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Ever stumble upon something exciting, cool, meaningful?
How does that make you feel? Does it feel like a gift? It might. It really depends on the whole picture.
But what if you can’t see the whole picture? Then what? Does that mean what happened wasn’t meaningful?
On a routine Delta flight yesterday, I met Kim Dawson. We both said, “You look familiar.”
Turns out we attend the same Mass at the same church. Turns out we’re both headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Me, to give a speech that may help change the world.
Kim, to watch a movie that may help change the world.
And one more thing, Kim is the Producer of the movie.
His movie debuts nationwide in two days. He said, “Would you like to come watch it tonight?”
So I wrote a “letter to God”:
“Dear God, thank you for placing this opportunity in front of me. Life on the road is challenging enough, but without proper rest, it becomes even more challenging. May I please do this later?”
My letter to God pales in comparison to the young, cancer-stricken boy who writes Letters to God and the Mailman who has to figure out what to do with them.
Matthew 6:5-18 5) “ And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.6)But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.7)And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their man words.8)Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.9)Pray then like this: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.10)Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.11)Give us this day our daily bread;12)And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors;13)And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.14)For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you;15) but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16)And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.17)But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,18)that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.“
