Dear Lord,

Mom and Dad and I call on YOU because you are our Keeper.  I love you mom and dad because you taught us the meaning of commitment, justice, respect and how to love each other when you did not understand what the words meant.  But you knew Jesus was in the midst of all that good feeling, all that coming together and caring for the people in the entire community not just family folks.

You taught us what it meant to be present, to show up if you are going to do Jesus’ work.  We had to be present, at Church and in the house.  There was no skipping out.  Everybody had to be there for the meal in order to rejoice in the outcome.  Celebration was for everybody in the house and beyond. Each one had to do her/his part.
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