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Say Thanks
Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings, thank
you, Lord, that I can hear. There are many who are deaf.
Even though I keep my eyes closed against the morning light as long as
possible, thank you, Lord, that I can see. Many are blind.
Even though I huddle in my bed and put off rising, thank you, Lord, that
I have the strength to rise. There are many who are bedridden.
Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks are lost,
toast is burned and tempers are short, my children are so loud, thank
you, Lord, for my family. There are many who are lonely.
Even though our breakfast table never looks like the pictures in
magazines and the menu is most times unbalanced, thank you,
Lord, for the food we have. There are many who are hungry.
Even though the routine of my job is often monotonous, thank you, Lord,
for the opportunity to work. There are many who have no job.
Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day and wish my
circumstances were not so modest, thank you, Lord, for life.
If we can pass this on to most people we know,
it might help a bit to make this world a better place to live in, right?
You are right Dan my dear friend and thanks to you for sending it .
Prayer of St.
Francis Of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace
where there is hatred, let me sow love
where there is injury, pardon
where there is doubt, faith
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is pardoning that we are pardoned,
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
The Difference
I got up early one morning
And rushed right into the day.
I had so much to accomplish
That I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about me,
And heavier came each task,
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.
He answered, "You didn't ask."
I wanted to see joy and beauty,
But the day toiled on, gray and bleak
I wondered why God didn't show me,
He said, "But you didn't seek."
I tried to come into God's presence
I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
"My child, you didn't knock."
I woke up early this morning, and
Paused before entering the day
I had so much to accomplish
That I had to take time to pray.
A Mother's Prayer
Lord, I need your help today.
I want to care for those you've sent into my life,
To help them grow in body, mind, and spirit,
To help them develop the special gifts you've given them.
But I also want to free them
To follow their own paths
And bring their loving wisdom
To the world.
Help me to embrace them without clutching,
To support them without suffocating,
To correct them without crushing.
And help me to live joyfully and playfully
Myself so they can see your life in me
And find their way to you.
Unanswered Prayers
Just the other night at a hometown football game
My wife and I ran into my old high school flame
And as I introduced them the past came back to me
And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be.
She was the one that I'd wanted for all times
And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again.
Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he doesn't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me
In her eyes too it seemed.
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all.
And as she walked away and I looked at my wife
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life.
Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he doesn't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
~Pat Alger, Larry B. Bastain, Garth Brooks~
"O Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds,
I come to you as one of your many children.
I need your strength and your wisdom.
Make me strong not to be superior to my brother,
but to be able to fight my greatest enemy..Myself."
Lord, help me to remember that nothing
is going to happen to me today that
You and I together can't handle.
A Prayer from the Heart
Please let me keep the innocence
of a child...I once was.
Help me feel the joy of new knowledge.
Give me the ability to believe in miracles
and fairies too...
Help me find a pure soul and a loving heart in me.
Let me be a child
For a few minutes every day.
