A Prayer For A Hectic Day

Good Morning Christian Peeps! This is and probably will be my longest peeps ever, but I thought it was worth sharing. Just when we think our day couldn't get any worse....it could! Remember and be in prayer for those less fortunate than we are..... maybe they don't know how to pray or how afffective prayer can be....


Be Blessed!




A PRAYER FOR A HECTIC DAY

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 judgment and quick

to forgiveness and patience and empathy and love. AMEN!

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 at times unbalanced. Thank you, Lord,

for the food we have. There are many who are hungry.

Even though the routine of my job often is monotonous,

Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to work. There are many who have no

job.

Even though I grumble my circumstances were not so modest. Thank you, Lord,

for life.