O God, the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers: Mercifully accept our prayers, and grant to your servant Mr C the help of your power, that his sickness may be turned into health, and our sorrow into joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Dear Father,
Help the CNC members to put away their own agendas and let them know that they, and their tribes have had their time.
Help them to listen to people outside of London and not to just give lip service to the northern folk.
Father, we just ask that you show them how to get their secretarial work right and pass on information.
Father, put your protecting power around their photocopier so that documents can be read.
Father, help them to remember more and more that Oxford and Cambridge are not the only universities in England.
Father, help them to show compassion and love, cast out any spot of arrogance and high handedness, and protect them from snobbery and pomposity.
Father, let your Holy spirit come down and work amongst them. Let them know that you know the secrets of all our hearts and know even the secrets of the CNC.
Amen.
The scandal of Christmas is that you are asked to forgive. In the teeth of your anger and your lust for revenge, whilst you feel hurt and justified in your attitude and your position, the child asks you to forgive. Whilst there is blood all about and screaming in your ears, whilst the spit hits your face and the teeth are bared towards you, He asks you to forgive.Read the rest of the post titled The Scandal of Christmas at Mr C's blog.
The scandal is that He asks you to do this without them seeking forgiveness; there is no desire for repayment sought, only the desire to pay, to put right, to restore goodness.
