Lord, I am so tired, but my tiredness cannot compare to that of my sister and her family. Please hold us up God as we walk through this valley together. Give us peace and joy and fill us with your spirit and life-giving grace and mercy. Watch over Dave as he rests and help the doctors find answers. Hold him safe in your hands as he sleeps this night in the ICU. Hold up all of us who love him. We pray with praise for your Holy Name. Amen.

In I Kings 3, Solomon asks for wisdom from God. My Bible calls it "a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong." Now really, how could we ever ask for more? Discernment is not much celebrated or valued in our society. We have responded to our more base instincts and tend to follow the "eye for an eye" mantra.

Part of my devotional life includes reading on line journals of other Christian women, and I just ran across one who asked me to pray for an angry, inconsiderate couple who is ticked that her group of persons (who are 70+ years old) are using the heated pool, and therefore feel justified in making scenes and pushing the group into an ever smaller space in a pool the seniors have been using for over eight years for water exercises. This young couple could use an unheated pool, but many of the aging members of the group they object to cannot. There have been angry shouting scenes with the pool manager and an effort to crash into them by the young couple swimming laps.

Where does all this anger and sense of "entitlement" come from?

The blogger's response was to ask us to pray for the angry young couple. Ah...wisdom.

I ask for wisdom, dear Lord, and a heart that seeks your will in all areas of my life.

"The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. "
Numbers 6:24-26 KJV