Bedside Prayers : Prayers and Poems for When You Rise and Go to Sleep

by Cotner, June

• ISBN13: 9780060933197
• ISBN10: 0060933194
• Edition: Large
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Harper San Francisco

Summary

A delightful little nightstand companion to make prayer a natural part of every day. Greet the day with a celebration of sunrise--and close it with deep appreciation for life's daily gifts and lessons. Here in one charming volume -- compiled by the author of the popular gift book Graces -- you'll find an uplifting collection of readings, prayers, and poems arranged in specific sections to make the joys of prayer a simple, natural part of each day. Special prayers bring motivation to Morning, and lullabies and musing help us focus on the peace of Nightfall. Other readings offer Inspiration or Comfort, or guide us gently through private Reflections. Bedside Prayers is a lovely little gift book for anyone who would like to make the enjoyment of daily prayer as constant as the rising and setting of the sun.

Table of Contents

Thanks	p. xv
A Letter to Readers	p. xxi
Inspiration
In All Endeavors	p. 2
These Are the Gifts I Ask	p. 3
The Candle	p. 4
Illumination	p. 5
The Gift	p. 6
Let Me Be a Light	p. 7
These I Wish	p. 8
Give Me a Kind Heart	p. 9
Poet's Prayer	p. 10
Please Help Me Wash My Days	p. 11
Heart of My Heart	p. 12
To Be Still	p. 13
Success	p. 14
Wings	p. 15
Hold Fast Your Dreams	p. 16
The Voice Within	p. 17
The Inner Flame	p. 18
Making Life Worthwhile	p. 19
Alive	p. 20
Do All the Good You Can	p. 21
Comfort
Daily Prayer	p. 24
Heaven, Blow Through Me	p. 25
Trifle	p. 26
Hope	p. 27
The Comforter	p. 28
The Test	p. 29
The Thing Is	p. 30
Somehow	p. 31
Cheer Up, My Soul!	p. 32
Enclosed in Wonder	p. 33
Trust Him	p. 34
Who You Are	p. 35
Psalm of Tranquility	p. 36
Perspective	p. 37
A Love That Never Fails	p. 38
A Private Place	p. 39
Life's Lessons	p. 40
Serenity Prayer	p. 41
Lord of Life	p. 42
Voice in My Silence	p. 44
Our Ride Among the Stars	p. 45
Whatever Is--Is Best	p. 46
River and Sky	p. 48
The Ship of Life	p. 49
Lord, Help Me	p. 50
A Prayer for True Understanding	p. 51
The Land of Eternal Love	p. 52
The Grace of God	p. 54
Reflections
Whispers at the Altar	p. 56
I Live My Life in Widening Circles	p. 57
Am I So Vain to Think These Thoughts Are Mine?	p. 58
Epiphany	p. 59
Things I Need to Know	p. 60
You See, I Want a Lot	p. 61
Soul-Home	p. 62
Not a Spoon, a Key	p. 63
Life Is Love and Love Is Living	p. 64
Most Richly Blessed	p. 65
What Was His Creed?	p. 66
A Midnight Conversation with God	p. 67
A Miracle	p. 68
Things That Skew and Cant, Have Yet Their Music in the Stars	p. 69
The Beginning of a Beginning	p. 71
This Is Our Lord's World	p. 72
A Better Me	p. 73
Silence	p. 74
A Proverb	p. 75
Kindness	p. 76
Testament	p. 77
Leisure	p. 78
My Symphony	p. 79
Our Foundation	p. 80
Inheritance	p. 81
Beatitudes for Friends of the Aged	p. 82
The Compliment	p. 84
Earth Mother	p. 85
Time	p. 87
Nightfall
Dreams	p. 90
Preparation for Prayer	p. 91
Count That Day Lost	p. 92
That I Might Hear	p. 93
Paradigm for Prayer	p. 94
Last Night, Tonight	p. 95
Starry Field	p. 96
Relativity	p. 97
Renewal	p. 98
Let Sleep Come	p. 99
Blessed with Simplicity	p. 100
On Going to Bed	p. 101
Twilight	p. 102
After the Turbulence of the Day	p. 103
Welcome Silence	p. 105
In Closing	p. 106
In Silence	p. 107
Evening Prayer	p. 108
A Parent's Prayer	p. 109
A Mother's Bedtime Prayer	p. 110
Priorities	p. 111
A Petition for the Sleepless	p. 112
A Nighttime Blessing	p. 113
Couple	p. 114
Single	p. 115
Surrender to the Unknown	p. 116
The Roaring Waterfall	p. 117
A Summer Night's Prayer	p. 118
Star Wish	p. 120
Place Me in a Rocketship	p. 121
Please Give Me a Night	p. 122
Night	p. 124
The Night Sky	p. 125
Lullaby of Promise	p. 126
Evening's Promise	p. 127
Morning
Sonnet to Morning	p. 130
Give My Soul a Heavenly Hush	p. 131
A Lebanese Prayer	p. 132
The Nun's Twenty-third Psalm	p. 133
One Time, I Entered Heaven	p. 134
Morning Prayer	p. 136
Looking Out the Hospital Window	p. 137
Living Pages	p. 138
With Clearer Eye	p. 139
A Morning Meditation	p. 141
Morning Silence	p. 142
Sunrise in Your Heart	p. 143
Autograph	p. 144
Let Your Light Dawn in Our Minds	p. 145
Miracle of the Light	p. 146
Morning Rush	p. 147
Morning Song	p. 148
A Prayer for Permeability	p. 149
A Prayer at Dawn	p. 150
Always Near	p. 151
Index of Authors	p. 155
Permissions and Acknowledgments	p. 159
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