Prayer for this Friday ~ God
as the first full week of 2024 winds down and wraps up, draw near as my next
breath. I do not know what awaits me
today, O God. Sure, I have events
scheduled in ink on my calendar as if I could control my days. Sure, I have dreams about vacations next
summer that I am plotting and planning with hotels.com, but honestly, God I
have no idea what might happen. Life is
uncontrollable despite my planner. Life
is beautifully messy, like the less-than-perfect stable where You conspired to
enter this world. Life is. Life is beyond words and descriptions, just
as You are O God. As the mystics say,
“God” is just the word we toss and throw around like a blanket to cover
mystery. Life is just a word we try to
cling to as if it is all up to us. But I
can’t make the sunshine or storms pass.
I don’t have a Harry Potter magic wand to make the wars cease and people
realize that love is the way. What I
have is a light and Your presence woven into my life. That is enough. Thank you, God for Your presence that infuse
and inspires this first Friday of. Let
me taste Your grace in bowls of cereal.
Let me feel Your love in hugs.
Let me smell Your presence in soup simmering and see traces of You like
the wind whirling through the trees. May
Your strength take my hand and lead me on this day, trusting in You. Amen.
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