Pause for Prayer: THURSDAY 8/24

 

I'm thinking, Lord, of all the ways my life is 

touched, bruised, blessed, shaped and changed

    by family and by friends,

    by strangers passing by,

    by grudges and resentments,

    by others' smiles and tears,

    by attention and neglect,

    by a generous helping hand,

    by an understanding glance,

    by gentleness and harshness,

    by compassion and indifference,

    by an understanding glance or gaze,

    by the smallest deed of kindness

        done in secret and with love...

All of which causes me to wonder, 

how does my life, Lord,

touch, bruise, bless, shape and change the lives

    of my family and my friends,

    of strangers passing by,

    of those I live and work with,

        those entrusted to my care,

    of those who serve my needs,

    of those I disagree with,

    of those who most annoy me,

    of those who lift me up,

    of those who need my help,

    of those whom I've offended...

 

How does my life, Lord,

touch, bruise, bless, shape and change the lives

of those who wait for how my life might

    touch and bless and shape and change them,

might calm and heal and mend and free

    someone in need, someone alone,

    a troubled soul, a broken heart,

    someone left out, abandoned, shunned,

    someone with gifts who wants to share,

a brother, sister, stranger, friend

    who waits, like me, for someone else

    to touch and bless, shape and change

    the life we've each been given...

 

Someone who waits like me, Lord,

    for the smallest deed of kindness

    done in secret and with love...

Help us be gentle, Lord, in all the ways our lives 

    touch, brush, grace and bless

        the lives of those around us...

Amen.

        

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