Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Dear God,

How can we ask for peace and joy for ourselves and our families without asking for all the world?  How can we live life just for ourselves isolating ourselves from the rest of the peoples?

So often our prayers are just for ourselves, for me and mine.  But don't we know every person is a brother, a sister?  We don't own a separate part of the world just for our own pleasure.  We are tied together because you have created us as family.

When I am tempted to focus on my own, you bring the rest of the world into my front room and I am compelled to pray for all your children.  Every child is yours and every child is mine just as you envisioned it.  Make we always remember.

Loving Father,
thank you
for every brother
and sister.
Forgive me
when I fail
to remember.
Remind me
to love others
just as
you love them,
to pray
and act accordingly.

Love always, Andrea