Lord, Make Me an Instrument

This past week has been a challenge for me physically.  I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic, which caused me to break out in hives.  It is not a pretty sight.  I have felt miserable the last several days.  Partly because of the hives, and partly because I of the lack of sleep brought on by the steroid I’m taking for the hives. 

Yesterday, the lady who cleans our house, decided to pray for my wife and me.  As she prayed, I could feel a tremendous peace coming upon me that all was going to be okay.  I also felt that the Lord was using her faith to bring healing to my body.  Her taking time to pray reminded me of the importance of being God’s instrument in the lives of those around us.  

“Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.”