Put On Your Thinking Cap

 

And let us consider

how to stir up one another

   to love and good works,

not neglecting

            to meet together,

as is the habit of some,

but encouraging one another,

and all the more as you

  see the Day drawing near.

              Hebrews 10. 24-25

(The word consider comes from

the Old French meaning examine

or in the Greek, 

      to fix one's eyes upon.

As a daily challenge,

put on your thinking cap

for how can we personally

   stir up love in this situation

and bring good works

    into these circumstances.

It doesn't just happen.

Coming together is 

   not an option,

   but a source of strength

and covers all of us with

   a little more courage.)

O LORD,

Please help us to consider,

to think about, pray about,

   and respond to 

how we can approach this day

           differently.

Help us to not just

   think about ourselves,

but what we can intentionally

       bring to the table

for the well-being

       and nurturing of all.

Make us aware of opportunities

to give a little more courage

     to those around us,

simple words that change

the course of a day

    or trajectory of a life.