{"id":2583,"date":"2012-01-03T13:48:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T13:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2012-01-03T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:23:10","slug":"one-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/one-of-us.html","title":{"rendered":"One of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Daily Prayer<\/h3>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/01\/OneofUs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2584\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/01\/OneofUs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s been years since we prayed together,<\/div>\n<div>years we could have grown apart<\/div>\n<div>but somehow didn&#8217;t.<\/div>\n<div>I see Your hand in this.<\/div>\n<div>The same hand that formed us,<\/div>\n<div>loud and raucous,<\/div>\n<div>into friends.<\/div>\n<div>No one could shut us up, then or now.<\/div>\n<div>It is time to raise our voices again.<br \/>\nWe pray for one of our own.<br \/>\nWe visualize her cancer-free.<br \/>\nWe project our future \u2014 old ladies,<br \/>\nstill talking about school dances<br \/>\nand humiliating crushes, together.<br \/>\nIt wouldn&#8217;t be us without her.<\/div>\n<div>Divine Presence,<br \/>\nbless our classmate,<br \/>\nour friend, our sister.<br \/>\nMay our voices have power<br \/>\nas they did of old,<br \/>\nnot for girlish gab,<br \/>\nbut to make real our hopes:<br \/>\nHeal her.<br \/>\nHeal her.<\/div>\n<div><em>&#8211; Lori Strawn, <a title=\"Prayables.com\" href=\"http:\/\/prayables.com\" target=\"_blank\">Prayables<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>READ MORE and enjoy these features from the Daily Prayable! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Story\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/boob-cancer.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Scripture\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/james-513.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Scripture<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Prayer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/one-of-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Prayer<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Music\" href=\"\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/do-everything-steven-curtis-chapman.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Music<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Joke\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/at-ninety-nine.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Joke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Quote\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/positive-thinker.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Quote<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Prayer It&#8217;s been years since we prayed together, years we could have grown apart but somehow didn&#8217;t. 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