Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1
This prayer, attributed to St. Francis, was in a church bulletin several years ago and when I read it I knew I had to keep it near by. The uncountable times I have retrieved this prayer, printed on a now stained and wrinkled piece of paper, have never failed to bring me peace. Thankfully I am then able to share His love and peace.
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love, where there is injury, pardon; 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 are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."
Nancy McClunin
