Blessed & Kept
By CertainDepth
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Blessed & KeptAug 16, 2022
Tuesday 8/16
We Loved Our Life... Now We Live in A Van
A written version of this essay is at CertainDepth.com.
You can follow us along on our journey on instagram @livinginjubilee
A Blessing for Retirement
Congratulations to my mother who retired after over 40 years as a nurse caring for pre-mature babies.
We're back!...sort of
There will be irregular blessings posted to this feed. Essays, found in written form at CertainDepth.com will be posted on Fridays every two weeks.
To follow our Sabbath year journey find us on instagram @livinginjubilee.
A blessing for travel
Friday 7/9
Thursday 7/8
Friday 7/2
May you know that all things are yours.
Thursday 7/1
May your rebukes carry a loving invitation.
Wednesday 6/30
May you offer a moment of reverence for the destruction of creation.
Tuesday 6/29
May the God of Heaven invade your personal space.
Monday 6/28
Friday 6/25
May you reclaim what is yours as Sabbath nears.
For Those Who are Sad Without Knowing Why.
Tuesday 6/22
May you find God in the stillness.
Tried a new format today so if the audio is off that is likely why.
Monday 6/21
May you take the opportunity to tell someone who they are in spite of what they do.
Thursday 6/9
May you receive grace for the pain you have caused others.
Wednesday 6/9
May you embrace the sting of goodbye.
Monday 6/7
May grace abound in your heart.
Thursday 6/3
May you believe we are all made in the image of God.
Tuesday 6/1
May curiosity guide your judgements of others.
A Prayer for Memorial Day
*originally broadcast on Veteran's Day.
A prayer for those who have made the ultimate sacrificed in the only war worth fighting—the war of restoring the world through grace and peace.
Thursday 5/27
May you receive everything you ever wanted.
Tuesday 5/26
May you trust the promise.
Monday 5/24
May you receive a vision of who you are becoming.
Friday 5/21
May you believe the prayer, your kingdom come, your will be done on Earth.
Thursday 5/20
May your day be filled with joy.
Tuesday 5/18
May you find the courage to live your dreams.
Friday 5/14
May you be counted as righteous.
Thursday 5/13
May your day be filled with joy.
Tuesday 5/11
May the righteousness of Christ clothe you.
Monday 5/10
May you boldly approach the throne of God.
Friday 5/7
May your cup overflow with blessings from God.
Wednesday 5/5
May you cry out to God from the depths.
Tuesday 5/4
May you tell someone who they are.
Monday 5/3
Friday 4/30
May you welcome the Sabbath.
How Long— A Lament for Mario Gonzalez
Mario Gonzalez.
Pinned to the ground by an officers knee until he suffocated in Alameda, CA. His crime? Loitering. His "violent resistance" as the police report stated? Him saying in a calm voice he didn't want to go.
Say his name.
Thursday 4/29
May you give yourself grace for all the ways you do not follow the difficult path of the beatitudes.
More at CertainDepth.com
Wednesday 4/28
Tuesday 4/27
Monday 4/26
How Long— A Lament for Those Killed by Police
Isaiah Brown.
Shot multiple times at close range by police in Virginia. The officer thought his phone was a gun.
Say his name.
***Isaiah Brown has not died of his injuries and hopefully will not. But his life is forever altered because of this incident.
Friday 4/23
Thursday 4/22
Wednesday 4/21
How Long— A Lament for Those Killed by Police
How can we be here so soon?
Makiah Bryant.
Say her name.
Tuesday 4/20
Monday 4/19
How Long— A Lament for Those Killed by Police
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Daunte Wright
Adam Toledo
May I never need this episode again.
Written version at CertainDepth.com