Psalm 88:13 “But I O LORD, cry out to you; with my morning prayer I wait upon you.”
Mt. 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you.”
Heavenly Father,
Forgive me that my morning prayer is usually rushed and sometimes even incoherent when I try to pray while only half awake. I can’t do justice to my thoughts or my prayer requests while struggling to keep my eyes open and my brain in gear. I know it is a childlike trust that assures me that you know and hear my prayers even when they are only half thought out or constructed in conscious thought by me! That isn’t really “waiting” for you or spending time with you. It is a selfish effort on my part to do my “duty” by tossing off all my prayer requests as early and quickly as possible so I can “get on” with the rest of my day. I’m an organizer, a scheduler, and I have to “check things off my list” to feel I have accomplished something worthwhile. You know that. You know all my secrets and my bad habits. You know my whole being better than I know myself. You know my heart and my motives. I hope somewhere in that jumble there is something that is right and good in your sight. Help me grow. Help me change. “Create in me a clean heart, O LORD, and renew a right Spirit within me.” Make it your Holy Spirit, LORD, and teach me to slow down and waste time with you on a daily basis without my schedules and lists to stand between us. In the name of Jesus Christ, who intercedes when I can’t pray, amen.
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