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As we bring this month’s theme to a close, a very short story about a three-year old with a seasonal application and a prayer for children.<\/p>\n

My father was once walking on the beach with his three-year old grandson when the little boy stopped, picked up a tiny fragment of a seashell, and began to examine it. My father bent down and, looking at the tiny fragment, he asked the boy, ‘How could you see such a tiny shell?’ ‘Because,’ said the boy, ‘I have little eyes.’<\/p>\n

That is what we need at Christmas – little eyes – so that we may see, in a way we have never seen before, the wonder that lies in Bethlehem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nfrom To Taste and See, Exploring Incarnation and the Ambiguities of Faith<\/a><\/em> by Thomas Mann<\/strong>, (p.52)
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A prayer<\/h3>\n

Lord Christ,
\nwe bring before you the world of children.
\nWe bring their openness and friendliness,
\ntheir sense of enquiry and creativity.
\nForgive our readiness to classify and divide,
\nto label and separate.
\nForgive our voices of experience,
\nand our demand for their conformity.
\nHelp us to understand and encourage them,
\nthat their spirits may be lifted,
\ntheir imaginations quickened,
\nand their vision broadened,
\nfor your world’s sake.<\/p>\n

 
\nby J. Dickson Pope<\/strong> (adapted)
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #409
\n <\/p>\n\n

 
\nFrom the blog<\/strong>
\nTheme: Still small voice<\/a>  [prayer sheet<\/span>]
\nGod loves stories<\/a>
\nLight on my path<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Put your hope in God, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for I will yet praise him, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bible"","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bumble_bee_in_catnip.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bumble_bee_in_catnip.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bumble_bee_in_catnip.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bumble_bee_in_catnip.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":861,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/05\/27\/pentecost-2017-gift-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":10628,"position":4},"title":"The Gift #5 : Tell me","author":"Irene Bom","date":"May 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Fuengirola, Spain (photo: Irene Bom) \u00a0 The Gift booklet 12-part series of readings and prayer poems on the Holy Spirit On writing prayer poems \u00a0 John 15:26 (NIV) Jesus said: \u2018When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father \u2013 the Spirit of truth who goes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "meditation"","block_context":{"text":"meditation","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/meditation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"'How to be lovely', Fuengirola, Spain","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pentecost_2017_gift_5_how_to_be_lovely.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pentecost_2017_gift_5_how_to_be_lovely.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pentecost_2017_gift_5_how_to_be_lovely.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pentecost_2017_gift_5_how_to_be_lovely.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3046,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/11\/24\/remember-national-day-prayer\/","url_meta":{"origin":10628,"position":5},"title":"Remember: National Day of Prayer","author":"Irene Bom","date":"November 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As mentioned in an earlier post, 25 November 2017 has been earmarked as a National Day of Prayer for the Church of Scotland, as part of a year-long call for prayer under the banner of Together We Pray. 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