Praise Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/category/praise/ Discovering Delight & Dwelling in Our Days Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:30:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/adelightfulglow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-1-of-1-4.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Praise Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/category/praise/ 32 32 26348127 A Collection of Liturgies of the Little Things https://adelightfulglow.com/a-collection-of-liturgies-of-the-little-things/ https://adelightfulglow.com/a-collection-of-liturgies-of-the-little-things/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 08:26:00 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49211 Muted Autumn Muted autumn.It speaks of the beauty of cycles and seasons, rhythms and rest, glory and goodness.It sounds of cadence and crunch, drifting leaves and dried seed pods,honking geese and crackling hearthfires.Muted Autumn.An embrace, an exhale,A metastasis, a muse,A quietude.Muted Autumn.A welcome home. Beauty Bursts Beauty bursts.In obvious places, like flower bloomsAnd arranged bouquets,But [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/a-collection-of-liturgies-of-the-little-things/feed/ 0 49211 There Is Always Someone To Pray For https://adelightfulglow.com/there-is-always-someone-to-pray-for/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 23:22:24 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=48060 There is always someone to pray for. Some days it’s your neighbor grieving her spouse.Other days it’s your son moving across several states.Your friend in the country above yours, sick with a stomach bug.Prayers for teachers in classrooms.Orphans who need homes and arms to hug them.Refugees resettling in your neighboring city.Politicians weighing decisions.Rejoicing as you [...]

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]]> 48060 Emmanuel God With Us https://adelightfulglow.com/emmanuel-god-with-us/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:24:00 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=47895 Emmanuel • God With Us. Every era.Every kingdom.Every nation.Every nationality.Every person created in His very image.Every size and shape and age.Every skin color.For mighty. For meek. For the strong and the weak.For the questioning.For the doubter.For those waiting longingly for His appearance.For shepherds. For Pharisees.For women. For children.For friends and friendless. Enemies and strangers.For the [...]

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]]> 47895 When Hope Is Long In Coming https://adelightfulglow.com/when-hope-is-long-in-coming/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 23:11:33 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=47292 There’s a beautiful batch of snowflakes filtering down outside my window this afternoon. They make me unabashedly happy. Big, glorious flakes of snow aren’t entirely common for my part of Kansas. It’s a bit like living in a snowglobe. The snow spells out Christmas, Advent, and cozy all swirled together. As I’m contemplating hope during [...]

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]]> 47292 Hope Everlasting https://adelightfulglow.com/hope-everlasting/ https://adelightfulglow.com/hope-everlasting/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:59:59 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=47286 A tear trickled down her cheek, past her nose, leaving a wet streak from tear duct to chin. The heaviness had been hovering, edging nearer until it draped around her like a dark suffocating blanket. Loneliness mocked and voices of inadequacy sniveled in derisive, biting anger. She shivered despite the stifling weight flung around her [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/hope-everlasting/feed/ 3 47286 Christmas Under the Stars and Behold by Lauren Daigle https://adelightfulglow.com/christmas-under-the-stars-and-behold-by-lauren-daigle/ https://adelightfulglow.com/christmas-under-the-stars-and-behold-by-lauren-daigle/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:33:52 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=47274 As November ends and December turns up on our calendars, I’m anticipating the Christmas season and HOPE! Hope is my focus word for this Advent season. Christmas and Jesus, the baby in the manger, is hope come to earth. What a gift! I have a playlist mix of Christmas songs and hymns on my iPod. [...]

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