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A Prayer for Softened Hearts
Lord, please soften our hearts, we earnestly pray. We do not want them shielded or encapsulated, for then we will not be able to see Your gentle face in those we meet sidling down the street, sitting slumped on the bus, sleeping under a bridge, or begging for a morsel of food in the subway […]
Room for You
Lord, we are too full of too many things of this life. We overflow; no spaces are left. And yet how can we be so filled up and still feel so empty? Our thoughts swirl like dry leaves in a sudden gust; our minds are churns being cranked too fast. Disparate, distracting details skitter around […]
My Hour Has Not Yet Come
His first miracle it was, turning water into wine at Cana in Galilee. ‘They have no wine,’ His mother told Him at the wedding feast when it ran out. He obliged, using six stone jars of purification water for the generous feat. But it was done with some reluctance. ‘My hour has not yet come,’ […]