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Eleanor Roosevelt prayed that we would not be satisfied with what we make of life. Eleanor also had the quality of frankness as evidenced the the quote that follows the prayer. God bless her. Photo - Tom Spence
Several days ago, the western Oklahoma plans for the National Day of Prayer were reported in the Burns Flat Examiner. The planning and logistics for that event continue so that all a person needs to do is arrive at the appointed time and pray.
Since that time, this column has followed with some prayers familiar to many of us.
Today’s prayer is from Eleanor Roosevelt. We believe that she said this prayer daily throughout her adult life.
Our Father, who has set a restlessness in our hearts and made us all seekers after that which we can never fully find, forbid us to be satisfied with what we make of life. Draw us from base content and set our eyes on far off goals. Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength. Deliver us from the fretfulness and self-pitying; make us sure of the good we cannot see and of the hidden good in the world. Open our eyes to simple beauty all around us and our hearts to the loveliness men hide from us because we do not try to understand them. Save us from ourselves and show us a vision of the world made new.
Eleanor Roosevelt is more than just a famous person who offered a wonder prayer, at least as far as this column goes. She also is credited with the follow quote that endeared her to Marines around the globe.
“The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!”
As we move towards that day when many come together to pray at various locations in our nation, the Western Oklahoma Presbyterian Examiner will offer a prayer each day that has been prayed by many saints before us.
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