Understanding

Dear Lord please be with us today and may this be a good day, and may the things that we try to do work out alright and for the best. Please help us to have understanding and empathy for other people, especially those who we don't agree with, as we see and hear of their thoughts and actions. Help us consider the teachings of Christ as he forgave even those who crucified Him, and taught forgiveness with the Lords Prayer, prodigal son, and the woman caught in adultery, as this same theme was always there throughout. To have understanding, empathy, and forgiveness seem to all emanate from love, the love of God through Christ, truly a gift of the Holy Spirit. Please help us to spread this love among others through our speech and actions, in Christ name we pray, amen.