looking in the mirror

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain in to joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
-Franciscan Benediction

I have thought about this alot lately after reading it on my friends blog i now have it up on my mirror so that when i get ready in the morning and for bed at night i read it and remember that i need to be constantly striving for justice and fighting for those who are oppressed and being Jesus to people who are less fortunate in many different ways not just financial. It reminds me that i need to be on my face each night praying for those who are in pain for starving or oppressed and praying for peace. I do pray that i can make a difference even if it is just in one persons life it was worth the fight!

I should be so lucky to live the life i do i pray i will never take it for granted ever again!

I pray for the picture of the neighborhood above everyday i pray that people in the community would seek Jesus as their savior and for the safety of the kids there i have the privilege of serving and i pray that people in the community would seek justice for the people there!

Sometimes all it takes is stepping back and taking a look in the mirror and realizing we are not better than anyone and we need to stop thinking we are by not just our words but our actions or lack there of!