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Lovely. Thanks for posting...
The litany of humility is absolutely beautiful! What a great reminder.
“Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
This is your a little bit before 7:00 AM (EDT) wake-up call!
“The prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” Maybe we ain’t righteous, but maybe the prayer of a bunch of sinners will avail somewhat. Can’t hurt, huh?
Please scroll to the top of the page and join in prayer.
God bless you all!
One of the saints suggested I invite you to join us. Please consider yourself/selves invited.
Mind you, I think we should be praying for you. I would think moderating Xtian threads would provide a great temptation to become a Buddhist — or at least to join an order where speech is forbidden.
Amen to that — despite all the vicious fights, it’s good to pray with our fellow believers in Christ and also to pray for our brethren in the Judaic faith and our fellow God’s creatures among Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs
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Thank you Mad Dawg for this thread.
I was actually surprised when I found FR had a religion forum and Religion Moderator (poor guy/gal).
Anyway, many of the threads lately have descended into incendiary commentary of which I’m as guilty as others for getting sucked into.
FR should be a place where we can openly and cordially discuss faith however I strongly believe that we have more in common, core conservatism, than we might know.
Thank you again Mad Dawg for this virtual Sunday afternoon ice-cream social, prayer meeting, etc..
TSgt
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Great post. Thanks.
One of my father’s favorite poems makes one think long and hard:
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold:—
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the Presence in the room he said
“What writest thou?”—The vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered “The names of those who love the Lord.”
“And is mine one?” said Abou. “Nay, not so,”
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerly still, and said “I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow men.”
The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And lo! Ben Adhem’s name led all the rest. ~Hunt
This is a beautiful litany, Mad Dawg, and I will join you in praying it. It reminds me of one of my favorite poems. I am always humbled by stanzas 6 and 7.
THE FOOL’S PRAYER
by: Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887)
The royal feast was done; the King
Sought some new sport to banish care,
And to his jester cried: “Sir Fool,
Kneel now, and make for us a prayer!”
The jester doffed his cap and bells,
And stood the mocking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head, and bent his knee
Upon the Monarch’s silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: “O Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!
“No pity, Lord, could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool;
The rod must heal the sin: but Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!
“’T is not by guilt the onward sweep
Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay;
‘T is by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
“These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust
Among the heart-strings of a friend.
“The ill-timed truth we might have kept—
Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung?
The word we had not sense to say—
Who knows how grandly it had rung!
“Our faults no tenderness should ask.
The chastening stripes must cleanse them all;
But for our blunders — oh, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven we fall.
“Earth bears no balsam for mistakes;
Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool
That did his will; but Thou, O Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!”
The room was hushed; in silence rose
The King, and sought his gardens cool,
And walked apart, and murmured low,
“Be merciful to me, a fool!”
FRiends, be merciful to me, a fool, and forgive any hurts I may have caused you.
Ping me.
(Of course the newer translations have it as, "on this day, the Lord has acted," which is probably right, but I grew up with the other one -- okay, except for the growing up part.)
Ping to day four.
I took the liberty of pinging some people who did not ask to be pinged. If I done wrong, Well, exCYOOZE MOI! no, seriously, let me know and I will remove you from the list of pings.
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I’m in... but falling down some...
A ping for additional prayers throughout the week.
Brilliant! (wish there was a ‘like’ button... ;-)
A prayer thread was started for the Religion Forum.
We often disagree, however if we claim to be Christians, this discourse should remain civil.
I have committed to the the Religion Moderator that I will try to keep from making threads personal and will ask you all to do the same. Let’s all follow the rules and make the RM’s life a little easier.
We have more in common than we know.
FRegards,
TSgt