LIGHTING A CANDLE ON SUNDAY

I was driving home from the grocery store yesterday, thinking about a friend who has a critically ill daughter; another friend who is battling cancer, actually, two who are…one is a friend of many years, the other a fairly new e-friend; one sweet friend going through an extremely difficult time financially and emotionally, and of course, other friends and family with their own  problems. Then there is the poor Phoenix area family who lost their 6 year old son, when he was swept away in one of those rain-swollen washes which are so dangerous when the heavy rains come. They were trying to get him to medical help, in spite of road conditions, because he was very sick.


The people of Haiti, and their plight, yes, them, too.  These long, heart-wrenching days, always them.

I keep all these thoughts going in the back of my mind…rather like a candle burning to symbolize my on-going prayers for them all.

I know we all are doing the same because we all know someone who is ‘standing in the need of prayer’ all the time….or at least, most of the time.

We have to be careful not to lose our peace or our joy as we are holding these thoughts. It doesn’t help anyone get less sick, less in pain, less troubled, less afraid or less broke if we get sucked into an abyss of sadness.

So, let’s not let that happen.

Let’s light a candle, if only in our hearts, and send thoughts of ‘all good’ out into our world. And when we do that, let us do it with a heart full of gratitude and joy, knowing that all our thoughts and prayers have power and really do accomplish something…whether we ever know it or not.

I am Grateful for Joy and Peace and Love.