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

False Weariness

Lord,

Please help my body to be calm, even as there is movement all around me.  And, if it be Your will that my body not be calm and continue jerking, them give me the patience, focus, and mental and physical stamina to function.

Let me see your Light, especially when I am tempted to see only the darkness around me.

Help me to have steady hands when the time is right for steady hands.

Lord,

Help me to stay awake today and to do your work.  Help me to see You all around me so that I am not tempted to focus on myself when I should be focused on doing your work for others.

Help me to look for You even when I don't immediately see You.

Help me to be your humble servant, Lord, for I am always so very tempted to be my own servant.  Sometimes I feel battered when I serve You.  Help me to see that this is nothing more than a temptation to turn from you and not true weariness.  It is an illusion that I must see for what it is.

Thank you for this day, my Lord and my God, lover of my soul.

Amen

Little Things

Lord,

I pray that I might always see the little things.

Help me to follow the way of little things.  They move in different ways than larger things.

Little things must avoid the dangers, pitfalls, and stompings of larger things.  Oh, Lord Jesus, if only I could look above to avoid the stompings of larger things!  I would always seek your Face when avoiding the pitfalls and perils of these stompings.

Lord, let me not be stung by false joy, but rather rejoice in You as you are in all good things. 

Let me see your beauty, as your colors are marvelous.  Your creation sings to me.  Let my ears be open to your voice in the vibrancy of your creation.

Ears!  Work with my eyes to see!  Lord, help my ears to work with my eyes.

Lord,

Help my tongue to sing together with my ears and eyes, for too often they are not together in your ways.

Lord,

Let me drink in the beauty of your creation, for it is a full cup.  It is a cup you have given to me over and over again.  It overflows with the spectacular colors of your creation.

Let me not see false beauty in myself, but the true beauty that You have placed within me.  Let me sparkle, but not of my own light but of your light.  Let your sparkle be a vibrant light for others, even as I struggle toward You.

Lord,

Clothe me with your colors and help me to avoid vanity.

Lord,

Help me to remember that without You, I have no shelter.  I am nothing but a slug without the house of the snail.

Lord,

Help me remember today to listen.  It is my job to listen.  Let me listen with both my ears and my eyes, for I want to see You today.

Lord,

Let me see your colors today, for your colors are in all of your creation.  Your colors are free, yet I spend money on false colors, on false vibrancy, on false majesty.  Open me, oh Lord.  I wish to be opened.

Let me hold your colorful hand today, my Friend.

Amen.

Let Your Light Shine in Me

Dear Lord,

Let your light shine in me. 

Let your light shine through me.

Let me see your light as it shines around me.

Let me open my eyes to your light so that I always see it rather than walking beneath it, around it, beside it, and within it without seeing You.

Let me show your light to others in a way that will touch their hearts rather than their ears.  Let us see your light together and rejoice in it. 

Lord,

When I help others to see your light, help me to remember that it is your light I am reflecting and not my own. Help me to remember that I do not create light but only reflect yours.  Help me to keep my mind focused on your light rather than what I do for others, for if I see You in others than I cannot have false joy in what I do.  Rather, I will have true joy at reflecting your light. 

Lord, 

I have walked away from your light many times, yet you tug at my sleeve.  You gently tug.  You firmly tug.  You sometimes light my sleeve aflame to get my attention.  

Lord,

Let me see your light.  Let me rest in it.  You are too bright for my eyes to see, but not for my heart and my soul.  Let me see your light. 

Lord,

Let me rest in your light.  Let me see your light.  Let me reflect your light. 

Lord,

Show me the path to always walk toward You.  Light the path for me, for sometimes I see You as you stand near me.  Other times, You seem so far away. 

Yet, I know you are closeby.  You walk with me.  You hold my hand.  You hold my soul.  I pray for the wisdom to always see You, no matter what other things might seem to be in the way, for I know you are near. 

Amen