Prayer Friday

Like stacking rocks, O God, each day I try to find the balance point of my words and actions.
Like stacking rocks, O God, there are times when everything comes crashing and crumbling down...
And I have to start over.
Like stacking rocks, O God, some tasks are bigger - I need to start there.
Some are smaller - but also are important for the beauty of life.

Guide me, O God, to notice that the big tasks are not always what I am paid for.
Big tasks - being kind; listening; loving; learning how to be a better husband and father and person.
Next tasks - being a friend; forming connections and community; staying open to traces of Your grace.
Next tasks - the to-do lists that can sometimes try to dominate or demand to be dealt with; daily tasks of living and working and being in this world (from laundry to labor)
The tasks on top - which often feel the heaviest but are rarely remembered, seem so vital in the moment but can vanish, quickly forgotten.

What rocks stack to make your life?
What might you describe as your big task and small tasks and how those might be out of proportion?

Let this prayer/meditation awaken your imagination and offer more than a trace of God's grace.

Amen.