Nurturing, loving God, walk with each of us now as the parent who knows us best, and delights in each step we take in our lives. Show us what You do to be so much for us. Show us who You are in every way possible so that we may replicate Yourself in our own behaviors toward each other. Caring for each other isn't as hard as we make it to be. Yet we do make this greatest gift from You a burden, something to sway away from at the most important times. Using what people look like, sound like and think like to excuse ourselves from being good neighbors, as You taught us through Jesus, doesn't excuse us from following that example and doing Your will. Expecting everyone to be like us before we offer support, food, shelter, kindness, even prayer, limits our own hearts from growing, and prevents a moment of hope from growing in someone else.
Forgive us, God, when we care more about what doesn't matter when we have the chance to act on what does. Thank you for the blessings with which You shower us all. Please help us open our hearts to being instruments of Your loving kindness. Amen.
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