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To Remember Me
The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.
When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don’t call this my deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.
Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman. Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain. Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play. Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week. Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.
Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that someday, a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.
Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudice against my fellow man.
Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God.
If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever. By Robert N. Test
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Unity San Diego Church Prayer
The radiance of the Christ fills us to overflowing with the blessing of God’s love.
We give thanks for the divine activity of the Holy Spirit that establishes healing, abundant prosperity, joyous and loving relationships, guidance, wisdom and understanding that permeate all of our people and activities.
We are growing in God’s good. Our services, classes and activities are filled with joyous, loving, supportive people, eager to grow in God’s truth and bless each other.
We and our church are beacons of infinite blessings. The radiance of divine love attracts to us all that is necessary to be in joyful service to God and God’s children.
Divine Order operates joyously and completely in every aspect of our church and in every aspect of our lives.
We release all that is not of the Christ, all limiting beliefs, ideas and actions.
We incorporate the Christ consciousness in all our thoughts, words and actions. We affirm peace in our lifetime. The power of prayer is evident in mighty, healing, transforming ways.
Thank You, God, for Your continual infilling that establishes Your kingdom of blessing on earth.
Amen!
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