Here's another fun forward from our friend Brie! Sooooo cute......


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 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 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.

The will of God will never take you where the grace of God cannot protect you.

Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people will

ever read. His love is always with you, His promises are true, And when

we give Him all our cares, You know He will see us through.

Stop looking at what you don't have. And be thankful for what you do have.

AMEN!!!!