From:  David (DavidABrown)     Jan-25 8:54 am  
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Best Prayer I Have Heard In A Long  Time...


Heavenly Father, Help us  remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother  who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with  homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her  children.  

Help us to remember that the  pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is  a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final  exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next  semester.

Remind us, Lord, that the  scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really  ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our  worst nightmares 

Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through  the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment,  knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be  the last year that they go shopping together 

Heavenly Father, remind us  each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love.   It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear.  Open our  hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be  slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and  love.


Working for God on earth  doesn't pay much......but His retirement plan is out of this world  !




David A. Brown
Basic Christian: Forum
www.BasicChristian.org

 
