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Prayer - Servant Of The Most High - 11-05-2012 04:38 PM
"The election is tomorrow, Lord,
and I was wondering: if you were a candidate
- would you be elected?
I know if you were running for office, Lord,
you’d campaign with open and transparent honesty:
no need for fact-checking your statements and press releases!
Your campaign promises would be many:
life for those who respect and reverence it;
peace for those who work for it;
justice for the oppressed;
pardon for those who freely forgive;
opportunity and work for all who seek it;
casting the mighty from their thrones
and filling the hungry with good things…
Your platform would be flawless:
laws rooted in truth;
freedom bound by responsibility;
and justice tempered with mercy…
Your policies would be grounded
in an unapologetic preference and care
for the defenseless innocent:
for those waiting to be born and their mothers;
for the sick and the elderly;
for the poor, the marginalized, the refugee and the stranger;
and for victims of power, arrogance and greed…
But I know your name won’t be on the ballot, Lord,
so I ask you to be with me as I study the candidates
and their policies, platforms and promises
- and decide for whom I’ll cast my vote…
Open my mind to all sides of the issues
lest I vote uninformed on matters of poverty and prosperity,
peace and war, life and death, rights and responsibilities…
Help me see through the ads and the hype
lest I vote on the basis of looks and appearances,
polls and campaign promises…
Give me counsel to choose wisely
when the choices fail to offer what I seek and expect
of those who might govern your people…
Make me a discerning disciple, Lord:
empower me to cast my ballot
as my faith, intelligence, conscience
and the truth of your Word lead me to vote…
On the eve of the election I offer you my heart:
inscribe on it your word of truth
in letters gospel-wide and bold enough for me to clearly see…
I offer you my mind, Lord:
bathe my thoughts in wisdom ever ancient, ever new
and show me the path of your truth…
I offer you my will, Lord:
bend, shape, mold and nurture it
with the power of your grace and conform it
to your heart’s desire…
I offer you my vote, Lord:
may it be a good decision, may it speak a just word,
may it hasten your reign of peace
and bring life and liberty for all…
All this I pray, Lord,
and I ask in return the gift of your Spirit
to counsel, guide and enlighten me… Amen."-Father Austin Fleming
PATSY…..Please remember me in prayer as I go back to Huntington tommorrow for following up appointments with the breast surgeon, the oncologist and the radiologist. Pray that Jesus give us traveling mercy there and back. I thank Jesus for his healing on me.
GLENNA…..Update on Rush Runyon
So far they haven't found anything.. He had to have a unit of blood as his count went to 7
Today he is have more tests.. Praying he will be well soon
Please remember the family of Bill M as they say goodbye to their loved one!
AMY…..
Not feeling good at all this evening. Having trouble getting a deep breath and trouble swallowing. I have anxiety but but hadn't had an attack in months. Everyone please pray for it to go away or at least ease up. Anyone who has this knows it stinks and you just have to get through it. Thanks everyone!!
ME…..Thank you for keeping Meadow, Nikiya and her Family, Qiana and her Dad who has surgery and all I love in prayer as well as all who ask for and need prayer and all victims of Sandy in prayer. God bless and keep us all in Jesus Name. Amen.
ANTOINE…..Dear Heavenly Father, the accolades, merits, relationships and physical treasures I’ve accumulated in this life are but rubbish when compared to the all surpassing gift of knowing You, receiving Your forgiveness, and experiencing Your redemptive love. Because I am risen with Christ I want to place my affections on things above rather than things on this earth where I am so easily distracted from that which really matters and draws me closer to Your throne. To know You, Father, is to know unfathomable peace and joy beyond measure. I thank You through Christ Jesus my Lord, Amen.