A Prayer for Emotional Healing

I came across this prayer when I experienced a bend on our road. These were the times when I felt completely helpless, times when the pain was too much to contain.

PRAYER FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING

Loving Father,

I come before You with faith

in Your promise

that whatever I ask for in Your name

You will grant to me if it is for the good

of my soul and in accordance

with Your Divine Will.

I come trusting in Your great love for me

and believing that only You

know what is best for me.

I come to You now to ask

that You enter my heart

and heal all my wounded emotions.

You know me better than I know myself.

Bring Your healing love

into every corner of my heart

and release all the buried

negative emotions inside

that have not been resolved

and continue to cause

me pain and anguish.

Remove all unhealed hurts

and painful memories

that block the flow of Your graces,

robbing me of Your peace, love and joy.

Heal all feelings of sadness, loneliness,

fear and anxiety.

Heal all guilt, despair,

feelings of betrayal and rejection.

Heal all feelings of anger, hatred,

resentment and bitterness.

Bring Your healing love to all my emotions

that have caused me feelings

of hopelessness, discouragement,

helplessness and despair.

Grant me the grace to forgive all those

who caused these negative

emotions and likewise to be forgiven

by those to whom I have done the same harm.

O Lord, give me a repentant heart,

forgive me for my sins

and failures, and be merciful to me.

Help me to realize the blessings

that resulted from each painful experience

and how this has led me closer to You.

As You release from me

all these painful emotions,

fill all empty spaces

with Your love, Your peace, Your joy

and the powerful presence

of Your Holy Spirit.

After I have been healed,

may my life be a witness

to Your power and glory

and may I reach out to others, too.

All these I pray in Jesus’ name

through Mary and all the angels

and saints.

Amen.

Why Should I Assign Seating for Wedding Receptions

Assigning seats for the wedding reception is one of the most tedious task for an OC bride but it pays to spend some sleepless nights over an organized wedding reception.

Sharing some hints on seating arrangement fromPerfect Table Plan

Unassigned seating sounds great in theory and it is certainly one less chore for the organizer. Unfortunately it rarely works out so well in practice.

• There may be an unseemly rush for the ‘good’ seats.
• It will take a lot longer to get guests seated. They may still be milling around while the food is being served.
• Your beautiful decor will be spoilt by people leaving their coats on chairs to reserve them.
• The last few guests end up walking around looking for seats, a bit like the unpopular kid at school lunch.
• Couples can get split up. It is not unknown for guests to end up eating outside the venue because they couldn’t get a seat together at a table.
• Elderly relatives may end up seated where they can’t see or hear anything.
• If people turn up uninvited (common in some cultures) they may take seats intended for your invited guests.

Home Is Where The Heart Is

I'm back.

I have been emotionally detached for quite some time since it happened.

Actually we were at the airport and almost had the chance to leave...hubby's visa had problems and as a wife, I will not push through if my husband has to be left behind...that was the reason.

If everything will be fixed and we can leave together,it would be a welcome development.Quitting from our jobs for a plan that did not push through was not easy to swallow.It was tough and it was never easy but WE dealt with it so I hope people who would be reading this will understand.

Keeping it for a while was never intentional, we just took our time to understand and process what had happened or why it happened.We needed time to heal and rebuild.It was a bend on our road for reasons only God knows.

In the mean time, here is where I belong.

To my Magellan, dont worry I temporarily used the purple luggage you gave and I miss you all. 

To my 4th year batch, remember what I have been telling you- there is no looking back, only moving forward? I am doing just that and misses you just as equally.

To my friends Ms. Lisville, Ms. Merlie, Mr. Robert and Ms. Wilma thank you for being there...Ipe,as always thank you for listening!

We are just so happy to have been through it TOGETHER and thankful for our respective families who never abandoned us and humbled by the graces of God with our new jobs!