Glorious God, you are our most wonderful counselor of truth, our constant compassionate companion, redeemer and friend. We breathe a great sigh of recognition and relief in those moments when we are tuned in to your most gracious presence. Indeed we pray for even greater awareness, believing that you are always at work helping us make the most of the gifts you have bestowed upon us. Let us use our individual gifts to better the world we live in. Let us offer them for the benefit of people we cannot see and may never know. Help us to understand that the measure of our success is not in the accolades we receive from our peers, or the awards we receive from our betters, or the approval we receive from our loved ones and friends. Let the measure of our success be the renewal we feel within ourselves and the knowledge that we have lived by your commandment to live by love. In the name of the Christ we pray. Amen.
**IN THIS SERMON THE BOOK REFERENCE IS TO "THE SHACK" by William P. Young. It is a must read for anyone who needs to re-vision God and the meaning of Forgiveness!!! I listened to the book on CD and savored every word read to me by the narrator. It remains on my IPod so I can read it again--so to speak.
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