSinnerForeign PolicyAlmightyCalmnessI PrayStrength And Wisdom Author:George W. Bush
“Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time!” TwoMomentsPresidentPrayerSeaPrayingRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingSeclusion Author:Herbert Hoover
“Solitude delighteth well to feed on many thoughts; There as thou sittest peaceful, communing with fancy, The precious poetry of life shall gild its leaden cares; There, as thou walkest by the sea beneath the gentle stars, Many kindling seeds of good will sprout within thy soul; Thou shalt weep in Solitude,--thou shalt pray in Solitude. Thou shalt sing for joy of heart, and praise the grace of Solitude.” WellsHeartSoulCareJoyStarsGraceSeaPrayingSolitudePraiseSeedsPeacefulGentleFancyGood WillSproutsKindling Author:Martin Farquhar Tupper
“I see thou art implacable, more deaf To pray'rs than winds and seas. Yet winds to seas Are reconcil'd at length, and sea to shore: Thy anger, unappeasable, still rages Eternal tempest never to be calm'd.” ArtStillsHateSeaWindPrayingEternalCalmRageLengthShoreDeafTempest Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton
“When the last sea is sailed and last shallow charted, When the last field is reaped and the last harvest stored, When the last fire is out and the last guest departed Grant the last prayer that I pray, Be good to me, O Lord.” LastsDeathPrayerLordFireSeaFieldsPrayingBe GoodGrantsGuestsShallowHarvestI PrayDeparted Book:The Poems and Plays of John Masefield: Poems Source: The Poems and Plays of John Masefield: Poems
“Behold your little ones. Pray with them. Pray for them and bless them. The world into which they are moving is a complex and difficult world. They will run into heavy seas of adversity. They will need all the strength and all the faith you can give them while they are yet near you. While they are young, pray with them that they may come to know that source of strength which shall then always be taught of the Lord' and great shall be the peace of thy children.” KnowsWorldNeedsGivingMayChildrenLittlesRunningMovingYoungDifficultLordSeaTaughtSourcePrayingAdversityComplexesHeavyBlessSource Of Strength Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“Meekness is an unchanging state of mind, which both in honor and dishonor remains the same. Meekness consists in praying sincerely and undisturbedly in the face of afflictions from one's neighbor. Meekness is a cliff rising from the sea of irritability, against which all the that waves that strive against it break, but which is itself never broken.” InspirationalMindStatesChristianFacesReligiousBreakSeaBrokenPrayingHonorRemainsStriveWaveNeighborRisingOrthodoxState Of MindAfflictionSincerelyCliffsMeeknessUnchangingDishonor Author:John Climacus
“God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be pleased to save us to the end. But we must do our part.” YearsMayHas BeensWarEndsSeaPraying Author:Eamon de Valera