VERY NICE TOUCH ROBERTO! :)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
BREE!
--- rbhouston@aol.com wrote:
> I get things like this on a regular basis and hardly
> ever forward them, but
> this one touched me.
>
>
> A Different Kind 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 judge and quick to forgive.
>
> Bless us with patience,
> empathy and love.
>
> AMEN!
>
>
> Robert B. Houston
>
> Santa Teresa, NM
> '74 Midget
> '63 TR4
> '03 Beetle
>
> ... Deck us all with Boston Charlie, Walla Walla,
> Wash, and Kalamazoo.
> Nora's freezin on the trolley, swaller doller
> califlower, allagaroo!
>
> Pogo Possum
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