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Butterfly Blessings

Balboa Press

Contents

Introduction....................................................1How To Use This Book............................................2What Is Prayer?.................................................3Index...........................................................142A Beautiful World...............................................7Beauty of Earth.................................................9Bereavement.....................................................11Bless My Work...................................................12Bless the Military..............................................14Blessing Military Families......................................17Blessing Parents................................................18Bless the Union of Two..........................................20Body Image and the Miracle of Life..............................23Broken Relationships............................................24A Child's Prayer................................................27Compassion for the Animals......................................28A Couple's Love.................................................31Creating Prosperity.............................................33Each Child is Safe..............................................35The Essence of God..............................................37Evening Prayer..................................................39Facing the Unknown..............................................41Finding Employment..............................................42Finding My Passion..............................................45First Day of School.............................................46For the Love of Children........................................49Gathering in God's Light........................................51A Gift of Patience..............................................53God Calling a Loved One Home....................................55The Gift of Open Doors..........................................57God's Healing Caress............................................59God's Tapestry of Love..........................................61Harmony In My Life..............................................63A Heart Beats in Love...........................................65Help Me Find My Voice...........................................67I Am Accomplished...............................................69In Honor of My Husband..........................................70In Honor of My Wife.............................................72In Praise of You................................................75In Safe Keeping.................................................77Inner Beauty....................................................79Labyrinth of Roses..............................................80Lead Me Forward.................................................83Let Go and Let God..............................................85Love in Abundance...............................................87Loving Intent Through Words.....................................88Lovingly Binding Mothers & Daughters-in-law.....................91Make Us One.....................................................93May Love and Compassion Reign...................................95Moments of Sadness..............................................97Morning Prayer..................................................99A Mother's Love.................................................100My Heart's Treasures............................................103My Hopes and Fears..............................................105My Innate Potential.............................................107My Journey......................................................108Open Our Hearts.................................................111Open to God's Wisdom............................................113Peace...........................................................115A Perfect Soul Mate.............................................117Preserving the Rainforest.......................................119The Rainbow's End...............................................121Release Sorrow & Live in Joy....................................123Rightness in Our World..........................................125School Administration...........................................127Self Confidence.................................................128Self-Worth......................................................131A Soldier's Safe Return Home....................................133There Is Always Enough..........................................135Times of Grief..................................................137To Know You.....................................................139

Chapter One

Heavenly Father, I give thanks for a beautiful world in which we learn, grow, and become strong, a world in which we understand through our knowledge while growing through our hearts and know from within our spirits that all is in your hands.

We ask you to come forward and shine your peace, love, and joy upon us.

Bring about the expression that ends wars, where communion begins, so that truth may be spoken and honors may be kept.

Allow forgiveness to become the norm so that out of that forgiveness, hearts may shine brightly.

May we be given a symbol of everlasting love and truth, that from you to all, there will come peace.

With your loving blessings, Amen.

Reflections ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________

"My footprints on earth are the golden footprints of God's Light." Terrie Symons

Beauty of Earth

Heavenly Father, In the presence of Your Light and Love, I stand in gratitude for the world in which I live. This is a world in which survival is based on your vision and perfect balance.

The winds blow, the waters come creating purity and freshness, erosion takes place and the waters draw the excesses away, and the nutrients fill-in creating a perfect balance to support life.

I ask you to watch over this beautiful planet bringing her into balance so that all things find order and perfection, and humanity will live in strength, in balance and with love...