Lead us not

 Did you ever want to do something only to have a friend or parent caution against it? Today’s Our Father’s verse is “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” Even if we went headlong into doing something that we were warned against, note that God will deliver us. “Lead us not into temptation,” isn’t about God testing us but about God advising us not to do something that will lead us astray.  In the Our Father, we learn to address whom we are praying to, and to acknowledge our belief through praise. We then give our petitions, along with the note that we must come to God in prayer without impediments. I think in many ways this is an example of how to communicate. We address the person as a person, not “dude” or “brah,” but by name. We acknowledge the good in them. We ask for or address what is needed, but only if there are no “impediments” between you and the person. True forgiveness leads to action of true love and respect for another. Today, more than praying the Our Father, live it proud on the path…