Dear Heavenly Father.

[Dixiefireball]

I am personally going to try to work on this.


> Best prayer I've read 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.
AMEN! angel

this was sent to me by email from a friend of mine and it really means alot i thought ya'll might enjoy it! kissing grouphug

[Teri]

Thanks for those kind reminders.......
a character defect that I am reminded of daily is passing judgement and this is DEFINATELY a charater flaw that I pray to have removed. kissing

[MakinIT]

Those are great thoughts....I had a very similar experience today trying to get out of the parking garage at the hospital after my PT appointment. There was a woman driving in front of me, one of those ladies where all you could see were some knuckles on the steering wheel and the top of a head with "sunday church goin' hat" . She went down 10 levels at 5 miles an hour constantly stepping on her brake. I was somewhat frustrated. That prayer made an impression on me. She prob couldn't see very well....even as I recognized that, I couldn't help but mutter about why she was even still driving. (What was funny was she didn't stop at stop signs but did everywhere else!!)

Tracey

[Dixiefireball]

i know that feeling all to well we are all guity of this. i get so mad when i'm trying to get somewhere on time or if i'm hurting and sick trying to get back home and i get behind someone who dont know how to drive or just site seening. ggggrrrrrrr. I thought the prayer that my friend sent me was sweet and gave me something to think about.
today in the gerocery store there was people every where because they are calling for snow tonight our area they are calling from 5-8 in now. i still hope it misses us. but my nerves has been bad lately really bad family problems and me hurting and people in there was blocking the lines and sitting there talking and it took all i could not to say get the blink blink cussing out of my way all i was in there for was some tolit tissue dish washing soap and cat dog and rabbit food. i wasnt in there to shop for the snow. for good heavens get out of my way. i was so ill and my daughter went in with me and got one of those buggys that sound like it needed some w d 40 on it you could here that buggy coming from four asile back. what a bad day to be in the store. when they call for snow around here its like people think they are going to be snowed in for mths. and when we got to the check out even that was awful also people writeing checks for one item when they could have gave it to the clerk and she could have ran it threw the reg and all they had to do was sign the thing. or they would use the check card and after she told them how much it was one man said oh i forgot can you give me some cash too so he had to buy another item and i had to wait for him to get gum so she could give him cash back me standing there hurting so badly all i wanted to do was cuss cussing after i got out of the store i had to find the car because there was no parking places when we went in so my husband had to drive around until he could find a place people running in there like a race track with people walking every where it was dangerous. i was so thankful to get home to my heating pad and pain pills. and thankful to get out of there.
but after i read that email it made me think how awful i have been i sit down and prayed for God to forgive me. grouphug

[Jessica in Arkansas]

WOW THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, REALLY MAKES ONE THINK!
I PRAY EVERY DAY FOR PATIENCE AND SLOWLY AM LEARNING IT, BUT BOY DO I HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, I PRINTED THIS OFF SO I CAN LOOK AT IT ON MY "SELFISH" DAYS 1
THANKS RHONDA!
MUCH LOVE
JESSICAINARKANSAS

[SheriG]

Rhonda,
That was a real thought provoking poem. Thanks for sending it. A nice thing for me to think of, especially at Lent. Thanks again! grouphug Sheri

[Amber O.]

Thank you very much for posting that. I sure needed it today.If I strted my day off w/ that prayer every day I bet I would have alot more good days than bad.
Amber

[Iris]

Hi Rhonda, thanks for posting. It really makes you stop and think about what is happening to other people, and their lives. Thanks for making us stop and think, love and hugs Iris. grouphug hi

[tillysav]

Thanks Rhonda angel

[Zanni2]

Wow, what an awesome prayer! A wonderful lesson about patience, something I'm always working on!

Zanni2 angel

[felineperson3]

Rhonda,
Such a thought provoking prayer and so appropriate for the "hectic" time in which we live. Living in such frenzy with-- too much to do in too little of time-- we do tend to forget others that are in our way and at times seemingly a hindrance to us are often dealing with problems greater than ours. Thanks for the reminder. Prayer & love are the two greatest attributes that I could desire. Those two alone would solve any other problems that could arise.
Thanks again grouphug