mphsfan
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a prayer to make you think before you react
This made me stop and think. Sometimes we just don't know someone's situation and are fast to jump to conclusions and lose our temper or become aggravated too easily!
Quote: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 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 bl ocking 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.
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GermantownTiger
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RE: a prayer to make you think before you react
Nice prayer...thanks for sharing the perspective. 
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missjtiger
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RE: a prayer to make you think before you react
amen
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MemphisTigerPawr
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RE: a prayer to make you think before you react
Good stuff...Thanks..
John 13:35 "By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."
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Bill83
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RE: a prayer to make you think before you react
Thanks!
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a prayer to make you think before you react
