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David Ker has composed this lovely prayer of repentance to be said after succumbing to the urge to forward a goofy email<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

God, I hang my head in shame.
My idiotic emails have tarnished your name.<\/p>\n

Instead of spreading lucidity.
I have been a proclaimer of stupidity.<\/p>\n

Words of praise to you should be my song.
Not forwarded emails that are always wrong.<\/p>\n

Help me not to waste others\u2019 time,
But instead reflect on the divine.<\/p>\n

Make me a fool for Christ. I am a fool.
But let me not be the enemy\u2019s tool.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Please forward it to everyone you know, asking them to forward it to everyone they know if they want the prayer to be answered. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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David Ker has composed this lovely prayer of repentance to be said after succumbing to the urge to forward a goofy email: God, I hang my head in shame.My idiotic emails have tarnished your name. Instead of spreading lucidity.I have been a proclaimer of stupidity. 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