Whatever our hands touch-
We leave fingerprints!
On walls, on furniture
On doorknobs, dishes, books.
Smudges, showing we were there!
Oh God, wherever I go today
Help me leave heart prints!
Heart prints of compassion
Of understanding and love.
Heart prints of kindness
And genuine concern.
May my heart touch a lonely neighbor
Or a runaway daughter
Or an anxious mother
Or perhaps an aged grandfather.
Lord, send me out today
To leave heart prints
And if someone should say
“I felt your touch,”
May that one feeling be
YOUR loving touch
Lord, through ME.