Father, as we move through our day help us to extend love to those we encounter who try our patience and make it hard to love them; the clerk at the store who is slowly checking out the person ahead of us, the person who just took our chosen parking space, the co-worker who claims credit for our accomplishment, the teen who rudely speaks back in defiance of our instructions, the person who is keeping us from getting on to things we want to do by telling us all about their health issues. Lord we know you love them too. Help us to see them and love them as you do.  Amen.