Wow! The mass today was about three things I'd been praying or talking about.

First he told a story about someone he knew who was in a wheel chair. He had asked the man if he had ever thought of asking to be healed. The man's response was that life was like a card game, you had to play out the cards you'd been dealt. I'd just had that conversation a few days ago.

Second, it was about the crosses we had to bear. I'd prayed for God to help me with mine. The weight of it was really pressing down on my shoulders and I was going under again.

The third message was about God's love for us. He loved us so much he sacraficed his only son to die on the cross for our sins. I feel blessed to be loved by God. One of the songs we sang today told us to look for God in ourselves and one another. That's the message I received from my ACIM reading.

"Whoever Finds This I Love You!"

As sung by Mac Davis

Verse 1

On a quiet street in the city a little old man walks along.
Shuffling through the Autumn afternoon.
And the Autumn leaves reminded him another summer's come and gone.
He had a long, lonely night ahead waitin' for June.
Then among the leaves near an orphan's home a piece of paper caught his eye,
And he stooped to pick it up with trembling hands.
And as he read the childish writing, the old man began to cry,
'Cause the words burned inside him like a flame.

CHORUS

"Whoever finds this, I love you!"
"Whoever finds this, I need you!"
"I ain't even got no one to talk to!"
"So, Whoever finds this, I love you!"

Verse 2

The old man's eyes searched the orphan's home,
And came to rest upon a child with her nose pressed up against the window pane.
And the old man knew he'd found a friend, at last,
So he waved at her and smiled.
And they both knew they'd spend the winter laughing at the rain.

{Recitation)
And they did spend the summer laughing at the rain, talking through the fence, exchanging little gifts they'd made for each other. The old man would carve toys for the little girl, and she would draw pictures for him of beautiful ladies surrounded by green trees and sunshine, and they laughed alot. But then on the first day of June, the little girl ran to the fence to show the man a picture she had drawn, BUT HE WASN'T THERE! And somehow, the little girl knew he wasn't coming back. So she went back to her little room, took out a crayola and a piece of paper, and wrote:

"Whoever finds this, I love you!"
"Whoever finds this, I need you!"
"I don't even have no one to talk to."
"So, whoever finds this, I love you!"