Blessed are You Adonai Eloheinu for You are with us in our journeying and in our resting. You are to be found in our homes, in our daily lives and in our hearts. You are our hope and our strength; You lay us down besides in green pastures and lead us beside the still waters. Blessed are You Adonai, our King Most High. Adonai, make Yourself known to us in our churches and through the Scriptures. May we know You in the breaking of the bread, in the break of each day and when our hearts are breaking. Open our eyes and help us to see that You travel with us on the road of life and You never leave or forsake us. Fill us with Your Spirit and anoint our heads with Your oil, that we may proclaim the Good News and tell others of Your love. Adonai, we pray for all who are suffering because of their faith in You, those who live in fear and those whose lives are restricted. We pray for all travellers and those who provide transport. We ask Your blessing upon those who feel they are going into the dark and to the end of live. We pray for political prisoners and the work of Amnesty International. We pray for those who are captive to doubt, fear and sin. Adonai, may we be at home with You in our homes and when our hearts are burn within us, may we know that You are near. Help us to know that You are with us in all our dealings with others. We pray for those who feel rejected, who are lonely and those who feel they are missing out on live. We pray for all who lost vision and hope and for all who are struggling with life. Adonai, we pray for the broken-hearted, those suffering from broken relationships, all who are broken by illness or trouble and all those who cannot longer cope on their own. May they know You in their breaking for You alone can make us whole. We pray for all who we come in contact with every day and may all know that in You we are born anew. We pray and ask all this in the Name of our Saviour, Yeshua Moshiach, amein.

When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.
Genesis 32:25

The hip or thigh (Hebrew: yarek) is connected to the making and breaking of covenants (Genesis 24:2-9, 47:29; Numbers 5:27) and the making and breaking of pride (Judges 15:8, Psalm 45:3, Jeremiah 31:19)

Perhaps the wounding of Jacob's hip was the end of his pride and the start of his real power in Abraham's covenant with God.

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A mother wanted to ensure her kindergarten son was making it safely walking himself to school. He didn't want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but know that he was safe.

So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she would please follow him to school in the mornings, staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her. She said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed.

The next school day, the neighbor and her little girl set out following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor girl he knew. She did this for the whole week.

As the two kids walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Timmy's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day all week. Finally she said to Timmy, 'Have you noticed that lady following us to school all week... Do you know her'

Timmy nonchalantly replied, 'Yeah, I know who she is.'

The little girl said, 'Well, who is she'

'That's Shirley Goodnest, 'Timmy replied, 'and her daughter Marcy.'

'Shirley Goodnest...! Who is she and why is she following us..'

'Well,' Timmy explained, 'every night with my Mum we pray the 23rd Psalm. And in the Psalm, it says, ' Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the days of my life', so I guess I'll just have to get used to it.'

Shirley Goodnest and Marcy be with you today and all ways.