Prayer Will See You Through
Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>
When the world falls down around you
and a prayer will see you through
Say an extra prayer for someone
Who may need it more than you.
For who knows whose hearts are breaking
In the silence of the night
Just that extra prayer you whisper
May help someone to see the light.
Every time you help a stranger
With an extra prayer or two
You are building extra blessings
That will always come back to you.
I wanted to let you know that
I was thinking of you today!
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*** Keepers ***
I grew up in the fifties with practical parents --
a mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil
after she cooked in it, then reused it.
She was the original recycle queen, before
they had a name for it.
A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed
than buying new ones.
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused.
Their best friends lived barely a wave away.
I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee
shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn
mower in one hand, dishtowel in the other.
It was the time for fixing things -- a curtain rod,
the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door,
the hem in a dress.
Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me
crazy.
All that re-fixing, reheating, renewing, I wanted
just once to be wasteful.
Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you
knew there'd always be more.
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's
night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the
pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any 'more.'
Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up
and goes away...never to return.
So while we have it...it's best we love it and
care for it and fix it when it's broken and heal it when it's sick.
This is true for marriage and old cars
and children with bad report cards
and dogs with bad hips and aging parents and grandparents.
We keep them because they are worth it, because we
are worth it.
Some things we keep.
Like a best friend that moved away -- or -- a
classmate we grew up with.
There are just some things that make life important,
like people we know who are special
and so, we keep them close!
I received this from someone who thinks I am a
'keeper' so I've sent it to the people I think of in the same way.
Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
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