Positively Conquering Negatives

Lord, don’t ever let me be too busy to LOVE…

My child comes running in for praise because he’s just learnt to stand on his head. 

Yes, I’m trying to meet a deadline, but don’t let me chase him away.

Don’t let me be too busy to love, Lord..

A neighbour who has just had a fight with her husband and needs a shoulder to cry on. 

I have visitors coming and I’m running late, but don’t let me be too busy to listen and, in this way, to love.

Lord, don’t let me be too busy to love…

My son who has come home from Varsity unexpectedly with a friend, who has nowhere to go – both starving! 

Don’t let me be too busy to show him how thrilled I am he’s home, and that he knows he has the freedom to bring a friend.

Don’t let me be too busy to love, Lord…

When my spouse is tired or discouraged, or excited about something that happened during the day, or simply wants my attention. 

Don’t let me be too pre-occupied with my own work frustrations, peaks and valleys, to be attentive. Don’t let me be too busy to love and listen.

And now, Lord, thank you for giving me so many people, so many opportunities to love. But please forgive me when I fail them; help them to forgive me, and me to forgive myself. You made me human and there is only so much of me to go around.