God be in my head...

Last week, I watched a whole lotta people grumble and whine over the outcome of the election. Others were over the moon. I tried to rise above the noise, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I, too, felt relief. The majority of voters turned out to be as fed up as I was with this administration’s shenanigans.

Still, I wondered if this new crop of youthful leaders would be wise or collaborative enough to resolve this century’s problems…real human problems, instead of becoming new lapdogs to the billionaire class.

Then I thought, not my business. It’s their business. And I wondered, what exactly is my business?

That’s when the Sarum Primer prayer came to mind. I don’t know when I first read it, or how I came across it, but at that time I felt sure if we all lived by it, the world would relax into a long and prosperous peace. But I don’t think I was mature enough myself back then to live by its words.

But this is now and I’m more determined than ever to make that my business…put its every word into practice, but who knows if I can? So I’m making this a pledge, and hoping for encouragement and practical suggestions to stick to it. Maybe some of you will join me?

Here’s the prayer I’m gonna try to live up to:

God be in my head, and in my understanding;
God be in my eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at my end, and at my departing.