As is often the case in my experience--perhaps given that I've prayed so much since Jr High to have Jesus' empathy, Jesus' capacity to feel what it's like to be in someone else's skin . . .
parts of the above prayer were prayed
AS THOUGH I WERE: Ernest_at_the_Beach.
This was just as it flowed out at a certain point. I've learned from extensive experience not to squelch such and to leave the disposition or response to such in God's hands and in the hands of those it's offered too. It is prayerfully offered in an attitude of humility and brokenness and trust in God's capacity to touch people in the hear and now.
Thanks for your kind words and prayers for Kathy--the wife of: Ernest_at_the_Beach