I carry a lot of things in my wallet– unnecessary receipts, various credit, cash, ID and membership cards, and not much cash. Most of the lot are there more or less by accident, and I only pay attention to them when the detritus layers make it too thick to properly close.
But there’s one worn slip of paper I’ve purposely kept in my wallet for a couple of years now, given to me by Peggy Senger Parsons, pastor of Freedom Friends Church in Salem, Oregon. I am moved to share it today–seems timely, seems appropriate, seems possible that our nation just might be moving closer to following these simple directives.
The Concise Sermon on the Mount
The down will be up
You are supposed to be effective
You are supposed to be noticed
Don’t do it to be noticed
Perfection= inside and out the same
Trust- it is the anxiety killer
Pray- simply and often
Ask persistently
Act on what you know
Don’t judge-
It makes you look stupid and hypocritical
Love without limits
Make peace
Give without limits
Tell the truth- all the time
This is simple but not easy
You may have to do it alone
It is a foundation that will not fail