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You Just Don't Know
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 dishes 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.
Find a piece of serenity and the warmth of God's touch. And
give HIM the thanks He deserves.
Just check on all the blessings He has given me. (us)
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1Peter 3:8
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having
compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion
toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to
teach them many things.
Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people,
but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.
Have a blessed
day!
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