Free your minds, then, of encumbrances; control them, and put your trust in nothing but the grace that will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. Do not behave in the way that you liked to before you learned the truth, but make a habit of obedience. The Apostle Peter
Listen to our prayers, God our salvation: make us hold fast to the light and work for the truth. Just as you have made us children of light, so make us worthy to bear witness to you before all the world. In Jesus Name. Amen.
During a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”
The mother gave him a smile and a reassuring hug. “I can’t, dear,” she said. “I have to sleep with your daddy.”
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: “The big sissy.”