Friday The 13th Prayer

I refuse to live with a “Friday the 13th” mind. There is no such thing as a “bad luck day.” This day is what we make of it. With that gentle “Good Morning!” I offer these thoughts for your own meditation and prayer:

*Because I think I’m right and you are wrong, doesn’t mean I am and you are. It means we have different opinions and we need to talk like humans instead of acting like jackasses.
*Our children are watching. Is this really the Civics 101 we want to teach them? Is this the best we can do?
*Whatever happened to “one Nation, under God, indivisible…” Believe what you want, find the common values, talk it out. Indivisible, it says.
*Governments are elected, not divinely ordained. The buck stops at “we, the people…”
*Preemptive politics…like missiles…is a prescription for mayhem.
*God made it. We rent it for a time. Tenants are supposed to take care of the property, not tear it up. The Earth…the only one we’ve got.
*Just because we can, doesn’t make it right. There is a deeper question than merely asking: “Will this work?” or “What’s in it for me?”
*Those who “win” by unethical principles are victims, too. It just takes a little longer to realize it.
*Maybe I’ll never see it on a grand scale, in my lifetime, but I know it is true. Love wins.
*Spirits shine brightest when the tears of forgiveness and redemption wash away the stains of retribution.
*Recognize this? “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” As the cartoon character, Pogo, once wisely said: ‘We have met the enemy and he is us.’

Perhaps you will find something here to think about. That’s good. Perhaps you will find something here to motivate you into creative action. That’s better. Maybe your heart will break, releasing all the anguish and fear you carry around. Best of all. I know someone who can help you put the pieces back together again, and I make this prayer in His name. Amen.