May God Bless You with Discomfort

May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people

So that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears

To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war

So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them

And turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness

To believe that you can make a difference in the world,
So that you can do what others claim cannot be done

To bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.

This poem is a Franciscan Benediction found in Phillip Yancey's book "Prayer".

So I encourage you to re-read the benediction and to make it a prayer. And be warned, it is a wonderfully dangerous prayer to pray.

-Sam Harvey (Quoted by Mark Pouteaux)

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