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Friend of Dial Hope, I want to welcome those who are calling from the following countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, England, Brazil, the Netherlands, Finland, Mexico, Canada and Australia. And, a special greeting to those calling from retirement centers in Savannah, Georgia, Cincinnati Ohio and Chicago Illinois.
I have a small calculator on my desk on which I figure my finances and store personal data for ready reference. It’s amazing how much information can be typed into the memory factors of this mechanical brain. On the left side of the keyboard is a powerful button. It is called the clear button. When I make a mistake, a touch on the clear button eliminates it immediately. Each time I use this calculator I am reminded of how much it’s like a brain. It has the capacity to store good and bad memories. How often I wish I had a clear button to press to immediately correct my mistakes, or that I had the capacity to bring up old memories that disturb me and have them taken away never to be thought about again. Then, as I contemplate how wonderful that would be, I am reminded how the Lord has built into us a “clear” button. It’s called forgiveness. When we accept the forgiveness we can forgive ourselves, and then out of the assurance of that grace, forgive others. Today, friend of Dial Hope, press the forgive button – now! And remember, God loves you with a wrap around love.
Let us pray: Into the clutter of our everyday lives, O Lord, you come with your heavenly order; in the weakness you come with your strength; into the sin you come with your holiness. Give us the grace to receive you now, to open the doors of our beings and invite you in, not just over the threshold but into the innermost parts, the upper rooms and lower rooms, the nooks and crannies and closets. Dwell in us, O Lord, that we may glow this day with your light and pulsate with your presence. Help us to make this day a masterpiece as we rejoice in hope. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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