The Chalice Prayer - a gift from Susan

Father, to Thee I raise my whole being
- a vessel emptied of self. Accept, Lord
this emptiness, and so fill me with
Thyself - Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy Life
- that these Thy precious Gifts may
radiate trough me and overflow
the chalice of my heart into
the hearts of all with whome I
come in contact this day
revealing unto them
the beauty of
Thy Joy
and
Wholeness
and
the serenity
of thy Peace
which nothing can destroy

At church they sometimes give us these notes on the talk

I started out by filling these in

all enthusiastically and then got home and filed them

in a drawer never to be looked at again.

So I have tended recently to listen

make any relevent notes on my

phone. Note to self etc...

I picked up a note sheet as usual

and then as the talk went on just left it to one side

and listened....

I while into it

a woman flustered came in

perched at the side

and started making notes

she asked my neighbour a few things

and then started writing

she didnt have the "Notes"

I reached over and gave her mine

I hadnt wanted to

twice I decided against it

I wanted to keep it just in case

I was missing something

See my experience of previous times

shows me I have no need for these notes

NOT REALLY

What I miss, I can listen again

on the website HTB sunday talks

anytime I want

So I just leaned over and mumbled "here you go"

and gave her my notes

Her face shone

Like I had just given her a million pounds

it shocked me

See I dunno what people need or dont need

do i ?

Near the end, she leaned over

and mumbled, "she would like me to have this"

and passed me a copy of this prayer

At the end I stopped by her and thanked her

She said it means alot to her

someone had given it to her when her dad died

in africa

Fighting back the tears

I said it will mean alot to me now too cos my mum

died in africa last year

She "blessed me"

Introduced herself and I to her

and then we said Goodbye

AGAIN ... there are no coincidences

I have said this prayer this morning

Its lovely

And fits perfectly in

Thank you Susan

Oh and heres a couple more NEW friends Red Head Gal

and Rhonda, go say Hi if you havent met already!!

hey, how slow am I

I just realised, the prayer is in the shape

of a Chalice... how cool :D

happy bank holiday

Me am off to Guildford this afternoon

Do a chair

I have never been to Guildford

AA takes me places I would never have

otherwise strayed

geographically, mentally, physically

spiritually and emotionally

OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE

And for that I am grateful