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Just received this today, " endurance " related, I
think we could all use this moment to reflect on what is really
important.
God Bless and happy trails.
Becky Hackworth
A new "serenity" prayer -
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 was 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 really 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 will have 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 just to those who are close to us but to all
of
humanity. Let us be slow to judgment and quick to forgiveness and
patience
and empathy and love.
Amen....
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