Conversations with God

Hello God, it’s me, Mara:

You know, Lord, going through an old ‘salted away’ pile of papers, it sometimes is fascinating to see what had been stashed. Up popped a poem by Phil Perkins – date unknown. Let’s see what he has to say. Ready?

“My daily wish is that we may see good in those who pass our way.

Find in each a worthy trait that we shall gladly cultivate.

See in each one who’s passing by, the better things that beautify.

A gently word spoken with cheer, a kindly face, a smile sincere.

I pray each day that we may view the things that warm one’s heart anew.

A kindly deed that can’t be bough...