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Bless Me Father, Bless Me

May our Father daily increase ourdeclaring the sacredness of it."Your
wisdom, love, gratitude, reverence,kingdom comes" points to a future event
healing, peace, joy, happiness, laughterevery generation of believers longs for,
and prosperity. In just about 15 secondsand it is our hope. Some of us know this
I declared my love for you by askingkingdom is both at hand and within us.
these blessings for you. If you are oneWe know it is one of justice, tempered
who does not know the One as Father, Iby mercy, without cruelty."Your will is
wish you double portions ofdone". It doesn't seem so to many of us
blessing.Deepak Chopra tells us in theand many are critical of this will and
Second Spiritual Law of Success, the Lawits possessor. Never-the-less, form
of Giving, that we should never visitdemands this identification in our
anyone without bringing a gift; a cardaddress. "On earth as in heaven" or even
with a sentiment, a flower, a silentin the heavens, if you prefer. This
prayer or blessing. In fact, he says, acompletes the opening address or
silent prayer or blessing is the bestidentification of the One we wish to
gift of all. He says we should make it ahear our prayer. It is the attention
point to bless everyone we meet, everygetter. What is the point in writing a
day. He suggested a brief blessing like:letter and sending it to the wrong
I wish you peace, joy and happiness. Iaddress? Should we then expect any good
thought that covered a lot but I askedresult?I realized this prayer works
what blessings I would like to receiveequally well as a daily request or a
and my list grew to seven things. In athanksgiving. I prefer it as a
few weeks it grew to nine. In a few morethanksgiving, morning and evening. I
it grew to ten, where I thought itwill treat it as a thanksgiving here:
enough.I began with wisdom because I"We thank you for this day and our daily
remembered a proverb that said wisdombread". Even without bread, another day
was the principle thing. With all myis a wonderful thing to be thankful
getting, get me wisdom. That pretty muchabout. Our daily bread can extend far
defines my quest for this life. Wisdombeyond our food to all our material
teaches the value of love and loveneeds. It is worth noting it is the
springs forth from wisdom. To have somefirst thing we ask for or give thanks
of each brings gratitude for the giftsfor because air, water and food are
and reverence for all who provide them.critical to our life."And forgiving our
This attitude facilitates healing foroffences as we forgive those who offend
self and others. As we become whole, weus". Forgiveness is conditional. We can
find peace. In peace we find joy, in Joyexpect it in the way we practice it. The
we find happiness and contentment. Inblessing I began with implies
happiness we find laughter. In theforgiveness in the act of blessing all.
growth these blessings generate, we findI can bless those I despise and I can
a natural prosperity unmeasured byjust as easily forgive them if I so
material wealth. If I want these thingschoose, and receive it myself, as
for me, so do I truly want them for youneeded. Forgiveness brings peace in a
and for presidents, all their counsel,way nothing else does. Is there little
dictators and evil doers. Who on thispeace in your world? Then there is
earth has no need of blessing?As I beganlittle forgiveness in your world."Lead
to apply this wisdom, I was blessed inus not into testing, (for this we do
very unexpected ways. Yet I had muchourselves) but deliver us from trouble".
difficulty in remembering to blessMany confuse the word evil with the idea
everyone I met every day. It occurred toof wicked. Wicked is always trouble but
me that I could incorporate thistrouble is not necessarily wicked and in
blessing as a blanket blessing for theother Scripture, Father claims to create
world during morning and eveningevil. We could say the flood was evil
spiritual practice. Everyone is blessed,but it was not especially scheming and
even when I forget to bless ancalculated trouble for someone's
individual I meet. I still try topersonal gain, which we know as
remember personal blessing and growwicked.In Scripture the formal close
better at it with time.I had nominalcomes next and I decided this was the
religious training in a Protestantpoint at which I would personalize this
denomination between the ages of ten andsimple prayer, I had recited so often as
sixteen. I loved the ritual and not mucha boy. "Thank you for helping us become
else. I left the church and theinstruments of your peace; blessing
religious family to have all day Sundaythose we bless and those who bless us".
for myself. I needed one day each weekThis is an acknowledgement that my
with nobody telling me what to do, forblessing may help no one at all, except
most of it. About fifteen years later,it is backed by superior power. I
fatherhood had me asking questions aboutparaphrased a small part of the Prayer
the meaning of life and I began findingof Saint Francis because he was praying
answers wherever I looked, especially infor himself and I am still praying for
the Scriptures. I became a fascinatedus."Thank you for daily increasing our
Bible student. I would soon learn thatwisdom, love, gratitude, reverence,
every answer raised more questions and Ihealing, peace, joy, happiness, laughter
would never know it all.I did a study onand prosperity, especially the leaders
what is commonly called the Lord'sand authorities of this world, a world
Prayer, a prayer that already had atransforming from one of fear to one of
history in America and its schools. Inlove." This is the gratitude I have for
1962, when the Supreme Court declaredthe increased power, as I see it, behind
that God had no business in governmentmy personal blessing. I see it as a
schools, I could see how the atheist'spower multiplier. You might see it
children could be made uncomfortable bydifferently."Thank you for granting us
this group activity. I did not protestwealth, prosperity and abundance, that
the loss of this daily ritual, orour light so shines before others, they
keeping the Pledge of Allegiance ritual,will see our good works and glorify
since I was clearly pledging allegianceyou." Although this repeats the last
to the ones who operated the school thatblessing, it is the very thing secular
was preparing me for a godless life.Lesssociety teaches us to want and is worth
than two years from the court decision,repeating. It also reminds us there is
President Kennedy was assassinated. Lessone proper purpose for wealth and to
than two years after that, we were goingpervert this purpose is asking for
off to Vietnam. Before that war was overtrouble. Just ask a few lottery
we were fighting a war on poverty.winners."For yours is the kingdom and
Before that war was over we werethe power and the glory, forever. Amen."
fighting a war on drugs. I sensed aThe close, in proper form, is confirming
connection and my study of the prayerthe addressee and the equivalent of our
confirmed it.Incidental to my study ofRespectfully Yours, on a business
this prayer, I learned it was a fittingletter. I never fully understood why the
prayer for those who see theirselves inRoman Catholic Church rejected this
a paternal relationship to the Supremeclose, except some Pope decided it was
Power. Therefore, it could be prayed byunderstood and unnecessary. I will
Christians, Jews and Muslims. It is aalways feel it is an important part of
prayer given to students by a master,form and properly closes the prayer.When
recognized by all three faiths, upon theAmerican children discontinued this
request of one student who thought itprayer in school, one disaster followed
good to know just how to pray.It isanother; not that we were free from them
important to note the master did notin earlier years. I think it is safe to
respond saying, recite this prayer. Hesay that some families may have recited
said to pray in this manner and thenthe prayer before breakfast each day,
gave the form which prayer should take.but the majority did not and this
We are free to modify its content to ourprecipitated much negative change in
liking and it is a matter of respect toAmerica and the rest of the world. I did
frame our content in the proper form, asnot continue with it on my "own time"
with a business letter. The form is theonce it stopped in school. This was
thing of greatest importance to us andabout the same time I left the church
the content as given is secondary, butand became agnostic, suspicious and
still important.The very first word,resentful of all assumed authority.My
"Our", is plural possessive - a claim ofpoint is that if a great good to the
possession. I am not praying for me. Iwhole world could come from millions
am praying for us. Who we are depends onupon millions of Christians, Jews and
my worldview. We might be family, weMuslims, asking for and receiving these
might be the other people praying withwonderful, magical blessings, through a
us. We might be the nation in which mostfew minutes of daily prayer and
of the children prayed for us, five daysblessing, why don't we all do it? A
a week. We might be all the Christiansunity opportunity. I can think of two
of the world. We might be all the peoplereasons. We don't believe it makes a
of the world. We might be every livingdifference and we don't care if it
thing in this world. It is clearly adoes.In Napoleon Hill's book, "Think and
personal choice to define we/our orGrow Rich", he devotes at least a
child of God."Father", the next word,chapter to mastermind alliance. He says
puts to rest all arguments about thethere is great power in many people
name of God. The master shows it is ourworking in common cause. An Aquarian
relationship that matters and the properidea for sure. I believe it. What if the
address expresses this relationship.purpose of each and every one of us is
"Who is in heaven" distinguishes from aonly to bless the earth, in word and
living biological father, but not onedeed? What might be the effect of each
who has passed over. "Sacred is yourof us fulfilling this purpose every day
name" does distinguish from anyof our lives? It costs us so little to
biological father and explains thetest the idea and the result could just
ancient Hebrew custom of not publiclyprove we can do something right after
pronouncing a name. A sacred thing madeall. Surely the deeds will follow the
common is no longer sacred, as in commonwords. Who can bless and remain
sense. Name in Scripture also symbolizesfearful?Ed Howes sought and found,
authority. For example; Israel meansknocked and entered. Now he sees things
rules with God. This is why Abram's namedifferently. To see more of what he
was changed and Jacob's. We aresees, please visit or do an author
acknowledging this Father's authority insearch here at Ezine Articles.



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