WOULD YOU NOT LOVE TO BE AN INSTRUMENT OF GOD'S PEACE?

CARL MARTIN SAID : HI GANG: THIS MAY BE WHAT I'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT WHICH IS :

LORD CHANGE ME, MAKE ME MORE LIKE YOU... LET'S LEARN TOGETHER... AND CARL INSPIRED ME. I PRAYED AND I ASKED GOD HOW COULD WE ALL BECOME INSTRUMENTS OF GOD'S PEACE... AND THIS CAME TO MIND WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU:



DON'T WE CHRIST FOLLOWERS ALL DESIRE TO BE AN
INSTRUMENT OF HIS PEACE?

MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE




(This prayer is sometimes attributed to Saint Francis, but it is unlikely that it was written by him and was probably written much later.)

Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen.


Hymn Version

Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring your love;
Where there is injury your pardon, Lord;
And where there's doubt, true faith in you.

O Master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love with all my soul

Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there's despair in life let me bring hope;
Where there is darkness, only light;
And where there's sadness, ever joy.

O Master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love with all my soul

Make me a channel of your peace.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
In giving to all men that we receive,
And in dying that we're born to eternal life.

BE BLESSED AND MAY WE ALL STRIVE TO BE INSTRUMENTS OF GOD'S PEACE...


<:))))>
Your friend
Ramona P.