
Therefore we pray to You instead, O God, For strength, determination, and willpower, To do instead of just to pray, To become instead of merely to wish.

When good things happen, I accept them as gifts from God, worthy of thanksgiving. It reassembles all the events of life around trust in a loving God.

We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end disease, For you have already given us great minds with which To search out cures and healing, If we would only use them constructively. I am learning that mature faith, which encompasses both simple faith and fidelity, works the opposite of paranoia. We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end despair, For You have already given us the power To clear away slums and to give hope If we would only use our power justly. Workers would lose about 1.1 billion in wages. economy a total of more than 5 billion, according to a recent estimate from the Anderson Economic Group. We cannot merely pray to You, O God, To root out prejudice, For You have already given us eyes With which to see the good in all men If we would only use them rightly. A 10-day strike at UPS would cost the U.S.

We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end starvation For you have already given us the resources With which to feed the entire world If we would only use them wisely. “We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end war For we know that You have made the world in a way That man must find his own path to peace Within himself and with his neighbor.
