Make Time!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:13 am
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.
>
> 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.
>
