"I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, and adulterous like everyone else, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here."
I constantly compare myself to others. Who they are, what they do and what they have. I am constantly making value judgements about others peoples' behavior and motives and comparing it to my own. This is not only unhealthy, but inhibits my ability to form true relationships with others based on love, care, and mutual respect.
Lord, I pray that you help me to lower my gaze and open my heart. That you allow me to serve without judgement and to offer myself as a friend and support to others in the way the tax collector offered his prayer to you. May I live as one who loves and gives without condition or judgement.
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