Prayer Alone Is Not Enough....

Prayer Alone Is Not Enough

(Rabbi Jack Riemer)

We cannot only pray to You, O God, to end war;

For we know that You have made the world in such a way

That we must find the path to peace

Within ourselves and with our neighbors.

We cannot only 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 only pray to You, O God,

To root out prejudice;

For You have already given us eyes

With which to see the good in all people,

If we would only use them rightly.

We cannot only 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 power justly.

For You have already given us great minds

With which to search out cures and healings,

If we would only use them constructively.

Therefore, we pray to You instead, O God,

For strength, determination, and will power,

To do instead of only to pray,

To become instead of merely to wish,

For Your sake and for ours, speedily and soon,

That our land and world may be safe,

And that our lives may be blessed.

Ma the words that we pray, and the deeds that we do

Be acceptable before You, O Eternal,

Our Rock and our Redeemer.

~Like a Child~

Ways to be Like a Child

When children try to reach something on a high shelf without help they often make a mess or break something. When we as parents find out we say something like "why didn't you just ask me for help" or "I would've helped you if you had just asked." Like us, ,our Heavenly Father wants to help if we will just ask Him.

Children of God!

Talk given by Dale E. Miller of The Second Quorum of The Seventy -

C.S. Lewis said "God has infinite attention to spare for each of us. He does not have to deal with us in the mass. You are as much alone with Him as if you were the only being He ever created."
Dale E. Miller follows by saying -
"When Christ died He died for you individually just as much as you had been the only man or woman in the world."