Father, you know what has been on my mind the last couple of days- how people walk right by others without noticing them or giving a helping hand if needed.
And then, what is your Gospel for today – Matthew 25. Oh Lord, help me strive to be a sheep on your right!
So often we think you are calling us to big things in this reading, and I know you are for some – but I think too often we overlook the small, what might seem insignificant ways of feeding the hungry and caring for our brothers and sisters.
We live in such a me, me world that way too often we don’t even notice that brother or sister you put in our path. The mother struggling to get a stroller up or down some stairs, the elderly person carrying a heavy bag, the parent loading groceries with toddlers who could use a hand to get the cart put away, the stranger behind you that needed your smile and kind greeting today, the motorist waiting to get in a line of traffic, so many opportunities you give me each day to show others you live in me!
Help me to see those you put in my life, help me remember that you have a reason for weaving them into my tapestry and help me make that tapestry pleasing to you.
Father, I also ask you to bless all those transitioning in new positions, with new jobs, with new employers or employees, give success to the work of our hands.
Just a Fat Sassy Grandma 