Please help me

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart. (Psalm 119:2 ESV)

 Prayer: Jesus, please help me to have love today for those I work with, for those I teach, for those I talk to. If I don’t accomplish another thing today, help me to have shown love to each person I encounter—a hug or a touch for those who need encouragement; compassion for those who need to know I understand; patience for those who are confused and doubting; wisdom for those who need to share their heart but don’t know how; tolerance with those who seem not to be trying hard enough; prayer for those who are burdened; loving care and understanding for those who are sick; a helping hand to those who are struggling with some task
 Dear Lord, may we have love that never stops caring, love that never lets go, love that holds on through the tough spots. Love that pulls others through, looks beyond. Love that bears, that carries, that heals. Love that never runs out, that knows no boundaries. Amen [1]

 Can you take up Jesus’ commission to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead? Heal the sick in body and spirit by your loving words, cast out doubt and condemnation through your understanding love, raise the “dead” whose hope has died by expressing faith and confidence in them. Cleanse the “lepers” who feel unclean, undeserving, unrecognized, unwhole, by your unconditional love and acceptance. —Maria Fontaine

[1] Anchor A Call to Compassion