{"id":87,"date":"2006-04-02T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2006-04-02T21:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theeduca.mywhc.ca\/?p=87"},"modified":"2006-04-02T14:16:13","modified_gmt":"2006-04-02T21:16:13","slug":"a-morning-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/a-morning-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Morning Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting off your day,\u00a0 A Morning Prayer
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This little gem comes from V.W.Bro.Doug Sowden Past Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of BC&Yukon.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, my wife gave me a paper with a prayer on it. I\u2019ve kept it pinned to my office notice board, now I\u2019d like to share it with you. You may have seen it before, but I believe the message bears repeating.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear God: so far today, I\u2019ve done all right. I haven\u2019t gossiped, and I haven\u2019t lost my temper. I haven\u2019t been grumpy, nasty or selfish. I have tried to keep your commandments and the path you have set for me. <\/span>But in a few minutes, God, I\u2019m going to get out of bed!!!!! and that is when I\u2019m going to need a lot of help\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This morning prayer tells us many things. It indicates that a good night\u2019s sleep can give us a fresh slate to draw upon. The new day is before us, and the cares and anxieties of yesterday have faded. Sleep has allowed our body to rest, and has allowed our mind to deal with the concerns we had the night before.<\/p>\n

The prayer also tells us that it is easier to stick to rules and not commit any fouls when you\u2019re playing the game.<\/p>\n

Life is a team sport in so many ways, and once you leave the comfort of your bed and start interacting with others, the rules come into full effect.<\/p>\n

The prayer is petitionary. It is an acknowledgement that there is a greater power than ourselves, and that power is yielded to us through prayer.<\/p>\n

Finally, I think this little prayer tells us that we don\u2019t have to wait for the Sabbath, sunset, or the muezzin\u2019s call. We can pray at any time of the day or night.<\/p>\n

You may not wish to pray at every moment of the day, but why not try this little morning prayer tomorrow. It will probably help, and get you off on a very positive start.<\/p>\n

Have a wonderful day & God Bless\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Norm<\/p>\n

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he First sub heading is titled \u201cIn the Lodge while constituted\u201d and reads as follows:-<\/p>\n

You are not to hold private committees, or separate conversations, without leave from the Worshipful Master, nor to talk of anything impertinent or unseemly, nor interrupt the Worshipful Master or Wardens, or any Brother speaking to the Worshipful Master. Nor behave yourself ludicrously or jestingly while the Lodge is engaged in what is serious or solemn; nor use any unbecoming language upon any pretext whatever; but to pay due reverence to your Worshipful Master, Wardens and Fellows and put them to worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[115,61,62],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-educator","tag-charge","tag-lodge","tag-mason"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"MasterMason","author_link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/author\/mastermason\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"The Educator<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"he First sub heading is titled \u201cIn the Lodge while constituted\u201d and reads as follows:- You are not to hold private committees, or separate conversations, without leave from the Worshipful Master, nor to talk of anything impertinent or unseemly, nor interrupt the Worshipful Master or Wardens, or any Brother speaking to the Worshipful Master. Nor…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}