Different Type of Prayer:
Heavenly Father, Help us remember that the person who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who works nine hours that day and was rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can’t make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his 
apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking beggar, asking for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not just to those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.
The first thing you want to do is get yourself a Bible that you urnnestadd. NIV is a good place to start. Next, set time aside every day to read, but when you read ask the Holy SPirit to speak to you through the Word. Have a notebook handy and write down the insight God gives you. Apply the Word to your life- that means to do it. Then get yourself connected to a good church where you can learn. Ask God to lead you to the right place. Keep me posted on your progress!
As the post says: Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.