Saturday morning peace*

Dear God,

We praise you this morning for the wonderful world you created and gave us. We woke this morning to blue skies and growing plants and the songs of birds in the air. We read messages from loved ones and hear the voices of family and friends and we know that we, too, are loved. Thank you!

But God, there is horror in the world. We are keeping distance from people who don't live with us in an effort to protect everyone from disease. We hear sirens out the window. We hear stories of deaths that don't make sense. We see the evil around us and we know it is not the life that you want for us.

Be with us. Help us to unite together for healing. Repair our broken bodies. Bring rest to our troubled minds. Mend our wounded souls.

We believe in the sacrifice of your body, broken on the cross. We believe in the power of the resurrection from the grave. Let us be your body in the world, united in your glory.

Amen

* Emailed to a church friend in response to a prayer request

after I asked if there were actions for us to support our family

I hate goodbye

Subject says it all.

Whether the relationship's been short or long. Whether the break's a week or unknown. Just blah.

Life lesson

In reading the phone book yesterday, because I felt like it was a good way to get to know the area, the following ad caught my eye.

"Don't hump it! Pump it!"

Anyone really able to explain what this means (in non-sexual terms)? Because I couldn't figure out why people were humping "it" to begin with. To avoid you uneducated guesses, I'm not saying what the ad was for. Hehehe.