December, 2004 Calendar In This Issue: Core Values: Walking in Integrity Everyone's Responsibility Unchurched St. Nicholas and the Pawn Shop Balls of Gold New Years Prayer Religion, Politics and Theology Angel Songs & the Star of Wonder: Christ is Born Today Susan Tree St. Nicholas to Visit St. A's on his World Tour!

Author Unknown

Lord, I confess before you that:

I have had longings and nudges from you,
Which I did not translate into action.

I have made decisions without consulting you,
Then have blamed you when
Things went wrong.

I have said that I trusted you, yet have
Not turned my affairs over to you.

I have been greedy for present delights and pleasures,
Unwilling to wait for those joys
Which time and discipline alone can give.

I have often sought the easy way, have
Consistently drawn back from the road
That is hard.

I have been fond of giving myself to dreams
Of what I am going to do sometime,
Yet have been so slow in getting
Started to do them.

Forgive me for all the intentions that
Were born and somehow never lived.

And now I claim your promise to change me.
Do for me what I cannot do for myself.
Lead me into a new tomorrow with a new spirit.

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