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Friends, tomorrow the movers come to pack us, Tuesday to load us, and Wednesday we go to Boise. I will be off line, unless I get to a library until Friday at the earliest come Wednesday, and possibly even Tuesday.

Please say a prayer for me that the move goes well, and that the weather which is supposed to come in on Monday and Tuesday be done with and I won't have bad weather to drive in on Wednesday.

This day O Lord,
teach me to share your word
to those around me
even when I say nothing,
silently
all throughout the day
by the way I act,
the things I choose,
the deeds I do.

Fill my heart with your love,
so that I can love
openheartedly
for your glory.

Fill my mind with your patience,
so I can see beyond
appearances
to the child of God that is each and every one of us.

Fill my hands with your compassion,
so I can reach out and
touch
whereever you show me the need for mercy.

Lord,
give me of your strength
so that as I see this sorrowful world
in its pain and grief
I will not despair,
but remember
how you gave your life in pain and sorrow,
in the most brilliant moment of love
for just this sad place
and understand
that it has value for you.

Help me always to remember to give
thanks
that you love us,
no matter how dark it gets,
and in the end,
you are there,
to be our light,
our beacon,
our hope,
this day, and always.

Amen.