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Bless Me Father, Bless Me

May our Father daily increase our wisdom,this Father's authority in declaring the
love, gratitude, reverence, healing, peace,sacredness of it."Your kingdom comes" points
joy, happiness, laughter and prosperity. Into a future event every generation of
just about 15 seconds I declared my love forbelievers longs for, and it is our hope. Some
you by asking these blessings for you. If youof us know this kingdom is both at hand and
are one who does not know the One as Father,within us. We know it is one of justice,
I wish you double portions of blessing.Deepaktempered by mercy, without cruelty."Your will
Chopra tells us in the Second Spiritual Lawis done". It doesn't seem so to many of us
of Success, the Law of Giving, that we shouldand many are critical of this will and its
never visit anyone without bringing a gift; apossessor. Never-the-less, form demands this
card with a sentiment, a flower, a silentidentification in our address. "On earth as
prayer or blessing. In fact, he says, ain heaven" or even in the heavens, if you
silent prayer or blessing is the best gift ofprefer. This completes the opening address or
all. He says we should make it a point toidentification of the One we wish to hear our
bless everyone we meet, every day. Heprayer. It is the attention getter. What is
suggested a brief blessing like: I wish youthe point in writing a letter and sending it
peace, joy and happiness. I thought thatto the wrong address? Should we then expect
covered a lot but I asked what blessings Iany good result?I realized this prayer works
would like to receive and my list grew toequally well as a daily request or a
seven things. In a few weeks it grew to nine.thanksgiving. I prefer it as a thanksgiving,
In a few more it grew to ten, where I thoughtmorning and evening. I will treat it as a
it enough.I began with wisdom because Ithanksgiving here: "We thank you for this day
remembered a proverb that said wisdom was theand our daily bread". Even without bread,
principle thing. With all my getting, get meanother day is a wonderful thing to be
wisdom. That pretty much defines my quest forthankful about. Our daily bread can extend
this life. Wisdom teaches the value of lovefar beyond our food to all our material
and love springs forth from wisdom. To haveneeds. It is worth noting it is the first
some of each brings gratitude for the giftsthing we ask for or give thanks for because
and reverence for all who provide them. Thisair, water and food are critical to our
attitude facilitates healing for self andlife."And forgiving our offences as we
others. As we become whole, we find peace. Inforgive those who offend us". Forgiveness is
peace we find joy, in Joy we find happinessconditional. We can expect it in the way we
and contentment. In happiness we findpractice it. The blessing I began with
laughter. In the growth these blessingsimplies forgiveness in the act of blessing
generate, we find a natural prosperityall. I can bless those I despise and I can
unmeasured by material wealth. If I wantjust as easily forgive them if I so choose,
these things for me, so do I truly want themand receive it myself, as needed. Forgiveness
for you and for presidents, all theirbrings peace in a way nothing else does. Is
counsel, dictators and evil doers. Who onthere little peace in your world? Then there
this earth has no need of blessing?As I beganis little forgiveness in your world."Lead us
to apply this wisdom, I was blessed in verynot into testing, (for this we do ourselves)
unexpected ways. Yet I had much difficulty inbut deliver us from trouble". Many confuse
remembering to bless everyone I met everythe word evil with the idea of wicked.
day. It occurred to me that I couldWicked is always trouble but trouble is not
incorporate this blessing as a blanketnecessarily wicked and in other Scripture,
blessing for the world during morning andFather claims to create evil. We could say
evening spiritual practice. Everyone isthe flood was evil but it was not especially
blessed, even when I forget to bless anscheming and calculated trouble for someone's
individual I meet. I still try to rememberpersonal gain, which we know as wicked.In
personal blessing and grow better at it withScripture the formal close comes next and I
time.I had nominal religious training in adecided this was the point at which I would
Protestant denomination between the ages ofpersonalize this simple prayer, I had recited
ten and sixteen. I loved the ritual and notso often as a boy. "Thank you for helping us
much else. I left the church and thebecome instruments of your peace; blessing
religious family to have all day Sunday forthose we bless and those who bless us". This
myself. I needed one day each week withis an acknowledgement that my blessing may
nobody telling me what to do, for most of it.help no one at all, except it is backed by
About fifteen years later, fatherhood had mesuperior power. I paraphrased a small part
asking questions about the meaning of lifeof the Prayer of Saint Francis because he was
and I began finding answers wherever Ipraying for himself and I am still praying
looked, especially in the Scriptures. Ifor us."Thank you for daily increasing our
became a fascinated Bible student. I wouldwisdom, love, gratitude, reverence, healing,
soon learn that every answer raised morepeace, joy, happiness, laughter and
questions and I would never know it all.I didprosperity, especially the leaders and
a study on what is commonly called the Lord'sauthorities of this world, a world
Prayer, a prayer that already had a historytransforming from one of fear to one of
in America and its schools. In 1962, when thelove." This is the gratitude I have for the
Supreme Court declared that God had noincreased power, as I see it, behind my
business in government schools, I could seepersonal blessing. I see it as a power
how the atheist's children could be mademultiplier. You might see it
uncomfortable by this group activity. I diddifferently."Thank you for granting us
not protest the loss of this daily ritual, orwealth, prosperity and abundance, that our
keeping the Pledge of Allegiance ritual,light so shines before others, they will see
since I was clearly pledging allegiance toour good works and glorify you." Although
the ones who operated the school that wasthis repeats the last blessing, it is the
preparing me for a godless life.Less than twovery thing secular society teaches us to want
years from the court decision, Presidentand is worth repeating. It also reminds us
Kennedy was assassinated. Less than two yearsthere is one proper purpose for wealth and to
after that, we were going off to Vietnam.pervert this purpose is asking for trouble.
Before that war was over we were fighting aJust ask a few lottery winners."For yours is
war on poverty. Before that war was over wethe kingdom and the power and the glory,
were fighting a war on drugs. I sensed aforever. Amen." The close, in proper form, is
connection and my study of the prayerconfirming the addressee and the equivalent
confirmed it.Incidental to my study of thisof our Respectfully Yours, on a business
prayer, I learned it was a fitting prayer forletter. I never fully understood why the
those who see theirselves in a paternalRoman Catholic Church rejected this close,
relationship to the Supreme Power. Therefore,except some Pope decided it was understood
it could be prayed by Christians, Jews andand unnecessary. I will always feel it is an
Muslims. It is a prayer given to students byimportant part of form and properly closes
a master, recognized by all three faiths,the prayer.When American children
upon the request of one student who thoughtdiscontinued this prayer in school, one
it good to know just how to pray.It isdisaster followed another; not that we were
important to note the master did not respondfree from them in earlier years. I think it
saying, recite this prayer. He said to prayis safe to say that some families may have
in this manner and then gave the form whichrecited the prayer before breakfast each day,
prayer should take. We are free to modify itsbut the majority did not and this
content to our liking and it is a matter ofprecipitated much negative change in America
respect to frame our content in the properand the rest of the world. I did not continue
form, as with a business letter. The form iswith it on my "own time" once it stopped in
the thing of greatest importance to us andschool. This was about the same time I left
the content as given is secondary, but stillthe church and became agnostic, suspicious
important.The very first word, "Our", isand resentful of all assumed authority.My
plural possessive - a claim of possession. Ipoint is that if a great good to the whole
am not praying for me. I am praying for us.world could come from millions upon millions
Who we are depends on my worldview. We mightof Christians, Jews and Muslims, asking for
be family, we might be the other peopleand receiving these wonderful, magical
praying with us. We might be the nation inblessings, through a few minutes of daily
which most of the children prayed for us,prayer and blessing, why don't we all do it?
five days a week. We might be all theA unity opportunity. I can think of two
Christians of the world. We might be all thereasons. We don't believe it makes a
people of the world. We might be every livingdifference and we don't care if it does.In
thing in this world. It is clearly a personalNapoleon Hill's book, "Think and Grow Rich",
choice to define we/our or child ofhe devotes at least a chapter to mastermind
God."Father", the next word, puts to rest allalliance. He says there is great power in
arguments about the name of God. The mastermany people working in common cause. An
shows it is our relationship that matters andAquarian idea for sure. I believe it. What if
the proper address expresses thisthe purpose of each and every one of us is
relationship. "Who is in heaven"only to bless the earth, in word and deed?
distinguishes from a living biologicalWhat might be the effect of each of us
father, but not one who has passed over.fulfilling this purpose every day of our
"Sacred is your name" does distinguish fromlives? It costs us so little to test the idea
any biological father and explains theand the result could just prove we can do
ancient Hebrew custom of not publiclysomething right after all. Surely the deeds
pronouncing a name. A sacred thing madewill follow the words. Who can bless and
common is no longer sacred, as in commonremain fearful?Ed Howes sought and found,
sense. Name in Scripture also symbolizesknocked and entered. Now he sees things
authority. For example; Israel means rulesdifferently. To see more of what he sees,
with God. This is why Abram's name wasplease visit or do an author search here at
changed and Jacob's. We are acknowledgingEzine Articles.



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