I first heard this benediction at the end of talk by Craig Groeschel a couple years ago. I have been holding onto it ever since then waiting for an appropriate time to use it. This weekend I have the opportunity to speak at our church on the topic of community service and outreach and I thought that would be the perfect time to use it. But while working on my talk this morning I decided that it was simply too good to save for Sunday so here is my benediction for you today.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain in to joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
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