Prayer for disabled, posted by Dulu

(....prayer for disabled)

Blessed are you who take time
to listen to defective speech,
for you help us to know that
if we persevere, we can be
understood.

Blessed are you who walk with
us in public places and ignore
the stares of strangers, for in
your companionship we find
havens of relaxation.

Blessed are you that never bids
us 'hurry up' and more blessed
are you that do not snatch our tasks
from our hands to do them for us,
for often we need time rather than help.

Blessed are you who stand beside
us as we enter new ventures, for
our failures will be outweighed
by times we surprise
ourselves and you.

Blessed are you who ask for
our help, for our greatest need
is to be needed.

Blessed are you when by all these
things you assure us that the
thing that makes us individuals
is not our peculiar muscles,
nor our wounded nervous system,
but is the God-given self
that no infirmity can
confine.

by Marjorie Chappell

Part II (for disabled)

Blessed are those who realize
I am human
and don't expect me to be saintly
just because I am disabled.

Blessed are those who pick things up
without being asked.

Blessed are those who understand
that sometimes I am weak and
not just lazy.

Blessed are those who forget
my disability of the body
and see the shape of my soul.

Blessed are those who see me
as a whole person, unique
and complete, and not as a
'half' and one of God's mistakes.

Blessed are those who love me
just as I am without wondering
what I might have been like.

Blessed are my friends
on whom I depend,
for they are the substance and joy
of my life.

by Marjorie Chappell

Lovely

It was especially poignant to me, as I am involved
in working with disabled pretty much on a daily basis.
Made me step back and rethink, a lot! Power of prayer.
:>

just beautiful

Excellant.These words could and should go on the walls of many a soial agency that works with people of all kinds.Thank you for sharing.

Yes, it's a good reminder to all.