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A Prayer for the Headlines for Monday, August 29th

Good Morning, God
Some of the headlines last week, as during every week, involved men and women attacking each other, going after each other physically to do bodily harm.  One man went after another with a meat cleaver.  Someone else went at it with a knife.  Others pointed guns at each other.  Yet, others went after each other with verbal attacks and abuse.
Ya know, Lord, it would behoove all of us to really try to remember your Golden Rule: "To do unto others what we would have done to us."  If we thought this, then would we want to be chopped with a cleaver?  Would we want a knife at our neck or a gun pointed at us?  Would we want the words with which we attack others to be said to us?  Would we enjoy living belittled by the words we use when we are speaking of and to others?
Lord, this day, at the beginning of this week, may we make where we live and work a much better and more peaceful place because we are putting into practice only those things that we would like to be done to us.
In Jesus name, Amen

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