Picture taken from St. Paul's
2014 Every Member Canvas Mailer
Anonymous 17th Century Sermon
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Please be gentle with
yourself and others,
We are all children of chance,
And none can say why
some fields blossom
While others lay brown
beneath the harvest sun,
Take hope that your
season will come.
Share the joy of those whose
season is at hand.
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Care for those around you.
Look past your differences.
Their dreams are
no less than yours.
Their choices in life
no more easily made.
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And give.
Give in any way you can.
Give in every way you can.
Give whatever you possess.
Give from your heart.
To give is to love.
To withhold is to whither.
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Care less for the size
of the harvest
than for how
it is shared,
And your life
will have meaning
And your heart
will have peace.
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'The Harvest Prayer' was enclosed in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio's 2014 'Every Member Canvas' mailed package by chairperson, Mary Sabin, for the prayer touched her heart as it later touched David Watts' heart.
