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O God, grant that today
 I may not disappoint any friend;
 I may not grieve any loved one;
 I may not fail anyone to whom I have a duty; v
 I may not shame myself.
Grant that today
 I may do my work with honesty and fidelity;
 I may take my pleasure in happiness and purity.
Grant that today
I may lead no one astray;
 I may not make goodness and faith harder for anyone.
Help me today
to be a help and example to all;
 to bring strength and encouragement wherever I am:
Through Jesus Christ my Lord, Amen. - William Barclay

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Rev Dr Iain M Greenshields

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Iain Greenshields
 
Thought For The Week

What accepting yourself is not:

  • It does not mean accepting that you are the finished product as you now are.
  • It does not mean accepting your continued sinning.
  • It is not accepting your present spiritual progress as final.
  • It is not accepting your present knowledge as final.
  • It is not accepting your present situation as final.

What accepting yourself is:

Before I get to the particulars I must say that accepting and approving is not necessarily the same thing. Accepting and being thrilled with something is not necessarily the same thing. The first distinction may be delicate and subtle, but approval essentially means having a favourable opinion of something. I am not asking that you have a favourable opinion of what I will deal with below, and I am certainly not asking that you be thrilled with these things. Who can ask anybody to be thrilled with everything that is in your life? I am not asking this. But accepting, you will recall, is the absence of the negative – you do not reject, deny or are hostile to something or someone. This is a major step forward.

  • Accepting your parents.
  • Acceptance of the hard things you endured as you grew up, but also since.
  • Accepting your calling.
  • Accept your singleness – at least for the moment.
  • Accept that you cannot have children.
  • Accept your intellectual limitations.
  • Accept the truth about your faults
  • Accepting yourself with a disability or illness.
  • Accepting yourself in the light of the mistakes you have made.

-        R. T. Kendall

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