Saturday,
October 03, 2009
6:00am
Prayer to God
Almighty God:
Only 3
hours after You have dealt with me about humility I
done all the way opposite of what I ought to have done. I let bitterness enter
my heart. I let impatience enter my heart. I let hatred and strive rule my
thoughts and my words and my behaviors. I engaged in a fight against the very
ones I am trying to be Your servant for.
O God, what
am I to do? What shall I say then? Am I transforming, or is this whole thing for
naught? What hope have I, O Lord, if I cannot live according to Your precepts? I
am lain waste and my soul burns in the filth of my transgressions.
If my eye offends me… if my hands offend me…? Lord, what
shall I now do? My heart does offend me. I have meditated on the wickedness
instead of the hope You have to offer the wicked. How
can they know that their way is fo war, and of destruction and that peace is far from
them? How can they know that there is a way that is wonderful – far better then
this? O Lord, what if they actually do want to be where they are? What if they
actually love the poverty and ways of death?
Let me be
far from this, O Lord. Let my eyes be to You, only. Fie
me peace, I pray Thee, in Jesus’ name, amen.
