SINS OF OMISSION…A PRAYER by Helen Schlie

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Sins of Omission...A Prayer


Father, Today in prayer I kneel before Thee

Knowing my deep need of Thy compassionate love

My sins of omission weigh heavily upon my soul today

As I hear of the earthly trials of those in my own family

Those to whom you have given me stewardship

Help me to understand their needs

Please grant unto me strength and energy

And desire , to do many things

To write letters of encouragement

To use the telephone to know their voices

To share the patterns of THIS family

In the stories only I can tell



Because I remember…

And because I remember…I must share.



Helen Spencer Schlie
Sunday, 6 March,2005