One line (not online) prayers

Lord, let me not live to be useless.

                                                         (John Wesley)

Grant me to recognise in other people, Lord God, the radiance of your own face.

                                                         (Teilhard de Chardin)

Lord give me work till my life shall end, and life till my work is done.

                                                         (Based on Epitaph of writer, Winifred Holtby)

Comments

[rosemary hannah]

But Wesley was wrong. In this instance Milton was right.

[Stuart]

So Jim, what would your prayer be in one short line/phrase?

[judith redman]

no living person is useless;i believe we are here to learn in order to pass away/on to another or more chances to learn;i believe it is an eternal school for us as we (our souls/spirits) are and have always been eternal, although our bodies are not.we follow different paths as we are in different places in our learning. that is as it should/must be.i believe that love is truly all there is, and i believe in God;there are so many patterns in this life if we can but see them;and i do , indeed, believe that LOVE is truly all there is that is real...love and God. thanks much, judith redman