KEEPING THE FAITH: RANDOM PRAYERS "ON THE DOWNLOAD"
DEAR GOD: My heart is heavy with my own failures. I try to excuse them and explain to myself why they occurred, because I want to be free from the feeling that I am unworthy and incapable of being all that I can be. But I find it easier to accept your forgiveness than to forgive myself. When I try to forgive myself, it seems I only remember and re-play my failures in my mind, and a sense of hopelessness floods over me. Help me to know that my past actions are a part of my growing humanity and that even when I fail to live up to what is your will for me, every single moment can be lived anew. Remind me that refusing to forgive myself only keeps me from experiencing that newness. Assure me of the truth that by casting “my sins into the depth of the sea”, you have freed me to discard them myself and live the next moment as if it were my first, for indeed it is. I ask this for the sake of your love. Amen.
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Nice quote BUT it is what drives many to the excesses of the level they are on as well as the greed that is pervasive in America. It is part of the process of the brand of egoism that leads to people making the misguided choices in their lives and who they vote for as leaders.
Like I said, nice quote. But I think that it has to be tempered.
Isn't this a quote from Nelson Mandella's inaugural speech? The sentiment is so true that whoever spoke these words spoke to our hearts. Fear is the culprit. Remember each time an angel of the Lord spoke to humanity, the first words were "fear not."
The quote has always been attributed to Nelson Mandela, but it was actually written by Marrianne Williamson.
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