My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Thomas Merton
A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Very ,very funny Eileen,
I laughed out loud on this one.
Lindy
My bro will love it.
ROFLMAO!!!
Now “Penile Substitution” is gonna flash in my brain every time I read it in connection with some flaccid dickwad’s bad theology.
May I say “dickwad” on yer blog, Ma’am?
That’s great! Thanks for the laugh. SOrry to be out of touch, but I’m in some very nasty waters right now. More later.
*gigglefits*
Glad I’m not the only warped one who finds this quite funny.
And Johnie – “dickwad” is fine, and is an apt description of some, akin to asshat.
Donald – I hope you are ok.
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Prayers ascending for you. Or emitting…or whatever it is that prayers do…
Oh yeah, I can’t see how “dickwad” would be offensive here, considering the crowd our lovely Eileen attracts 😉
Why whatever do you mean David?
The few, the proud…the DEPRAVED?
The few, the proud, the very expensive in certain circumstances?
My bro sent a long critique which, condensed, said he agrees.
Pseudo’s got that right. I may be easy, but I’m not cheap! 😉
I AM easy, AND a CHEAP date , too!
Cheap and easy are the foundation of the civilized world I thought…
I mentioned “penile substitution” to the Archdeacon this morning.
Spread the word.