Posted by Pat on December 19, 2001 at 18:20:26:
A Prayer for Surviving The Holidays
Be with us at the holidays, and guide us
Lord, we pray--
through crowded stores at busy malls,
please help us find our way.
When Christmas trees won’t
stand up straight,
please keep us calm and steady,
and help us not get too “wrapped up”
in getting presents ready.
Deliver us from all the fuss of too
much cookie baking,
and give us time for savoring
sweet memories in the making.
In all we do, may we keep Christ
in Christmastime somehow--
and may we know a little of
Your “peace on earth” right now!
from a Hallmark card - -and Pat Taepke