SaturdayDec 21, 2024
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Oh, God, give me grace for this day. Not for a lifetime, nor for next week, nor for tomorrow, just for this day. Direct my thoughts and bless them Direct my work and bless it. Direct the things I say and give them blessing, too. Direct and bless everything that I think and speak and do. So that for this one day, just this one day, I have the gift of grace that comes from your presence....
My God would never deliberately bring harm to anyone. But if it happens, if it simply happens due to wind and rain and weather and man's own mistakes, then God has promises to keep: Li£e continuing. An even richer, fuller, brighter ongoing life to compensate.
A child's hand in yours what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.
Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.
Thank you, God, for the dignity and beauty of self. The precious innate self. The only thing that can't be taken from us. The only thing we really own.
There must be some deep psychological reason why we turn so instinctively toward home at this special time.... A place where every day will be Christmas, with everybody there together. At home.
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