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AlanFromWichita
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My wife says a little prayer and I got a funny idea about it.
Here’s what she says. I may have one or two lines mixed up but you’ll get the idea:
Dear Jesus, please give me your eyes to see with, your ears to hear with, your mind with which to think. Please give me your hands to work with, your feet to walk with, and Your heart with which to love. That everything I do this day may be done for your honor and glory. Amen.
A nun at her college had given it to her. Today I got to thinking, what if God held up a big “mirror” and gave us a dose of our own prayer:
Dear Child, please give Me your eyes to see with, your ears to hear with, your mind with which to experience your life. Please give Me your hands to work with, your feet to walk with, and your heart with which to love. That everything you do this day may be done according to My will. Amen.
This seems like it profoundly changes everything. This gives our connection to God to be of our own responsibility and not just some wishful prayer (please give me…). When we are honest about what our eyes, ears, and mind figure out, so that God may deal with us honestly, then we will have our Divine Union.
Whether or not I have a good example, can anybody else think of a prayer that can be turned around as if it were God speaking back – like a mirror?
Alan
Here’s what she says. I may have one or two lines mixed up but you’ll get the idea:
Dear Jesus, please give me your eyes to see with, your ears to hear with, your mind with which to think. Please give me your hands to work with, your feet to walk with, and Your heart with which to love. That everything I do this day may be done for your honor and glory. Amen.
A nun at her college had given it to her. Today I got to thinking, what if God held up a big “mirror” and gave us a dose of our own prayer:
Dear Child, please give Me your eyes to see with, your ears to hear with, your mind with which to experience your life. Please give Me your hands to work with, your feet to walk with, and your heart with which to love. That everything you do this day may be done according to My will. Amen.
This seems like it profoundly changes everything. This gives our connection to God to be of our own responsibility and not just some wishful prayer (please give me…). When we are honest about what our eyes, ears, and mind figure out, so that God may deal with us honestly, then we will have our Divine Union.
Whether or not I have a good example, can anybody else think of a prayer that can be turned around as if it were God speaking back – like a mirror?
Alan
