[Sca-cooks] New Year's Prayer

[Elaine Koogler]

Lawrence Bayne wrote:

>This came to me from another list that I am on. It is
>sadly poignant.
>
>
>Heavenly Father/Mother, Help us remember that the jerk
>whocut 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 work, do the laundry and spend
>a fewprecious 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/Lady, that the scary looking bum,
>beggingfor 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..
>
>Dear Father/Mother, 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.
> Thank You
>  
>
Thank you for sharing this with us.  Yes, we all need to stop and think 
about the world around us and those with whom we share it.  Maybe this 
would be the best of New Year's resolutions!

Kiri