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\n <\/p>\n

Soft Eyes Blessing<\/h3>\n

\u201cAnd all the believers met together constantly,
\nand shared everything they had\u2026.\u201d<\/em> Acts 2:44<\/a><\/p>\n

 
\nmay the god who is community
\nbe with us as we seek to be a community<\/p>\n

may god bless our dreams
\nand may god shatter our dreams<\/p>\n

may god help us to be real
\nand to find depth in weakness and brokenness<\/p>\n

may god help us to face and grow through conflict
\nrather than pretend by being nice<\/p>\n

may we look at each other through soft eyes
\nand truly respect each other as human beings<\/p>\n

may god help us let go of control
\nand the need to fix one another<\/p>\n

may god help us discover we are needy in our own souls
\nand give attention to our own hearts<\/p>\n

may god grant us the gift of an extraordinary love
\nthat flows from the heart of god
\nthat covers a multitude of wrongs<\/p>\n

 
\n~ written by Anna<\/strong>, and posted on the freshworship.org<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n\n

Note: This blessing is also included in a prayer sheet<\/span> posted in 2017: Theme: Called into community<\/a>.
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Soft Eyes Blessing \u201cAnd all the believers met together constantly, and shared everything they had\u2026.\u201d Acts 2:44   may the god who is community be with us as we seek to be a community may god bless our dreams and may god shatter our dreams may god help us to be real and to … Continue reading “Soft eyes help”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61],"tags":[232],"class_list":["post-13769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blessing","tag-help"],"yoast_head":"\nSoft eyes help - 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John 1:16 (NLT) \u00a0 Let us then approach God\u2019s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. \u00a0 Hebrews 4:16 (NIVUK) \u00a0 More\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bible"","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/clouds_and_reflections.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/clouds_and_reflections.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/clouds_and_reflections.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/clouds_and_reflections.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Irene Bom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/irenebom-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/blessing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">blessing<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"  Soft Eyes Blessing \u201cAnd all the believers met together constantly, and shared everything they had\u2026.\u201d Acts 2:44   may the god who is community be with us as we seek to be a community may god bless our dreams and may god shatter our dreams may god help us to be real and to…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}