A Prayer...

February 10, 2008
Sunday

Precious Lord, as we walk through this season of Lent, sometimes it seems so easy, but other times the challenge appears to be too much. We want to grow closer to you, we want to grow stronger in our faith, we want to study more, to spend more time in prayer, to help those in need, to be a living example of your presence in the world today, but we can’t always do so. We’ve got really good excuses, family, friends, work, church...we know you’ve heard them all.
Help us to look at only one day at a time, to understand that you provide everything we need, and that it’s not so much what we want to do but rather what you would do through us. Help us to find the freedom that comes in loving you. Help us to find the joy that comes with living in your abundance. Help us to find the healing that comes in the restoring power of your grace.
We pray on this day for ourselves, for those whom we know, and for those whom we’ve yet to meet. In the week to come, help us to be aware of the beauty of our Lenten journey, of places where we should stop and admire and the places through which we should keep traveling.
In thanksgiving for all that you give to us, especially your love through Jesus the Christ, we praise your name. You are our awesome God!
AMEN!