That is beautiful and sooooo true. Thank you.
Lynn
>A Different Type of 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 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 just to those who are close to
>us but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judgment and quick to
>forgiveness and patience and empathy and love.
>
>AMEN
-- A new friend