Justice

So much controversy around George and Trayvon! Especially with the "Not Guilty" verdict. Everyone has an opinion. So do I, but I'm not going to share it. Instead, I'll share this from the daily meditations I read:

The sin warned against at the very beginning of the Bible is “to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2:17). It does not sound like that should be a sin at all, does it? But the moment I sit on my throne, where I know with certitude who the good guys and the bad guys are, then I’m capable of great evil—while not thinking of it as evil! I have eaten of a dangerous tree, according to the Bible. Don’t judge, don’t label, don’t rush to judgment. You don’t usually know other people’s real motives or intentions. You hardly know your own.

I hardly know my own.

There is a beautiful prayer often used in 12 Step circles, known as "The Set Aside Prayer."

Dear God;
Please set aside anything I think I know
about myself,
about my disease,
about the Big Book,
the 12 Steps,
the Program,
the Fellowship,
the people in the fellowship,
and all spiritual terms - especially you God;
So that I may have an open mind and a new experience with all these things.
Please help me see the Truth.
Amen.

Truly, a beautiful prayer when you think about it. Asking God to set aside anything I THINK I know about anything.

What do you ask God to set aside?