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Pueblo blessing, Prayer for bravery, Max Lucado, Book of 2 Corinthians, Book of Revelation
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Hold on to what is good

Even if it is a handful of earth

Hold on to what you believe

Even if it is a tree that stands out by itself

Hold on to what you must do

Even if it is a long way from here

Hold on to life

Even if it is easier to let go

Hold on to my hand

Even if I have gone away from you.


Pueblo blessing

Source: "Prayer,"
by Richard W. Chilson
Sorin Books, 2006


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God, make me brave for life;
oh, braver than this.
Let me straighten after pain,
as a tree straightens after the rain,
Shining and lovely again.
God, make me brave for life;
much braver than this.
As the blown grass lifts, let me rise
From sorrow with quiet eyes.
Knowing Thy way is wise.
God, make me brave; life brings
Such blinding things.
Help me to keep my sight;
Help me to see aright
That out of dark comes light.


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The vessel of faith journeys on soft waters.
Belief rides on the wings of waiting.


Excerpted from "Tough Times,"
by Max Lucado
W Publishing Group,2006

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Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our
outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed
day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing
for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as
we look not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for what
is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.


2 Corinthians 4:16-18
New American Bible