A lot of things this week have worked to remind me that my life really isn't that bad. I spend way too much time in my head. Not enough time serving others.
When I became a missionary, I asked God to give me a love for others. I didn't have that before. It's messy to love other people. It hurts. And I've slowly learned how to do it.
But I don't do it often enough.
So I have a new challenge. I'll be praying the following prayer (from Francis of Assisi) every day.
And if there is a way I can love and serve you, please ask. (Because I don't pick up on social cues very well.)
The Peace Prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, the truth;
Where there is doubt, the faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled, as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, the truth;
Where there is doubt, the faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled, as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
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