Heavenly father, help us to remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mom who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with the housework, do laundry, and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, because based on the biopsy report she recieved last week this will be the last year they go shopping together.
Remind us lord that the scary bum begging for money on the street corner(who really ought to get a job!)is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.

Heavenly father remind us each day that of all of lifes gifts you give us, the greatest is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear, but Open our hearts to all humanity and let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, emapthy and love.

12-25-03