Pause for Prayer: THURSDAY 9/4

 

Help me meet other people, Lord, 

    right where they are:
       not where I wish they were,
       not where I think they ought to be,
       not where I want them to be,
        - but simply where they are...

Help me meet others as you do, Lord:
   with an open heart,
   filled with mercy

   and the desire to help and heal...

Help me meet others, Lord,
as I'd have them meet me:
   with a warm welcome,
   an open mind,
   with compassion and understanding...

And help me welcome others, Lord,
   with a truly generous spirit,
   yielding my time in their favor,
   serving their needs, not my own... 

And this, Lord: 

    meet me where I am
        with your kind and gentle mercy,
    helping me encounter others
        with the blessings I've received...

Amen.

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