Reaching for You

Lord,

Help me to be steady today.  I ask for even handedness as I work and drive and speak (and take pictures).

Breathe on me, that I might let kindness flow through my hands and words and spirit.

Let me steal from St. Francis and ask that you make me an instrument of your peace.

For where there is peace, there is mercy.  Your mercy.

Let me see You, Lord.  I know You listen and hear.  Let me listen and hear what others say and not just what I think they are saying.  In listening to others, let me reach for you.  Let me reach for understanding.

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

Awake

Lord,

I am tired today.  Help me to become awake.  

Help me to stay awake. 

Help me to be more than awake but to function today and function well!

Help me to have the good sense to come home at a reasonable time from my day's work so that I can go to bed early.

Ok, I'm still waking up.  I'll repeat myself, not because You didn't hear but because I have a thick skull.  Help me, Lord, to have the good sense to go to bed early tonight so that I am not tired tomorrow!

Now that I have the correct celestial body in my brain...

Amen!