“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. – Galatians 3:28
Today, let’s look for the best in everyone we encounter or about whom we think. In this holy moment, let’s create the intention to enter every interaction with another person today, centered in the wisdom and presence of Christ. As we go forward from this point in time, let us be open and receptive to the guidance and urging of Christ within us and to be receptive to the presence and expression of Christ within another. Listen to everyone you encounter with your inner ears, responding to another’s clear or clumsy request for love. Speak to everyone with respect, sensitive to the connective presence of Christ within both of you. In this way you are allowing God to bless everyone you meet, enrich your relationships and prosper all of your personal, business and social interactions.
Let Us Pray:
Dear Lord, I thank You for the peace of this day. I appreciate today’s encounters; I am enriched and blessed by each one. This is a glorious day and I rejoice in it. Father, show me the Christ in everyone I meet or think about today. Allow me to discern some redeeming value or characteristic in every person who crosses my mind or crosses my path today. Ordinarily I see You so clearly in some people and I forget to even look for You in others. However, today, I am ready to give that up and I am willing to behold Christ in everyone, including those who do not recognize Christ in themselves or anyone else. Shine Your Light of Understanding on my ignorance and Your Light of Love on my intolerance and misjudgment. You are active within me as the Power to listen with love and speak with respect. Let my understanding of others be more than sufficient for the positive outcome of every encounter and let the wisdom of my speaking be a blessing beyond my current understanding. Thank You for guiding me to greater levels of compassion, awareness and wisdom. I perceive Your presence in others, just as I am aware of Your presence within myself. I now realize Father, that You inspire us all in similar yet diverse ways. You guide each of us along our unique paths of service and contribution. Reveal Yourself in others to me today so that I can know others as You know me.
Thank You God!
So It Is!
Amen!
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. – Romans 12:4-5
