Domestic Violence Awareness!!!!

SPREAD AWARENESS. Today is the last day of October, which is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but it does not have to end there. Please see my list of helpful links and videos on the side bar and pass on this information or just educate yourself. 1 in 4 women have experienced some form of Domestic Violence in their lifetime. It is very likely that someone you know is one of those women! It is not something that affects only the uneducated or the poor or any marginalized group. Don't look the other way. I am grateful that I got support when I needed it to get out of my situation and I wouldn't be here today without people who cared enough to help me take a stand.

Love!
Be strong.
Be free.
Hannah Bee

Prayer for my Daughter

I have found such power in prayer over the last couple years, so much so that I have not a single doubt remaining that God hears us, and loves us, and wants the best for us. Experiencing all that I have, and knowing all that we are up against, I have been compelled to pray daily and unceasingly with a purpose for my daughter's life, future and well being. I am so grateful and honored to know that so many others have been praying for us too and have seen those prayers at work. Tonight I reread a passage in Scripture where Paul was praying for the church in Colosse. In it is everything that I could ever want for my child or anyone I loved, so I adapted it to pray over her directly. I hope that you all will help to pray this prayer with me and pray it over your own children and loved ones in your life as well.

"Oh Lord, we pray unceasingly for my precious little child, 

that she may be filled with the knowledge of Your will 

in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 

so as to walk in a manner worthy of You Lord,

 fully pleasing to you, 

bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 

May she be strengthened with all power, 

according to Your glorious might, 

for all endurance and patience with joy, 

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified her to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 

For He has delivered us from the domain of darkness 

and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son."   

~adapted from Colossians 1:9-13~

Peace be with you,
Hannah Bee

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul...

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; 

in you I trust, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame,
   nor let my enemies triumph over me. 

No one whose hope is in you
   will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
   who are treacherous without cause.

Show me your ways, O Lord,
   teach me your paths. 

Guide me in your truth and teach me,
   for you are God my Savior,
   and my hope is in you all day long. 

Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love,
   for they are from of old. 

Do not remember the sins of my youth
   and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
   for you, O Lord, are good.

Good and upright is the Lord;
   therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

He guides the humble in what is right
   and teaches them his way.

All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful
   toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.  

For the sake of your name, O Lord,
   forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?
   He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.

They will spend their days in prosperity,
   and their descendants will inherit the land.

The Lord confides in those who fear(deeply respect) him;
   he makes his covenant known to them.

My eyes are ever on the Lord,
   for only he will release my feet from the snare.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
   for I am lonely and afflicted.

Relieve the troubles of my heart
   and free me from my anguish.

Look on my affliction and my distress
   and take away all my sins.

See how numerous are my enemies
   and how fiercely they hate me!

Guard my life and rescue me;
   do not let me be put to shame,
   for I take refuge in you.

May integrity and uprightness protect me,
   because my hope, O Lord, is in you. 

                             

~Psalm 25~

Superbowl Inspirations....

Happy Superbowl Sunday! Although I am not a huge football fan, I got the privilege of listening to a speech today at church given by Tony Dungy, who is the first African-American coach in NFL to win the Superbowl. He's had many other accomplishments, but the most amazing thing about him is his inspirational life. He gave a Superbowl Breakfast speech a few years ago talking about his kids, pain, lessons he's learned in life, and the one person that has changed it. Here's a link to that speech. It truly inspired me and encouraged me as I go through my own suffering and trials. I hope it does for you as well!

Hannah Bee