Be Blessed!

I meet with a very small group (three people!) twice a month on Thursday evenings. We start with dinner and then have an hour or so to worship, pray and talk about whatever is on our minds. I've been thinking this week about blessings- the power we have through our relationship with God to envision good for someone else. Here's one that I found on the smallboatbigsea website. Be blessed!

The Franciscan Blessing

May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart.

May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all people.

May God bless you with the gift of tears to shed with those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, or the loss of all that they cherish, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and transform their pain into joy.

May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you really CAN make a difference in this world, so that you are able, with God's grace, to do what others claim.