The Good

Lord,

Help me to see the good in people and not complain against them.  If something needs fixing, help me to help to fix the situation but to always see the good in people.

Help me instead to focus inward at those things in myself that need changing.  

Help me to turn away from the notion that there is nothing within me that needs changing.  This trap is laid out  for me in a new place in my life everyday.  I must always look for where it is hiding.

Lord,

Help me to rejoice in the goodness of others and see that it is the goodness You have placed there.

Help me to recognize that when I see and want to over-grasp those things I see as good in myself that I must also remember that these things are the goodness You have placed in me and not merely a testament to puff myself up.

Lord,

Please help me to keep my mind and my heart ready for You today.

Amen

Fatigue

Lord,

Please help me to look to You when it seems that darkness surrounds me and is waiting to crush me.

Let me see that you are there, waiting for me to reach out to You so that You can pull me through the darkness into light and comfort. 

Lord,

Help me to open my eyes today.  I need to open them not only to see You, but simply to open them.  As my body is feeling fatigue even before I rise for the day, help me to rub the sleep from them and wake. 

Amen

You Are Near!

Lord,

Show me how to always be near you, even when it seems that I would be burned.

Lord,

Teach me how to see You all around me, especially when I want to keep my head down and forget to look up, to look around, to look to my sides, for You are near. 

You are near!

You are all around me, even in the parking lot. 

Your majesty inspires me.  Lord, teach me to always let it inspire me.

Lord,

Even when times look dark and dreadful, tap me on the shoulder and help me to see through my own cloudiness until I see You.

For it is only when I see You around me that I will strive to see You in others.

Amen