Mother Teresa’s Prayer - My Gold Standard of Parenting

To me, this prayer by Mother Teresa is the gold standard.  It is the gold standard of parenting.  This prayer describes the kind of Mom I strive to be; the kind of example I hope to set for my children.  And although I fail more than I would like, I aspire to be THIS woman.

Dear Jesus,

Help us to spread Your fragrance everywhere we go.

Flood our souls with Your spirit and life.

Penetrate and possess our whole being, so utterly, that our lives may

Only be a radiance of Yours.

Shine through us, and be so in us, that every soul we come in contact

with may feel Your presence in our soul.

Let them look up and see no longer us, but only Jesus!

Stay within us, and then we shall begin to shine as You shine;  so to shine

as to be a light to others.

The light O Jesus will be all from You, none of it will be ours;

It will be You shining on others through us.

Let us thus praise You without preaching, not by words but by example,

By catching the force, the sympathetic influence of what we do,

The evident fullness of the love our hearts bear to you.

Amen

Amy Pedersen

The Miracle of Me from conception to birth

www.themiracleofme.com