Good Morning, God,
Lord Jesus, we ask your blessing upon us today as we prepare for tomorrow.
We ask that as we travel, we be kept safe...and that we act safely ourselves.
We ask that once together with family and friends, we value each person's dignity and protect each person's pride. As much as it depends on us, may we see that a nice time be had by all.
We ask, giving and forgiving God, that we not so much just rush through our prayers before the meal, but that we take time around our tables to consider each person there and the difference they make in the family or group.
We ask that we remember to give thanks for our friends and family who have died this past year, for everything that was part of them that was good and kind and faithful...and anything else, forgive.
Finally, Lord, let us live thankful lives by being instruments of your peace, for in the end, it is in giving that we receive and it is in pardoning that we are pardoned...and it is in loving that we are loved.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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