As I told my friend Marty today over at Snakesinthegrass2014, after more senseless mass killings, this time in El Paso and Dayton, I’m tired.
Very tired.
And upset and frustrated and angry and incredibly concerned about the soul of our country. And the inaction of our elected officials.
I don’t normally post memes from the internet, but I found this to be encouraging and uplifting during this time of deep discouragement and sadness.
I hope it speaks to you like it spoke to me.
May God bless you…
Aging Gracefully My Ass 
I have never seen that, it made me think.
I am sad knowing that vast majority of Americans are upset with mass shootings and violence in schools, festivals, etc and worried about the increasing number of events.
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God bless you!
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The VAST majority. It’s our politicians who can’t say no to the NRA $$ who are standing in the way of sensible gun safety legislation. My prayer is that they will all get voted out on the next cycle and our new representatives will not have the vested interest in guns the old ones did!
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thank you…
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You’re welcome. I still read it over from time to time to help me remember to have hope!
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bless you! thanks again for sharing.
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amen
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What a wonderful Benediction. I think we can all individually make a big difference. God has blessed America so much, but I think it just takes a while for wisdom to catch up.
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Ahh…wisdom – something in very short supply at the seat of our government. But you are right, individually, if we all act and vote and make our voices hear, we can make a huge difference. That’s what I am holding on to…
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That’s the second prayer of St. Francis I’ve seen in recent days from bloggers responding to this current mayhem. I love this one; very poignant. Thanks, AGMA. – Marty
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You’re welcome. Not sure the source is really St. Francis, but the heart and soul of it is! Notice how quiet it’s gotten since El Paso and Dayton? That’s what the NRA and the politicians in their pockets hope for – people “forget” and the pressure lets up on them – until the next time. I know the insanity of what is happening in DC is so very fatiguing, but we need to try to keep focused on getting our State and Federal governments to enact sensible gun safety legislation.
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Thank you for posting. We all need a shift in perspective.
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You’re welcome! I need to keep reminding myself to “shift”!!!
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Thank you. Just what I needed this week.
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You’re welcome! We need to remind ourselves that until our elected officials act, we need to continue to hold them accountable for the death they enable through their inaction.
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Thanks for posting this prayer. I needed to read something like this today.
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You’re welcome Allan. With all of the insanity going on now a days, we all need extra does of hope!
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I too am feeling the emotions you identified, plus helpless and sad that children have fewer and fewer safe places.
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The fact that our elected officials don’t really even want to protect our children makes me crazy with anger. I have to keep reminding myself to channel that anger into hopeful endeavors! Thanks for your comment Shelley!
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